The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday resolved to jettison the national social register used by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to implement its own conditional cash transfer. Rising from its meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja, the council revealed that the register is replete with integrity issues, adding that the criteria for its compilation were…

Residents of Isuaniocha Community, Awka North, Anambra State, have appealed to the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, and Governor Charles Soludo to intervene in the widespread insecurity, terror and human rights violations going on in the community.

After the oil boom of the early 2010s that supported strong growth in the Nigerian economy, there was an oversupply of oil from the US shale industry that crashed prices in the mid-2010s and upset oil producers.

It was a joyous mood for people of the South East and beyond, yesterday, as President Muhammadu Buhari virtually inaugurated the all-important Second Niger Bridge, 18 years after it was conceived.

The governors of Anambra and Kaduna states, Professor Charles Soludo and Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, will Tuesday headline a high-level policy deliberation on pathways for creating a robust and resilient economic future for Nigeria.

Anambra Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, said that the N30,000 national minimum wage for Nigerian workers is grossly insufficient to sustain the average worker and his family.