Organised Labour has declared an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday, June 3rd for the failure of the federal government to conclude negotiations on a new national minimum wage and reverse the hike in the electricity tariff even as the Organised Private Sector, OPS, has condemned Labour’s decision. In an eight-point resolutions by the Presidents of…
Another circular from the Head of Service Bode Agoro on Friday observed that the move had boost productivity in the state government and governance. The Head of Service said Governor Olusola Sanwo-Olu had subsequently directed that the initiative be extended for another three months, from June 3 to September 3, 2024. The circular, titled, Extension…
A Lagos woman Adeyinka Bilikis Gbadamosi has been sentenced to six months imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to a one-count charge bordering on currency racketeering levelled against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Gbadamosi who was arrested on April 27, 2024, while hawking Naira notes at 10 Degree Event Centre, Billings Way,…
Donald Trump has been found guilty of falsifying business records, a felony that could result in prison time. He will be sentenced on July 11. The charges carry a maximum prison sentence of four years, but legal experts consider prison unlikely given Trump’s lack of a criminal record. The former US president had pleaded not…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, confirmed that eight people have so far been rescued by the LASEMA team. A multi-storey building has collapsed on Iga Iduganran street, in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State, trapping many people underneath the rubble. The incident occurred on Thursday close to the Oba…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has signed settlement agreement deal with ExxonMobil Nigeria, on the proposed divestment of 100 percent interest in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to Seplat Energy Offshore Limited. The $1.28 billion deal, first announced in February 2022, has been entangled in regulatory hurdles for over two years. “Settlement agreement between…
Chief Bisi Akande, the pioneer national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has assured Nigerians that the country is safe under President Bola Tinubu’s leadership, despite the current challenges. Akande stated that Nigeria has continued to grow stronger and more united under Tinubu’s presidency, and he is confident that the country will remain peaceful,…
The federal government said the student’s loan scheme will be made available to students of state universities. The website of the student loan fund has received over 60,000 visitors since its launch, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, made this known during an ongoing press briefing in Abuja on Thursday….
Three police officers have been injured during a demonstration in Westminster organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other groups. One officer suffered a serious facial injury after she was hit with a bottle thrown from within the crowd, the Metropolitan Police said. The Met said the suspect had not yet been identified but that…
