The All Progressives Congress (APC) Wednesday moved to douse tension in the ranks of its senators and members of the House of Representatives-elect over the selection of Senator Ahmad Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as Senate president and speaker respectively,…
Buhari Campaign Challenges PDP, Atiku on Petrol Price (ThisDay)
The Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to tell Nigerians how they intend to bring down the pump price of petrol from N145 to N97 per litre without…
Strike: Organised Labour Adopts Strategy to Beat Court Order (ThisDay)
Members of the organised labour have responded swiftly to alleged government’s move to arm-twist them into abandoning Tuesday’s nationwide industrial action. THISDAY gathered that since the National Industrial Court barred the Nigeria Labour Congress, United Labour Congress and Trade Union…
Oshiomhole: Buhari Will Defeat Atiku Again (ThisDay)
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will repeat the feat of beating the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in an electoral contest. Addressing a press conference in…
Minimum Wage Dispute Deepens as Labour Rejects Govs’ N22,500 Offer (ThisDay)
The dispute over workers’ quest for an upward review of the minimum wage in the country became protracted yesterday as the nation’s 36 governors emerged from their meeting in Abuja and said they had agreed to N22,500 as the lowest…
Archbishop of Canterbury, other religious leaders demand free, fair poll (ThisDay)
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has urged the Nigerian government and the politicians to do their best to ensure credible elections in 2019, saying it is the wisest course to peace and progress in the country. Welby stated this…