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NLC: May Day not complete without new minimum wage

Tomorrow's May Day celebration would be incomplete if the Federal Government fails to make major pronouncements that would lead to a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers, so says the Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Peters Adeyemi. Adeyemi, in an interview with...

NNPC reduces petrol importation by 45%

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has reduced its importation of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, from about 95 per cent to 50 per cent, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said. According to Kachikwu, the reduction has paved...

2017 Budget ready for President’s signature next week -Lawan

The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, on Thursday expressed the hope that the 2017 Appropriation Bill will be ready for the signature of President Muhammadu Buhari by next week despite the hitches being experienced on the passage of the document at the National Assembly. Lawan disclosed...

Anti-graft war: Whistle-blowers to get N2.1bn

All things being equal, whistle-blowers are poised to get N2.1bn reward for their whistle-blowing efforts that have led to major discoveries since December 20, 2016 when the policy was inaugurated by the Federal Government. It was, however, learnt that payment would only be made after...

We’ll go after multinationals involved in illicit financial flows – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has unveiled plans to go after multinationals involved in illicit financial flows out of Nigeria. The Acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on the sideline of a conference on the use...

PIB: Nigeria loses $235bn investments amid $9bn debt

Nigeria has lost about $235bn worth of investments on the back of the failure to reform the oil and gas industry, even as the Federal Government struggles to pay up over $9bn cash call arrears to oil firms. Oil workers under the aegis of the...