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Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State on Saturday said workers in the state service would be paid the N70,000 new minimum wage while consequential adjustment would be added to pensions. Oyebanji announced during…

•We have to be extremely careful when we push for a complete deregulation – Muda Yusuf Against the backdrop of the presumed full deregulation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, which was…

•Paid twice, yet no document – Victim•My admission hanging — NCE holder •Job opportunities lost•What institutions charge: UNILAG — N25, 000, OOU – N25, 000, OAU —N37, 000•Some graduates give wrong addresses —…

Governor Umo Eno stirred controversy over appropriate nomenclature after introducing his daughter, Mrs Helen Obareki, to Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, as his choice to take over the role…

One challenge every government since Obasanjo has faced is the growing cost of governance. The cost of running our democracy is among the highest in the world, consuming trillions of Naira annually. Servicing…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has granted Lagos a three-year operational license for the Blue Line and a six-month temporary license for the Red Line. The licenses were officially handed over on Friday by…

The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has announced that the FPSO facility in Lagos, a joint venture between NNPC Limited and Century Nigeria Limited, is nearing completion and will soon…

The Nigeria Police Force, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command Spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, has denied reports that popular musician, Damini…

There is palpable tension in Taraba State after a community accused Governor Agbu Kefas of planning to demolish a Central Mosque and some historical sites for the T.Y. Danjuma University in Takum. The community also…

Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has described President Bola Tinubu as a "bad person" in the face of the growing hardship faced by millions of Nigerians. Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South senatorial…

Well, well, well… what an eventful week! So eventful I was unsure of what topic to write about. I started out wanting to do a follow-up to my last article,…

Vice-President Kashim Shettima says the federal government is working to reverse Nigeria’s growing unemployment rate. Shettima said…

Festus Keyamo, the minister of aviation and aerospace development, says insufficient aircraft in Nigeria is the primary reason for frequent flight cancellations and high ticket prices for local and…

The Enugu state government says it is enforcing the N40 daily mortuary tax to discourage prolonged corpse storage in morgues. Emmanuel Nnamani, chair of the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS), spoke…

The United States government has piled more charges on the earlier $20 million bank fraud case against Allen Onyema, the CEO…

Olumide Akpata, standard-bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the Edo state governorship election, says he won’t challenge the outcome in court. Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was…

Democratic White House candidate Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and fit for the presidency, according to a medical report published by the White House Saturday, as her campaign challenged rival Donald Trump…

R Kelly’s daughter Buku Abi has alleged that the singer abused her sexually during her childhood. She made this known in a documentary on the TVEI Streaming Network. The singer has been in jail since 2021, serving…

The Yoruba Nation advocate, Sunday Adeyemo, more commonly known as Sunday Igboho has submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer to consider the secessionist movement in…

The Governor of Ondo State and candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 16 governorship election, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approved a minimum wage of N73,000 for civil servants in the state. …

Faisal Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, son of former Governor of Kaduna state, Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, is dead. A family source who did not want to be mentioned confirmed his death to our correspondent, saying the deceased was…

South African prosecutors have decided not to charge President Cyril Ramaphosa over a theft from his game farm that nearly cost him his position two years…

Dangote Group, the owner of West Africa’s largest refinery, is set to begin crude oil production at its two Nigerian oil assets in the fourth quarter of…

The Special Adviser of Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Mr Bayo Onanuga told Nigerians that the President is not restricted to the United Kingdom for his two-week leave. According to the Presidential…