History has been made once again by a Nigerian who hails from Anambra, Dr. Chukwudi Okeke for becoming the first ever Black Ethnic Minority Councilor to be elected as Chairman of Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council. Dr. Okeke was elected the Chairman of Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council during the Annual Full Council meeting on 22nd of May 2024. Cherwell District Council is a local government district in Oxfordshire, England, where the Chairman of the Council is...

The Nigerian National Assembly is taking steps to potentially change a national symbol. On Thursday, 23rd May 2024, the House of Representatives passed a bill proposing a return to the country’s original national anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.” This anthem was replaced in 1978 with the current one, “Arise, O Compatriots.” The bill, titled “Bill For An Act to Provide for the National Anthem of Nigeria, and for Matters Related Thereto,” was passed swiftly through...

Negotiations over a new national minimum wage in Nigeria reached another impasse on Wednesday as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, lowered their initial demand but rejected the federal government’s latest offer. The NLC, representing organised labour in Nigeria, originally proposed a significant increase to N615,000. However, after previous proposals from the government were deemed insufficient, the NLC signalled a willingness to compromise by reducing their demand to N497,000. Still the government’s latest offer stands at...