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A Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted former Senior Special Adviser to immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, and a banker, Joseph Iwuejo, who were charged with an alleged N1.6 billion fraud. The ...

The Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has advocated quick resolution of the issues causing a delay in the payment of Federal Government approved a new national minimum wage. President Muhammadu Buhari had signed the new minimum wage bill into law ...

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday disclosed that his administration plans to drive voluntary tax payment through quality service delivery and transparency in the state. He stated that when citizens see that the state government was working hard and ensuring ...

Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has charged the young scientists representing Nigeria in the International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) to win the gold medal. Giving the challenge when he received the contingent in Abuja, he also implored ...

The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has adjusted the visa fee for American citizens to $160 in deference to the directive of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. The change has been effected in the service’s ...

The pervasive insecurity, poverty and corruption in Nigeria have been blamed on the past inactions of the nation’s leaders. The country’s Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of the military President Ibrahim Babangida administration in 1992 was specifically fingered as the precursor ...

Crisis is imminent as the Cross River House of Assembly is about to begin legislation on a bill seeking the establishment of Land Use and Allocation Management Commission (LUAC) to do away with the Land Use Act 1978, which it ...

Nigeria and the European Union (EU) has signed a €50 million (N19.65 billion) memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the development of the insurgency-ravaged North East geo-political region. The latest pact, signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Geoffrey Onyeama, ...

Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan, has urged bankers in the country to make deliberate efforts to reposition their skillsets and knowledge-scope in order to meet with the challenges of a fast-changing business environment and marketplace. Akinwuntan, who spoke at ...

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has declared his readiness to tackle poor remuneration in the state’s civil service, stressing that poor wages packages could be counterproductive to the anti-corruption fight. Governor Makinde, who made the assertion, while addressing the newly ...