Workers lament eight years of unkept promises as minimum wage loses value

Workers spending over twice for food since last salary review in 2018 We are borrowing to survive, federal employees cry out Reform of industrial system needed, says Oshinowo Make Nigeria a producing nation, Okon advises incoming administration “The current N30,000 minimum wage is worth less than N18,000 the least paid Nigerian workers received between 2011 […]

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May Day: I will pay you living wage not minimum wage, Tinubu tells Nigerian workers

President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged to put in place a living wage for Nigerian workers. In a solidarity message to mark International Workers’ Day, he said his administration would leave no stone unturned to put in place measures aimed at empowering the Nigerian workers. Tinubu said in his administration workers will find a dependable […]

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Accept defeat over election you lost woefully, FG tells Obi, Atiku

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has told the opposition parties to stop their griping over the 2023 presidential election and accept defeat over the election they lost woefully. He added that both Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party lost the election due to overconfidence […]

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Schneider Electric cautions against fake products

Schneider Electric, as part of efforts to check substandard products, has staged an anti-counterfeit sensitisation exercise among trade partners and end-users at the Arena Market and Brown Street in Oshodi, Lagos State. During the roadshow, the target audience was educated on original Schneider Electric products, which also provided the opportunity for customers to learn about […]

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Digital Footprints: The internet neither forgives nor forgets

By George Adimike In this era, as the world grapples with scapegoating the digital citizens, this caveat seems necessary and compelling. All internet users, starting from the digital natives (the iGeneration) to the digital pioneers (Millennials or Generation Y) to the digital migrants (Generation X), should bear in mind that the internet neither forgives nor […]

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Shipping firm slams $250 per TEU surcharge on Nigeria-bound cargoes

Import CMA CGM has announced an Overweight Surcharge (OWS) from Asia and India East Coast to Nigeria that takes effect from April 28, 2023.The French ocean carrier said that Nigerian importers will pay an overweight surcharge of $250 (about N115,000) per TEU (Twenty foot Equivalent Unit) on dry containers with a container gross weight equal […]

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Is the presidency afraid of public procurement council?

President-Elect Bola Tinubu By Martins Oloja This question has become inevitable because of the inexplicable failure of the presidency to inaugurate the most important institution of governance the Public Procurement Act 2007 Creates for the purpose of protecting public fund by fighting corruption in the public sector. This presidential fear of Public Procurement Council is […]

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Kwara CP orders arrest of drunken officer in viral video

The Commissioner of Police in Kwara, Mr Paul Odama, has ordered the arrest of a police inspector, Stephen Yohana, who was in a drunken situation in a viral video. Yohana is serving in Share Division, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State Police Command. The state Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Okasanmi Ajayi, made […]

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