LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Tajul Islam inaugurates ‘Golden Jubilee Monument of Independence’ at LGED Bhaban in the city on Sunday marking the golden jubilee of the Independence. NN photo

Nigeria faces currency woes in wake of oil price plunge

AFP, Lagos :Onele Vincent and his colleagues are fed up with the rising cost of living. So they decided to do something about it and led a noisy protest at a top Lagos hotel where they work.“Things are more expensive, rent is high, food is high,” Vincent told AFP last week in the lobby of the Southern Sun hotel, a favourite of the monied elite, politicians and expatriates.“Everything has increased and yet the staff salary has remained the same.”Vincent and...

1 Feb 2016, 12:00 am