Some repentant Boko Haram insurgents Tuesday night invaded a police station in Maiduguri in an attempt to set free their colleagues who were arrested earlier over alleged drug offenses, witnesses told the Daily Trust on Thursday. However, the Police Public Relations Officer in Borno State, Kenneth Daso, who confirmed that there was an…
The Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Agency has arrested three senior officials of the state government for allegedly recommending illegal migrants to secure Nigerian citizenship. The Chairman of the agency, Muhuyi Magaji, made this known on Thursday in Kano. He alleged that the suspects collected bribe from the foreign nationals to write letters…
Former Kaduna senator and social critic, Shehu Sani, has said that Nigeria should not only be the giant of Africa in population but in all sectors of the economy. He spoke on the sidelines of the Inaugural Memorial Lecture of Prince Emeka Obasi, the late Publisher of Business Hallmark, with the title: ‘If this…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said that the immediate past administration of Muhammadu Buhari should not be blamed for the failure of the current problems in the country. He said the current administration will not hold the previous administration responsible for the difficulties it faced upon assuming office. He said this during the Chronicle Roundtable…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) insists the proposed N615,000 minimum wage is realistic, dismissing claims that some states cannot pay such an amount if approved. Recent reforms in Nigeria including the removal of fuel subsidy and the unification of the foreign exchange market have pushed the cost of living to newer levels. Inflation figures hit…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, on Thursday, emphasised the need for the government and organised labour to come up with a sustainable minimum wage in the ongoing negotiations. The NGF, which made the call in a communique issued at the end of its virtual meeting and signed by its Chairman and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq,…
The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources, Downstream and Midstream, has announced that the nation presently holds more than 1.5 billion liters of petrol in its storage facilities, which is sufficient to sustain for 30 days. It called on Nigerians to remain calm and eschew panic buying. The committee further disclosed that it was…
The negotiations between the Tinubu-led Federal Government and organised labour for a new minimum wage have ended in a deadlock. It will be recalled that President Bola Tinubu had in January set up a tripartite committee consisting of the government, labour and private sector representatives to review the N30,000 minimum wage introduced by the Muhammadu…
The House of Representatives Committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream and Midstream) have urged security agencies to clamp down on fuel marketers hoarding petrol and engaging in the arbitrary increment in the price of the premium commodity. In a statement on Wednesday jointly signed by the Chairmen of the two committees, Ikenga Ugochinyere and…
Ghana’s Asante King on Wednesday displayed for the first time dozens of royal artefacts looted during colonial rule, after they were returned by British museums on a long-term loan as part of his silver jubilee celebrations. The British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum earlier this year agreed to give back 32 gold…