The Nigerian Labour Congress has distanced itself from the N500,000 being canvassed as the new minimum wage, saying it has yet to adopt a position on an amount to be presented to the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage for workers. The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, disclosed …

This comes after two consecutive abductions of over 200 internally displaced persons from their camp in Borno State and 287 schoolchildren in Kaduna State on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.   The spokesman for the command, ASP Ahmed Rufai, stated that suspected bandits invaded the community around midnight.  “They (bandits) reportedly invaded …

Funmilayo Ojo President General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad, has called for Nigerian Muslims to bear with the economic downturn with patience and to increase their prayers for comforter during the next Ramadan fast. To mark the beginning of the next Ramadan fast, the Sultan …

Osun State, the All Progressives Congress and the state government on Saturday disagreed on the emergence of new monarchs for Iree and Igbajo communities. The APC in a statement by its chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, accused the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, of promoting a crisis in Igbajo and Iree by tinkering …