The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a firm warning to state governments and employers, setting a deadline for the full implementation of the national minimum wage and consequential adjustments before the end of March. Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim, President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), made this declaration at a one-day National…
The battle for the position of National Secretary in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a dramatic turn, with the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) stepping in to broker peace. Amid court rulings, political maneuvering, and even physical confrontations, the crisis threatens to deepen the cracks within Nigeria’s main opposition party. At the end…
A 60-year-old Kenyan woman, Connie Muuru, has narrated how her first marriage ended after two years due to her mother-in-law who she claims never liked her. The businesswoman who shared her story in a Facebook post on Wednesday, January 29, said she was kicked out of her matrimonial home after mother-in-law encouraged her son to…
Former governor of Osun State and former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bisi Akande, has said that the 2020 #EndSARS protest across Nigeria was “designed to be the end” of Bola Tinubu, the current Nigeria President. Akande, while speaking on a podcast, alleged that the Obidients, a movement that supported the 2023…
By the time Bola Ahmed Tinubu ascended to the presidency, many believed it was the culmination of a lifelong ambition—an inevitability rather than a decision. But according to Bisi Akande, former governor of Osun State and a close political ally, Tinubu had deep reservations about running. It took persistent persuasion, an appeal to Yoruba tradition,…
