Day: July 23, 2024

By Ken Chiwendu The Senate has passed the National Minimum Wage Act 2019 (Amendment Bill). The bill,scaled first, second and third readings, minutes after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu to the upper legislative chamber. It was unanimously passed after it scaled third reading . President Tinubu earlier on […]

By John Obi Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 10 suspected illegal miners in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. They were arrested with six trucks fully loaded with lithium. The suspected illegal miners are Yunusa Adisa, Ganiyu Kazeem, Muideen Babayemi, Sulaiman Usman, […]

By Goodluck Ikiebe As part of efforts to ensure food security in Nigeria, some agricultural Cooperatives group, Agro-Allied Commodities Cooperatives in collaboration with the federal government has unfolded plans to empower farmers in each state across Nigeria. The Yeye Oodua Agbaye of Ife Kingdom, Queen Hajarat Adeyeye, who is the […]

By Daniel Peters The Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister of Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has appeared before the joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Finance to discuss the crucial amendment of the Finance Bill, 2024. The proposed legislation seeks to revise the Finance Act, 2023, to ensure […]

By Goodluck Ikiebe On the sidelines of the 6th AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Economy, Mr Wale Edun held bilateral talks with Dr. Benedict Okey Oramah, President of Afreximbank. The meeting, which was held in Accra, Ghana weekend, reinforced the strong […]