The planned strike by organised labour is already reverberating across the financial markets as interbank lending rates dropped further last week while the naira closed weaker at the interank foreign exchange market on Friday, at 162.10 to the dollar, ...
Commercial banks in Lagos witnessed massive patronage as customers rushed to make withdrawal of cash in preparation for the planned nationwide strike by organised labour, the organised labour proposed like action is part of its activities to protest re...
As the issue of fuel subsidy removal threatens Nigeria’s economy in the new year, the maritime arm of the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has expressed concerns over Nigerian oil theft, as it peaked, war...
It might come as a surprise to many Nigerians that celebrities in the country are against the removal of fuel subsidy, judging by their massive support for President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2011 Presidential Election. Comments by some of the...
The forum of former Deputy Governors has urged the organised labour to seek dialogue with the Federal Government, before embarking on an industrial action over the removal of petrol subsidy. Speaking on Saturday in Uyo, the Secretary-General of th...
Many people in Nigeria, especially those living in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory and environs, and perhaps beyond, are familiar with a minority tribe popularly referred to as Gwari. But is this tribe, which accommodates the nation’s seat o...
No fewer than two persons were injured in a commotion between the supporters of Gov. Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa and his predecessor Alhaji Akwe Doma at the Court of Appeal in Makurdi on Friday. The supporters of CPC and PDP were in the court ...
As the recent petrol subsidy removal continues to generate mixed reactions among Nigerians, an Abia-based group, Concerned Advocate for Good Governance (CAGG), has urged the organised labour not to overheat the polity. The group in a statement ma...
Potiskum, the commercial nerve centre of Yobe on Friday recorded series of explosions and gunfire, the second since the declaration of state of emergency in the state by the Federal Government. Alhaji Lawal Tanko, the State's Commissioner of P...
No fewer than 295 cases of fire outbreaks were recorded in Katsina State in 2011, the deputy chief fire officer of state fire service, Ali Kassim Bindawa has said. Addressing journalists in his office on Thursday, Bindawa, said the state fire service ...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), and Nigeria Union Of Local Government Employees (NULGE) have ordered their members in the 36 states of the federation to ignore a purported court o...
Tennis is a sport which does not get much sleep. As soon as the December ATP finals in London brought down the curtains on one tennis campaign, preparation is already being made amongst the players for this year ‘s events and in particular, the A...
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Will the 11th hour injunction, obtained from the National Industrial Court restraining the planned national strike by Labour on Monday, derail labour? LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s LOUIS ACHI examines the key issues thrown up by the activation of the zero...
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and her counterpart in the Ministry of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, have been asked to resign their appointments with immediate effect following their roles in the withdrawal of fuel subsidy. The...