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FG, Labour To Reconvene Next Week Over Minimum Wage Negotiation
An invitation letter sent to the labour leaders by the chairman of the committee, Bukar Goni, states that the other members of the committee have agreed to shift grounds from the N48,000 proposal.The letter appealed to the labour leaders to speak to their members and attend the reconvened meeting next Tuesday.The organised labour comprising the […]
Several Trapped As Building Collapses In Niger State
Emergency officials who raced to the scene succeeded in rescuing seven persons who are receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital.The building is located at the popular New Market Area in Minna, the capital of the North-Central State. The manual evacuation of the debris has commenced, and the authorities said machines would be mobilised quickly so […]
Truck rams into BRT on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
It was gathered that the accident occurred around some minutes to 6am on Saturday.Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and Police on response call at the accident scene insisted that only their Public Relations Officers were authorised to speak.However, unconfirmed reports from onlookers noted that several people on the BRT bus were injured. Onlookers […]
Mahamat Déby declared as winner of Chad presidential poll
The announcement confirmed preliminary results from the country’s National Election Management Agency last week.The declaration of Déby as the winner came after the council dismissed challenges by two candidates — Succès Masra, prime minister, and Albert Padacké, former prime minister.Jean-Bernard Padare, constitutional council president, said Masra came second with 18.54 percent, while Padacké won 16.93 […]
Brazil to host 2027 Women’s World Cup
After the success of Australia and New Zealand last year, FIFA members picked Brazil over a European bid in a push to expand women’s football to new continents.Delegates meeting in Bangkok voted 119 votes to 78 to send the 10th Women’s World Cup to the land of samba football, beating a joint bid from Belgium, […]
Ayra Starr, Burna Boy, Tems… 7 Nigerians nominated for 2024 BET Awards
Other Nigerians who made the nomination list released are Davido and Lojay.Ayra Starr led the Nigerian contingent with three nominations for ‘Best New Artiste’, ‘Best African Act’, and ‘Best HER’ while Burna Boy secured two nominations in the ‘Best Male Hip Hop Artiste’ and ‘Best Male R&B/POP Artiste’ categories.Tems also bagged two nominations for ‘Best […]
Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on Benue community as cult war rages
While justifying his action before announcing the imposition of the curfew the chairman of the LGA, Henry Agba, said he was left with no other option but to impose the curfew to thwart further escalation of the bloody war.There was a clash between rival cultists in the local government during which two persons from both […]
21 States To Commence Phase II of HPV Vaccination Exercise May 27
This was revealed in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting of the Nigeria Governors Forum ,NGF, held in Abuja.According to the communiqué signed by the Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the forum had received a briefing on the commencement of the exercise from its Senior Health […]
FG opens student loan application portal May 24
The announcement was made in a statement by the media lead for the NELFund, Nasir Ayantogo.Ayantogo, in the statement, said the opening of the application portal marked a significant milestone in the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to fostering accessible and inclusive education for all Nigerian students.Recall, on June 12, 2023, Tinubu signed the Access […]
Tinubu okays payment of N3.3tn power sector debts
Consequently, about N1.3tn owed power generating companies by the Federal Government will be paid via cash injections and promissory notes, while about $1.3bn using the current official closing rate) owed to gas companies will be paid via cash and future royalties.Already, the Federal Government has commenced payment of the cash part of the N1.3tn debt […]