The discussions between the Federal Government and the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council over the N30,000 national minimum wage ended in a deadlock again as both parties refused to shift ground. A source in the labour movement said after the meeting held on Monday that the representatives of government were not serious. Although Buhari […]
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When I was a teenager, I worked a lot with my mother, I was a home girl living in my home town, conversant with home chores and cool with domestic affairs. I loved my home town market and I was good at chanting those words (call them songs) as I sold my wares. As a […]
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All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State on Monday, engaged in a war of words over the rating of Osun as the best performer in Rural and Access Mobility Project 2, an initiative sponsored by the World Bank. APC in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Kunle Oyatomi, obtained in […]
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Police Inspector-General, Mr Mohammed Adamu, says that Abuja is one of the major cities across the world with lowest crime rate. He said this in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, on Monday in Abuja. Adamu said the assertion that the city was one of safest in the world […]
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Akinyemi wants case at ICJ Anyaoku urges caution, seeks compensation We’re weighing options, won’t rule out anything for now, says govt As pressure mounts on Nigeria to sue South Africa over xenophobic attacks against her citizens in that country, the Federal Government has said it would not rule out any option in its response to […]
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Special envoys sent by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa to President Muhammadu Buhari have arrived the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for a meeting with the Nigerian President. The envoys, led by the Acting South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Bobby Monroe, arrived at the Villa by 2.15pm. The visit followed a similar act by […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the African countries, whose citizens were affected by xenophobic attacks in South Africa to report to the African Union. He also advised the affected countries including Nigeria to take other measures if the first option did not yield the desired results. He stated this on Monday in his latest […]
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South Africa President’s envoy on Monday told Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari that none of his citizens died in the latest anti-foreigner attack in South Africa. Jeff Radebe, Special Envoy of President Cyril Ramaphosa disclosed that 10 people died during the attacks – two Zimbabweans and eight South Africans. He said there was no Nigerian casualty. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday pledged a “solidified” relationship with South Africa despite a spate of xenophobic attacks which killed at least 10 persons including two foreigners. Buhari said the xenophobic attacks were “very unfortunate” recalling that Nigeria had “made great sacrifices for South Africa to become a free state.” “Our leadership was quite committed […]
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Co-founder of BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde has resigned his appointment as the technical adviser to the minister of state for Budget National Planning. He had announced his appointment on September 6 in Medium post, saying the appointment was at the behest of an international development agency. But he faced an intense social media backlash over the […]
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