Lagos State, the nation’s commercial city, will soon be reopened for businesses and other endeavors, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, raised the hope on Sunday. But business owners and religious centres must meet conditions set by the government. Sanwo-Olu said pending when those conditions are met, “the status quo will remain.” The state, which...
The federal government has announced the granting of a two-month licence-fee waiver for terrestrial broadcast stations in the country by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, as part of efforts to ease the negative effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the broadcast industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated...
US President, Donald Trump on Tuesday, had a telephone conversation with Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari over the coronavirus pandemic in the country. This was revealed by Lai Mohammed, minister of information, at the media briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19. He said...
The fight against the coronavirus pandemic requires all hands to be on deck as seen in Europe and America, where legislators are working to pass economic stimulus laws and other legal measures to cushion the excruciating effect of Covid-19 on their citizens. In this interview with human rights lawyer, Femi Falana...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Labour Act to criminalize casualization of workers in Nigeria. The bill, which seeks to prohibit engagement of casual workers beyond six months, was sponsored by Olawale Raji (APC, Lagos). Leading the debate for the general principles...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) on Monday warned Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to stop beating the drums of war. The BMO was speaking in reaction to Obasanjo’s comment at the first memorial lecture organised in honour of the founder of the Oodua People’s Congress, Dr Fredrick Fasehun, in which...
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to heed the warning from two former Heads of State, Yakubu Gowon and Olusegun Obasanjo to restructure Nigeria and avoid a war situation. In a statement by Yinka Odumakin (South West), Gen. C....
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Ore Flyover Interchange is important because it will boost economic activities in Ondo State, ease traffic congestion and reduce accidents. The President spoke yesterday at Ore in Odigbo Local Government while inaugurating projects to mark the third year anniversary of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s administration....
The sponsor of the bill that seeks to establish an agency for the rehabilitation of repentant Boko Haram members, Ibrahim Gaidam, has explained why he introduced the bill in the Senate. The introduction of the bill has attracted outrage from many Nigerians. They fear that releasing the ‘repentant’ Boko...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 192 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to “restrain and stop Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives and all members of the House from spending an estimated N5.04 billion to buy 400...
