Differential wage: Labour moves against National Assembly, holds nationwide protest today
NLC, TUC to occupy National Assembly, state chapters join protest • CSOs endorse minimum wage bill, say Nigeria needs restructuring THE Nigerian Labour Congress will today (Wednesday) hold a nationwide…
Ugwuanyi appoints Okwor as MD of Water CORPORATION
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has appointed Engr. Onyeka Martins Okwor as the Managing Director of the State Water Corporation, with effect from Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Announcing the…
Twitter CEO’s first tweet draws $2.5m bid at auction
Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Jack Dorsey, is auctioning his first ever tweet on a website that sells tweets as non-fungible token. As of Monday, the first tweet had attracted a…
Oil falls after hitting $70, OPEC+ output plunges
The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, dropped on Monday after climbing above the $70 per barrel mark for the first time in over 14 months. Brent, against which Nigeria’s oil…
Power sector loses N59.33bn despite 5,802MW peak generation
Between January 1 and March 6, 2021 Nigeria’s power sector lost N59.33bn but posted its highest ever peak generation of 5,802 megawatts during the period. Documents obtained from the Federal…
We spent N966bn on pipeline repairs, NNPC replies AuGF
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has explained that it spent N966bn to repair pipelines between 2010 and 2015. NNPC stated this in response to the query raised in the 2016…
FG, firm sign MoU for oil palm development
The Federal Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Solidaridad West Africa for the development of Nigeria’s oil palm sector. In November 2020, it was reported that officials from…
Naira slumps, exchanges for 480/$ at parallel market
The naira suffered more setbacks as it exchanged to the dollars at 480/$ at the parallel market on Friday. In mid February, it had exchanged at 473/$ at the parallel…
Food blockade to South-West taught us to redevelop capacity to feed our people — farmers
For almost two decades and still counting, Thomson Asaya has established himself as a hard-working and successful farmer, growing rice, maize and yams on hectares of land at Ofada –…
Nigerian stock market extends loss by 0.40%
The nation’s bourse extended a negative trend for the third consecutive trading session following sell pressure on Nigerian Breweries, Dangote Sugar Refinery, and tier-1 banks. The All-Share Index on Thursday…














