The Nigerian Senate has endorsed N30, 000 as the new minimum wage for Federal and State workers in the country. The minimum wage was approved during the Tuesday plenary after the National Minimum Wage Bill was passed by the Lawmakers. “I hope that with this minimum wage our workers will double their efforts to increase […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday filed a petition challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the presidential election conducted by INEC on February 23. The petition was filed at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the premises of the Court of Appeal Abuja by lawyers […]

Nigeria and other Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) allies may not get new output cuts till June following the rescheduling of an April meeting by the cartel. The organisation’s monthly oil market report showed that inventories as of January were 2.88 billion barrels, about 19.1 million barrels above the five-year average the coalition is […]

Justice Tanko Muhammad has said that President Muhammadu Buhari does not require the permission of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to appoint him as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). He also said he was not aware CJN Walter Onnoghen was suspended before he (Tanko) was sworn in. He stated this while responding to a […]