Nigerian workers have a cause to rejoice as the federal government has announced that a new wage regime will take off from 1 April 2024. Idris Mohammed, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, said Thursday that the subsisting minimum wage of N30,000 will expire by the end of March 2024. The labour unions in Nigeria, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have been at loggerheads with the federal government...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has raised alarm over the attack on its electoral commissioner in Kogi State, Dr Hale Gabriel Longpet. In a social media post on Friday, INEC said the Longpet’s residence in Lokoja came under siege by unknown gunmen around 3:30 a.m. today. It rained bullets as the gunmen and security guards exchanged fire. The bandits fled after minutes of futile attempts to penetrate the building. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC,...