The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reassured Nigerian workers of the government’s commitment to improving their welfare. While congratulating the workers on the occasion of May Day celebration, the party in a press statement signed on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, Esq, applauded the resilience, sacrifice, diligence and patriotism of Nigerian workers and celebrated their invaluable contributions to the building and sustenance of the nation’s economic life. The statement read, “Nigerian workers...

No fewer than 6,000 Nigerian refugees from Chad and Cameroon would be repatriated. Tijani Ahmed, Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugee, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday at the end of a Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting on the voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees. Ahmed said 6,000 people would be returned from Chad while the number to be repatriated from Cameroon would be determined before the start...

Climate change, unsustainable agricultural practices, and population growth have been identified as challenges facing the Northern region. This is contained in a communique read by the chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum and governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya at the end of the NSGF meeting in Kaduna on Tuesday. Part of the communique reads: “The Forum noted that Human Capital Development is critical to the progress and prosperity of the region and...

Nigerians are facing a tough decision as the government threatens a complete blackout if a proposed increase in electricity tariffs is not accepted. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, warned that without the tariff hike, the country’s power grid could collapse within the next three months, leading to a total blackout. “The entire sector will be grounded if we don’t increase the tariff. With what we have now in the next three months, the entire...

The House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to halt the recently announced increase in electricity tariffs. This action follows concerns raised by lawmakers regarding the fairness and timing of the price hike. On 3rd April, NERC approved an increase in electricity tariffs for Band A customers, those classified as receiving at least 20 hours of daily power supply. The House of Representatives, however, argues that the process lacked transparency...