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Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended an invitation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pay a State Visit to China in September. The invitation was presented by the visiting Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Chen Xiaodong, during a visit to the Aso Villa on Thursday. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special ... Read More »

Former Niger Delta freedom fighter, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has warned organisers of the planned nationwide protest against hardship scheduled for August 1 not to come to the Niger Delta. Dokubo-Asari said the agenda of those behind the protest do not capture the problems of the people of the Niger Delta. While daring them to come to the oil and gas-rich region, ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu has signed the newly approved National Minimum Wage into law. Much ado about minimum wage The president assented to the bill on Monday, July 29, during the Federal Executive Council meeting attended by the members of the Cabinet and the leadership of the National Assembly. Read More »

The Lagos State Government has not revoked all existing building permits as reported in some online media. This clarification becomes necessary following a misleading headline report in an online news medium, stating that the Lagos State Government revoked all existing building permits. It should be noted that the issuance of Planning Permit is the prerogative of the Lagos State Physical ... Read More »

..NO CONSTRUCTION WORK AFTER 7PM AND ON SUNDAYS … NO SLEEPING IN BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION The Lagos state Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has directed that property owners and developers all over the State must ensure that all relevant professionals such as Structural/Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineers and Architects in the built environment are fully engaged in ... Read More »

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has it can comfortably handle the conduct of local government elections if the responsibility falls on it. The chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu said this on Thursday, July 25, when he appeared before the joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters on preparations for the upcoming governorship elections in ... Read More »

The House of Representatives has called for the suspension of the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority (NMDPRA) pending conclusive investigations into the allegations against the Authority. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Hon. Esosa Iyawe on the House’s urgent need to address the outage resulting from what he called ... Read More »

Don’t be fooled: the malcontents planning to stage nationwide protests are supporters of Peter Obi, the failed presidential candidate of the Labour Party. And he should be held responsible for whatever crisis emanates from the action. The protest planners are also the same people who were instigated by IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu to launch the destructive ENDSARS protest in Nigeria ... Read More »

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero on Thursday gave reasons why the Organised Labour accepted the proposal of N70,000 minimum wage from President Bola Tinubu. Ajaero, who spoke to State House reporters after the meeting with the President, said the unions agreed to the offer because of other incentives attached. He said another reason for accepting the ... Read More »

In a landmark development, the Federal Government and Organised Labour have agreed on a new national minimum wage of N70,000, a significant increase from the current N30,000. The newly agreed minimum wage was reached on Thursday when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with the leadership of the organized Labour, led by presidents of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the ... Read More »