The conference of former Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to make concerted efforts towards mitigating inflationary pressures on citizens through effective price control mechanisms, subsidies for essential commodities, and social welfare programs targeting vulnerable populations. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of the one-day meeting of the conference held in Yola the Adamawa state capital. The meeting reviewed the State of the nation...

The Nigeria Labour Congress NLC has threatened to embark on a two-day nationwide protest at the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum given to the Federal Government. Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of Nigeria Labour Congress while briefing Journalists in Abuja at the end of the National Executive Council meeting, said, if the government still failed to finalize the implementation, organized labor would have no option but to embark on nationwide protest on the 27th and 28th...