By Garba Shehu Last week, the Nigeria’s senate majority leader reintroduced anti-sexual harassment legislation to parliament, following a serious exposé by the BBC of a sex for grades scandal at the University of Lagos. The bill had been tabled before – in 2016
Bowing to Labour’s demand on minimum wage will cause retrenchments — Ngige The Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, announced on Thursday that the Federal Government would have to lay off workers to be able to meet a wage bill of
Earlier today, the President and Commander –in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari addressed the nation on the state of affairs. There is no doubt that the President and his team are in the know of
INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF THE 59TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY 1st OCTOBER, 2019 Dear Compatriots, 1st October each year is an opportunity for us to reflect and thank God for
As Nigeria celebrates 59 independent anniversary, the immediate past Deputy Government of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has congratulated President Mohammadu Buhari and Nigerians. Prince Madumere extolled the President Buhari led Governor for its effort towards reducing the level of dependence on
While societies have been divided over issue of abortion for various reasons. There is no doubt that these reasons are moral, health ground and religious. For religious sects, it is abominable to raise the issue of abortion. They simply believe that abortion is
Head of state from 1995-2007 led opposition to the Iraq war and was first president to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust The former French president Jacques Chirac, a self-styled affable rogue who had one of the longest political careers in Europe, has
The South East Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (SECCIMA) will on Thursday, September 26, 2019 inaugurate Everest Okpara as the 9th President of Owerri Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture. Recall that Okpara came in to bridge the gap
By Timothy Nwachukwu The erstwhile deputy Governor of IMO State, His Excellency Prince Eze Madumere has called on the Minister of finance and the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria to increase lending to small and medium enterprises as they are the
By Olu Fasan Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari, through his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, queried the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr. Tunde Fowler, for failing to collect enough taxes. In a letter dated August 8, Abba Kyari asked Fowler
A German Development Agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German for German Agency for International
Nigeria’s heartless President,Bola Ahmed Tinubu finally released all the 114 #EndBadGovernance protesters (minors and adults)
United States based Scientist and Business Woman, Princess Angela Obasi has joined other well meaning
A former member of the House of Representatives Farouk Lawan has regained freedom after serving