BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu will meet with the Organised Labour in Abuja on Thursday for further discussions on a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. A top labour source told Frontline Reporters that the President invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade UnionContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has announced several measures including a 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities in a new move to address the increasing cost of food prices. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, who made the announcement in a post on his XContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, has ruled that the Federal Republic of Nigeria violated the human rights of Obianuju Udeh and two others. The court found Nigeria in breach of Articles 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’Continue Reading
•Over 153m Nigerians living in poverty, govt interventions not working – Economists BY GODWIN OBI AND CHIGOZIE EZEH The federal government of Nigeria has made budgetary allocations of N2.38trillion to fight poverty in the country within the past five years, and has also spent trillions of Naira to tackle theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has extended his warm congratulations to the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, on the victory of his party in the United Kingdom general election. A statement signed by his Special Adviser, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday in Abuja, said Tinubu especially noted theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has acquired two new 80 tons bollard pull tugboats to enhance the berthing of vessels at the Dangote Refinery and Lekki Deep Seaport. The tugs christened MT IRAGBIJI and MT BAMA were commissioned by the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government said yesterday no fewer than 21 local government areas in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have been submerged by flood as a result of torrential rainfall in the past few days. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr Joseph Utserv,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI National Democratic Coalition (NDC) has described the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which re-instated the seats of the 24 lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a low point in Nigeria’s democracy. The group said theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) tasked with strategising a way out of the current economic situation in the country. The Council has a mix of government officials, top private sector players, and consultants including President of the Dangote Industries Limited,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate, on Wednesday, raised an alarm over the influx of substandard Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol, and Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) or diesel into the Nigerian market. In a matter of urgent national importance, Senator Asuquo Ekpeyong observed that on June 16, 2024,Continue Reading