The Organised Labour has said it won’t accept any ₦62,000 or ₦100,000 “starvation wage” as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. An Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Chris Onyeka, stated this on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief show on Monday. He insisted on...
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A military aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president Saulos Chilima has been reported missing after it failed to make a landing Monday morning, the government said. “All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,”...
A man in Denmark has been sentenced to life imprisonment and subsequent preventive detention after stabbing a heavily pregnant woman to death in 2016. The district court in Glostrup announced the sentence on Monday. The now 30-year-old man is said to have stabbed the woman 11 times with...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), has expressed dismay over a report in a section of the media alleging that it inflated subsidy claims by N3.3trillion. A statement issued in Abuja by the company’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi O. Soneye, state...
Edo House Of Assembly on Monday passed a bill for a law to declare ‘Beautiful Edo, Glorious Edo’ as the official Anthem of the state. A motion to consider the bill was moved by the Majority Leader, Charity Aiguobarueghian, (PDP Ovia North East) and it was seconded by...
Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly (NEYGA) has urged the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, to thoroughly clean up its structure to rid the apex bank of influences of Godwin Emefiele-led tenure. NEYGA made the call in a statement by its Spokesman, Mallam Ibrahim Dan-Musa, on Monday...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday in a Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court , Maitama opened its case of alleged N2.6 billion fraud against former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika and three others. The EFCC dragged Sirika alongside his daughter, Fatima; Jalal Sule Hamma and...
No fewer than 1,300 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faithful in Anambra have formally defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The defectors, who came from across the state, were received by the Gov. Chukwuma Soludo at a welcome ceremony in Awka Soludo urged the new...
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Works has fixed the vandalised railings and expansion joints used to absorbed the thermal expansions at the Second Niger Bridge. Mr Uchenna Orji, Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, disclosed this to journalists in Onitsha...
Dangote Refinery: Bode George advocates shareholding for host communities Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has advised President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, to ensure members of the refinery’s host communities benefit as shareholders. George, in a statement on Monday...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR – After a rigorous selection process, MTN Nigeria, in partnership with Pan-Atlantic University, announced on Monday the 20 Fellows to participate in the third edition of its Media Innovation Programme (MIP). “These top media practitioners have been selected to participate in this initiative aimed at...
Director General (DG) of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, has said the South-East ranks among the regions with the highest human trafficking infractions in the country. Waziri-Azi said this on Monday at the opening of a one-day workshop organised...
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi, has said the livestock sector has the potential to contribute more than 11 billion dollars annually to Nigeria’s economy if properly harnessed. Abdullahi communicated this at the 3rd meeting of the Peste Des Petits Ruminants (PPR)...
No fewer than 200 Customs officers, who retired in 2022 are yet to receive their pension entitlements from their Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) which is Premium Pensions Limited (PPL). The concerned ex-customs officers, alleged that they have done all the necessary documentation, yet, could not receive their pensions from...
Stakeholders in host communities have demanded that oil companies be compelled to address adverse health impact of oil exploration in the Niger-Delta. The stakeholders made their position known on Monday during a public presentation of the research report on the impact of oil extraction on women’s health in...
Ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suffered a setback as a top member of the party from Edo Central, Chief Francis Inegbeneki, resigned his party membership. In a letter of resignation dated June 8, 2024, Inegbeneki, who is...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has released over N10 billion to chairmen of the 34 local government areas of the state to build primary health centres. The governor said this during an interactive session with journalists on Monday in Katsina, saying that three primary health centres would be...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri on Monday reshuffled his cabinet in an exercise targeted at maximising the team’s strengths and improve services to the people of the state. Announcing the cabinet rejig on Monday in Yola, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, said the changes...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the Middle Eastern governments to pressure Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement to accept U.S. President Joe Biden proposal to end the war in Gaza. “My message to governments throughout the region and people throughout the region: If you want a ceasefire, press...