Nigeria’s upstream petroleum regulator has reported sweeping gains in the oil and gas sector, announcing a 762 per cent rise in rig count alongside billions of dollars in new investments and major reforms four years after its establishment.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ordered full-scale mobilisation of its affiliate unions for a nationwide strike against what it described as Dangote Group’s “deliberate anti-worker crusade” and disregard for Nigeria’s labour laws.
Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has said Nigerians who earn income from sex work and other activities often considered “illegitimate” will be liable to pay taxes under the country’s new fiscal regime.
