Just in: Strike shelved as Labour, FG reach NMW truce
THE FULL AGREEMENT REACHED BY BOTH PARTIES MEMORANDUM OF TERMS OF SETTLEMENT REACHED AT THE END OF THE CONCILIATION MEETINGS ON CONSEQUENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS OF THE OTHER WAGES FOLLOWING THE NEW NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE OF N30, 000 HELD AT THE INSTANCE…
Sanwo-Olu, Fidelity parley key Lagos market unions on tax inclusion, dev
…Trading unions charged to profile their members for easy tax collection As part of his efforts to raise tax base of the state, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday, met with market leaders from Alaba and Trade Fair…
Exposure to e-waste hikes abortions, stillbirths, low birth-weights, others—ITU
…As experts indict NESREA of weak regulatory enforcement drive The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has raised a red flag against the prevalence of e-Waste across African countries and Nigeria in particular. In one of the papers delivered at the recently…
‘Agent Banking, POS driving last-mile access for unbanked, under-banked’
Strong rise in access to digital financial services especially by the unbanked is being experienced nationwide due to massive rollout of agent banking and Point of Sales (PoS) terminals as key drivers of last-mile access to formal digital financial services….
Politics of PIB delaying deep pocket investors in oil industry—NNPC boss
Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari has linked the near scare investors in the nation’s oil and gas sector in the last couple of years to the non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bills (PIBs)…
Is Discos deceiving critics with sudden N935bn five-year investment plans?
There are strong speculations that the recent indication that electricity distribution companies (Discos) are set to invest N935bn in their networks stemmed from unprecedented complains and outcries of both the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and even generation firms. However,…
Availability meets demand, drags down price of cooking gas in Nigeria
Strong indications have emerged suggesting that the massive awareness on the beauty of clean energy use in domestic cooking in Nigeria have started yielding results as more Nigerians both in urban and rural settings are now shifting to use of…
Enugu Airport: 56 days after closure, 36 days after award of contract, FG votes N10bn
The Federal Government Thursday approved the sum of N10billion as an intervention fund for the upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. This is coming after 56 days of closure, 36 days of award of contract and massive outcries…
Mentor young girls to succeed you, NPA MD charges Women in maritime
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has called on women stakeholders in the nation’s Maritime Sector to step up efforts at breading fresh women players in the industry to succeed them effectively. She stated this…
Gen Danjuma swaps wife as chairman of May & Baker board after 16 years
Retired top brass in the Nigeria Army, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Rtd) has relieved himself as a Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of May and Baker Nigeria Plc even as the multinational has effectively replaced him…
