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..NO CONSTRUCTION WORK AFTER 7PM AND ON SUNDAYS … NO SLEEPING IN BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION The Lagos state Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has directed that property owners and developers all over the State must ensure that all relevant professionals such as Structural/Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineers and Architects in the built environment are fully engaged in ... Read More »

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has it can comfortably handle the conduct of local government elections if the responsibility falls on it. The chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu said this on Thursday, July 25, when he appeared before the joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters on preparations for the upcoming governorship elections in ... Read More »

The House of Representatives has called for the suspension of the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority (NMDPRA) pending conclusive investigations into the allegations against the Authority. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Hon. Esosa Iyawe on the House’s urgent need to address the outage resulting from what he called ... Read More »

Don’t be fooled: the malcontents planning to stage nationwide protests are supporters of Peter Obi, the failed presidential candidate of the Labour Party. And he should be held responsible for whatever crisis emanates from the action. The protest planners are also the same people who were instigated by IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu to launch the destructive ENDSARS protest in Nigeria ... Read More »

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero on Thursday gave reasons why the Organised Labour accepted the proposal of N70,000 minimum wage from President Bola Tinubu. Ajaero, who spoke to State House reporters after the meeting with the President, said the unions agreed to the offer because of other incentives attached. He said another reason for accepting the ... Read More »

In a landmark development, the Federal Government and Organised Labour have agreed on a new national minimum wage of N70,000, a significant increase from the current N30,000. The newly agreed minimum wage was reached on Thursday when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with the leadership of the organized Labour, led by presidents of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the ... Read More »

With a signal from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Student Loan Scheme, one of the cardinal programmes of the administration, commenced yesterday. The N32 billion made available for the programme will be given as loans to successful applicants. According to the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) – the agency running the scheme, 103,000 successful applications were received. It said 164,000 ... Read More »

The National Coordinator of a non-governmental organization advocacy for integrity and the rule of law, Alhaji Ibrahim Gamawa, made this call during the formal inauguration of coordinators of the 20 local government areas in Bauchi. Ibrahim Gamawa stated that youths have a role to play in ensuring the continued existence of mankind, hence the need to embrace one another regardless ... Read More »

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed s the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). Faleye, a legal and corporate finance specialist, is expected to bring his expertise to bear in repositioning the NSITF for enhanced social protection and service delivery. Tinubu also appointed Mrs. Mojisolaoluwa Kehinde Alli-Macaulay as Executive Director (Operations) of the ... Read More »

The Supreme Court today deliver judgment on the suit the Federal Government filed to secure full autonomy for the 774 local government areas in the country. They argued that FG ought not to have joined them in the matter. Whereas the apex court notified the Federal Government of the judgement date through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation ... Read More »