May Day: FG’s 35% pay rise mischievous, living wage should be N615k – Ajaero

By Miftaudeen Raji The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has described the 35 per cent pay rise of the federal government civil servants as mischievous, saying living wage... Read more »

Brentford signs Nigerian U-20 sensation Benjamin Frederick from Moses Simon’s Kaduna academy

By Okiki Adeduyite Nigerian U-20 centre-back, Benjamin Frederick, has secured a move to the English Premier League outfit, Brentford. At just 18 years old, Frederick has emerged as the latest permanent addition to... Read more »

UTME: ‘From struggle to victory’, man shares success of village students who scored 200+

By Ajisafe Olayiwola Alex Onyia, the Chief Executive Officer of Educare, an education technology platform, has narrated how his platform made some students score 200 and above in the just-concluded 2024 Unified Tertiary... Read more »

Tariff hike: Tribunal orders substituted service of interim order on MultiChoice

A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja has granted an application for substituted service of the interim order, restraining Multi-Choice Nigeria Limited from its plan to increase tariffs on... Read more »

FG raises salaries of military, police, others

By Okechukwu Nnodim The Federal Government has approved a 25 to 35 per cent increase in the salary structures of police officers, the armed forces, public servants, among others. It announced this on... Read more »

Naira rebounds as dollar supply hits $7bn in two months

By Damilola Aina Dollar supply in the official foreign exchange market reached a substantial sum of $7.3bn in the months of March and April, findings by The PUNCH have shown. This is as the naira... Read more »

Coastal highway: What we built in six years was demolished in six hours – Landmark

By Olaniyi Apanpa A part of Landmark Beach on Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday was demolished to give way to the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Nigeria’s biggest public infrastructure project. This is despite the... Read more »

BDC operators arrested as naira weakens to 1,419/$

By Damilola Aina The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday conducted an on-the-spot raid at the Wuse Zone 4 area of Abuja, arresting an unidentified number of Bureau De Change operators.... Read more »

Drama as power ceased during power minister’s speech at N’Assembly

By Tope Omogbolagun Drama played out on Monday when power supply was seized as the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, was speaking at the National Assembly. Adelabu was fielding questions from senators... Read more »

BREAKING: Senators fight over seat in newly renovated chamber

By Tope Omogbolagun A rowdy session marred the resumption of the Senate to plenary on Tuesday as senators fought over the seats. The plenary had started around 11 am and immediately after... Read more »