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***N150K could have been our target, but… ***Speaks on how to tackle corruption Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, can be an interviewer’s delight. That is if you do not allow him to hijack the session.   Versed in virtually all   aspects of labour, Ajaero can talk for as long as you allow him. Blessed with institutional memory, the unionist …

The Nigeria Football Federation, on Monday, unveiled former Ajax star Finidi George as the new coach of the Super Eagles. Super Eagles coach, Finidi George, flanked by NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau, and the Sports minister John Enoh during his unveiling on Monday. Finidi was appointed two weeks ago, but the NFF did not reveal the specifics of the deal he …

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to suspend the implementation of the controversial cybersecurity levy policy and ordered a review. This followed the decision of the House of Representatives, which, last Thursday, asked the CBN to withdraw its circular directing all banks to commence charging a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions in the …

…those earning ₦25m and less get tax exemption The Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee (PFPTRC) has revealed plans to revolutionize Nigeria’s tax system, exempting 95% of the informal sector from all taxes.  Chairman of the Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, who revealed this over the weekend while speaking to journalists at the end of the close-out retreat of the PFPTRC …

The Federal Government has taken a bold step to introduce the Nigerian Academy for Cultural Studies (NACUS) as a specialized institution to train individuals for innovative studies and the development of Nigeria’s culture and history. Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) Otunba Biodun Ajiboye, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by his …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu received the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, on Sunday. The British Royal couple was received by Sanwo-Olu; his wife, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, and some members of the State Executive Council during a courtesy visit at Lagos House, Marina. L-R: Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle; the Duke, Prince Harry; Governor of …

The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said Nigeria needs to continue to diversify attract investment and boost trade surplus. Okonjo-Iweala stated this while addressing newsmen after a meeting with the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and other women at the Nigerian Women in Leadership event in Abuja on Saturday. Nigeria recorded N1.41 trillion trade deficit between October and …

…Obasanjo, Adeleke, Oyinlola commission presidential lodge in Osun Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has said despite that Nigeria is a complex country it is not too difficult to govern.  Obasanjo while commissioning presidential lodge inside Osun state Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo alongside Governor Ademola Adeleke and former governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola on Sunday, May 12, noted that governance is easy when …

• Experts task FG, labour on speedy, rancour-free negotiation• Warn against unrealistic wage hike• Canvass interventions in education, health, housing, other sectors• Minimum wage below UN poverty line impoverishes, NLC insists As Nigeria prepares for negotiations for a new national minimum wage, Organised Labour and other critical stakeholders have tasked the Federal Government to ensure a hitch-free negotiation process that would …

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its operation and adding that it is also moving into an area in northern Gaza where Hamas has regrouped. Israel has now evacuated the eastern third of Rafah, pushing the operation …