The Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has said that it is wrong for customs officers to raid markets in search of smuggled goods. Under the previous management of the Nigeria Customs Service, market and car mart raids were carried out regularly. In December 2023, the Federal High CourtContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Supreme Court has granted financial autonomy to the 774 local government councils in the country. In a landmark judgement on Thursday, the apex court ordered the Federal Government to immediately start the direct payment of local government funds to the latter’s exclusive accounts. In its leadContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The organised labour consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has maintained that its N250,000 demand and the N62,000 figure submitted by the tripartite committee for new minimum wage remain until after discussions with President Bola Tinubu. While labour insists onContinue Reading