Thousands of Nigerian civil servants are put to the test of eternal misery when their state governors have not shown proper commitment to pay the 70,000 approved minimum wage.
A new N50 transfer levy could push millions back to cash transactions and harm fintech growth, experts warn
Nigeria’s tax reform could ease living costs, but a looming tax hike on non-essentials would sting consumers.
Experts believe when importation is expensive, costs of living soar and essential commodities become unaffordable.
Young journalists and media experts said the rising threats and arrests of journalists have created a culture of fear, deterring many aspiring journalists from pursuing their dreams.
The growing trend of journalists’ arrest and abduction does not just show a decline in press freedom in Nigeria, it also raises serious concerns about the future of journalism in the country.
Our findings revealed that by dictating to hardworking Nigerians how much to sell their goods, not only is the price control immoral, but such policies can create more scarcity and further inflate the price of goods.
Repression remains an issue in Nigeria despite practicing democracy for over two decades. This is exemplified by different instances of police brutality.
The call for a “living wage”, a connotation for an increment of the minimum wage, should focus on asking the government to fix the causes of inflation and not be a demand that will drown the country further into debt.
The abysmal treatment of media practitioners in the past one year depicts the degeneration and misuse of the rule of law in handling journalists.
“It’s an indirect tax on the masses. The service providers will not feel it that much. They will accommodate it and add it to their cost of services, and the masses will keep suffering.”
He worked very hard to succeed in his small-scale business, but the harder he tried, the tougher it turned. Yusuf Taiyelolu, a local hand-weaver in
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