Organised labour may settle for N100,000 minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage commences daily meetings for five days to reach a consensus. Multiple sources in the labour movement told The PUNCH on Tuesday that the union leaders were willing to review their demand from N494,000 to N100,000, following the criticism and controversy that trailed their proposal …

Notwithstanding that one year is too short to assess a four-year tenure, President Bola Tinubu has shocked bookmakers with the huge and remarkable ground his solutionist administration has covered, showing unwavering commitment to fostering a conducive environment to long-term local and foreign investments. This vision is evidenced by a raft of bold reforms to make Nigeria a more attractive destination …

In Africa, when a man loses his virility, he is subject of scorn, ridicule and disdain. Male impotence or infertility is not only disdained but tabooed. In a continent where child-making is almost an obsession, Africa couched a number of hurtful epithets for one who loses his virile member. Failure to get this critical member standing up leaves sour overtones …

It is a puzzle that the Bola Tinubu administration has dragged the 36 state governments to court to compel them to respect the autonomy of the 774 Local Government Councils, often touted, though erroneously, as the third tier of government and the government that is closest to the grassroots. That Tinubu has seemingly chosen the path of strengthening the existing …

When President Bola Tinubu took office at the helm of Africa’s largest democracy, he said in his inaugural address that Nigeria is “too great a nation and too grounded as a people to rob ourselves of our finest destiny”. It was a statement of commitment to govern and not rule, to consult and dialogue but never dictate. Now that we …

The government of President Bola Tinubu has a four year contract with Nigerians. It has done one year already. All considered, it is a bit too early for a verdict. I said this to say that this regime took over a broken system; and anyone who expected it to turn things around in one year was not realistic or not …

But for the ministerial presentations on the achievements of the President Bola Tinubu administration in its first year, christened Ministerial Sectoral Update, which began on Tuesday 21 May at the National Press Centre in Abuja, many may not have known or appreciated the quantum of work that has been done by the government within such a short period of one …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over his admonition of the Bola Tinubu administration, which is a year old in office today. In a statement on Tuesday by the ruling party’s National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Felix Morka, APC said the 2023 presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “lives in …

Last week here in this column, we warned President Bola Tinubu to beware because Ondo State people were unhappy with the measly offering he offered them as per his Board appointments. The state and its people, who supported the president handsomely in the 25 February 2023 presidential election, got one of the least number of appointments – six out of the …

One year after being in the saddle, President Bola Tinubu will be the first person to admit that the ride has been bumpy. He is also the first to say he is unfazed by the turbulence as he remains focused on the marathon of the next three years. The past year has been months of baby steps, months of laying …