Nearly half of Nigerians live below the national poverty line despite an unemployment rate of five percent, a new report by the World Bank has said. The report, titled ‘Why do so many Nigerian workers remain poor?’, showed a correlation between the type of employment, whether wage or self-employment, and levels of poverty. “Poor and…
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, on Saturday, said consultations are ongoing on the reopening of borders. This is as he noted that only President Bola Tinubu has the prerogative to reopen borders in the country. He stated this at an interaction session with members of the Kongolam border community in Mai’adua Local Government…
The Lagos state government says it will sanction the Uber technologies system Nigeria for “failure to comply with essential data sharing agreements”. In a statement on Friday, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, Lagos commissioner for transportation, said the violation of established regulations by the e-hailing company is “alarming”. Osiyemi emphasised that integration of the application programme interface (API)…
Nigeria is to begin the formal export of locally produced commodities to South Africa, Rwanda, Cameroon and Kenya from next month under the Guided Trade Initiative (GTI), the Nigerian National Action Committee (NAC) of AfCFTA announced on Thursday. The GTI, an interim arrangement designed to test the legal framework and Customs processes of participating state…
The Nigeria Police, Abia Command, said it rescued 16 pregnant women and eight children at a baby factory in Aba, Abia State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Maureen Chinaka, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in the state on Friday. Chinaka, who did not disclose the location of the…
The Lagos State Government says it plans to inject additional 50 electric vehicles and 2,000 mass transit buses into its public transportation system to ease movement across the state. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. He said that the procurement of the Bus…
An 80-year-old man-old man, Isiaka Ayinde, has committed suicide in the Araromi Imota area of Lagos State. No one knew why he took his life. His body was discovered by his landlord’s children who immediately raised. The body was found dangling from a rope tied in the kitchen. The landlord reported the matter to the…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Friday, officially flagged off the distribution of palliative materials aimed at cushioning the effects of the removal of the fuel subsidy on citizens in the state. The flag-off ceremony, witnessed a convergence of representatives of the people of the state from major blocs which included the Community Development…
The Minister of Industry, trade and Investment Doris Uzoka Anite has announced the suspension of the newly introduced Expartriate Employment Levy. The minister disclosed this after a closed door meeting with the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. The Minister said a stakeholders meeting will be convened to deliberate on the newly introduced Levy to be…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded N794,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers in the south-west zone. Funmi Sessi, chairperson of the Lagos state chapter of the NLC, said this on Thursday during her presentation at the ongoing public hearing of the tripartite committee on national minimum wage in Lagos. The committee…
