World Bank released its 2019 Doing Business Index (DBI) yesterday, reporting an improvement in Nigeria’s ease of doing business as the country moved from 51.52 to 52.89. The report is themed: ‘Doing Business 2019: Training for Reform’. According to the report,…
Governors to take position on minimum wage today (Leadership)
State governors will today meet to take a final position on the new minimum wage demanded by organized labour in the country. The federal government’s Economic Management Team (EMT) chaired by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had yesterday met with…
The NHIS was set up to help the poor (Leadership)
When Prof. Usman Yusuf was invited from the United States and appointed as the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2016, he must have congratulated himself as he saw it as an opportunity to serve his…
FG to announce new minimum wage this week (Leadership)
The federal government will this week announce the figure of the new minimum wage for workers in the country. President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, who disclosed this yesterday, said this followed the completion of negotiations by the…
2006-2018: The short eventful life of Skye Bank (Leadership)
Born in 2006 from a union of four banks, the entity, Skye Bank Plc, has been through several transfusions and finally transformed into Polaris Bank on Friday, September 21, 2018 after being on life support for more than two years.…
We need Chinese leadership model in Nigeria — Obi
The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has advocated an aspect of the Chinese model of electing their leaders, based on their past performances at lower levels of government, for Nigeria. He made the suggestion at the weekend…
Police rescue 8 children from Lagos baby factory (Leadership)
Operatives of the Gender Section of the Lagos State Police Command have stormed a baby factory where children were allegedly bought and sold as goods in Lagos. They have also rescued eight children from the facility. The baby factory known…