There is tension in the 36 states across the country over plans by some Nigerian youths to embark on a 10-day nationwide hunger and hardship protest begining on August 1st to draw the federal and state governments’ attention to the worsening plight of the citizens. Reports from some states showed that the governors and security…
Nigeria’s National football team Super Eagles have dropped by one spot in the latest FIFA World Ranking for the month of July The Eagles who were ranked 38th fot the month of June fell to 39th in the July ranking, released yesterday. In the ranking table by the world football governing body, the Nigerian team…
A Nigerian man has taken a swipe at the Head teacher of his children’s school after she made his son and daughter play bad roles in their school drama. The displeased father took to the WhatsApp DM of his children’s head teacher to lament. According to the man, the head teacher had made his son…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has assured that the House will take expedited action on the National Minimum Wage Bill once it receives it from the executive arm of the government. This came as he hailed President Bola Tinubu for agreeing to the national minimum wage of N70,000 for…
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday pledged to give up 50 per cent of their salaries for six months to address the hunger across the country. During the session presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu amended the motion, urging his colleagues to sacrifice 50% of their salaries. He made…
Nigeria’s Upper lawmaking arm, the Senate has stepped down a bill seeking to establish the South-South Development Commission The bill sponsored by Sen. Asuquo Ekpeyong representing Cross River South failed to scale second reading after a voice vote where lawmakers unanimously declined to give backing to the bill. In a debate, the lawmakers argued about…
The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has accepted 16 years as the admission age into tertiary institutions for the 2024/2025 academic session. Mamman who had earlier pegged the admission age of undergraduates to 18, however made a u-turn after protests from stakeholders at the 2024 policy meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…
The Minister of Information Mohammed Idris says the Federal Government and the leadership of the Organised Labour have agreed on ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The minister said the agreement was reached at a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade…
Sen. Tahir Munguno has replaced Sen. Ali Ndume as Senate Chief Whip. In a voice vote, the upper chamber took the unanimous resolution to effect the replacement, after a letter of complaint against the unbecoming utterances of the chief whip, Sen. Ali Ndume by the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Headquarters, was read by the…
The federal government of Nigeria has denied reports that it plans to sell the nation’s public universities to private investors. The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, made the public denial on Tuesday while speaking during the Second Quarterly Engagement of the ministry with heads of units and chief executive officers of parastatals and agencies…
