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President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the minimum wage repeal and re-enactment act, 2019. By this act, the new minimum wage is now N30,000. The president assented to the act in Abuja, mandating all employers of labour across the country to pay workers a minimum of …

Code of Conduct Tribunal The Code of Conduct Tribunal has convicted the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen of breach of the code of conduct for public officers. Reading the lead judgment, the tribunal chairman, Danladi Umar, ordered the immediate removal of Onnoghen from office as the CJN. …

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari said that recent rise in banditry, kidnappings and other violent crimes in the country, shook him, but assured the nation that the killers would be defeated ultimately. He stated that security agencies had been given the necessary support to end the killings, which the …

President of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari spoke of a growing trade partnership between Nigeria and India. He stated that India had lately become the country’s biggest trade partner, especially in crude oil sales. Buhari who was speaking at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when he received Letters of …

Former Senate Leader Ali Ndume A former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has said his ambition to be the next Senate President is not at cross-purposes with the interest of the Presidency. Ndume is struggling for the office of the Senate President, in spite of the decision of his party, the …

Mr Femi Gbajabiamila 1 One hundred and sixty-four members of the ninth House of Representatives elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have resolved to back Mr Femi Gbajabiamila for the position of a speaker. The members-elect said they would not defy President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC …

cowpea 1 Despite being the number one producer of beans in the world, Nigeria spends N16bn annually to import the products from neighboring countries. Speaking at training for journalists organized by the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa in Abuja, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Science and Technology, …

The federal government and the World Bank power sector team met on the possibility of Nigeria accessing a one billion dollar Performance Based Loan (PBL) from multilateral institutions. Finance Minister Mrs Zainab Ahmed dropped the hint at a joint news conference with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele …

Senior Advocate of Nigeria Mr Femi Falana A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has lamented the corruption in the judiciary, calling for reforms to redeem the image of the third arm of government. Mr. Falana also urged the media and civil society organizations to investigate and monitor the …

A group of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, under the aegis of justice reform project, have said the reported voluntary resignation of Justice Walter Onnoghen should not be the end of the corruption allegations leveled against him. They said that, given the gravity of the allegations against the suspended justice Onnoghen …