Category: General
President Tinubu approves N35,000 wage award for FG workers
President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months.Malam Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, announced this in a statement on Su…
Tinubu reviews change of Guards
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday served as the Special Guest of Honour at the change of Guards of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.The event was part of the 63rd Independence Anniversary with the theme “Nigeria @63, Renewed Hope for Unity and Prosperity”…
Women group backs AGF’s reform agenda
A civil society organisation, Women Professional Alliances (NWPA), has thrown its weight behind the reform agenda of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein.The Spokesperson for the group, Mrs Christine Ezekwe, stated this…
NLC, TUC urge Zamfara workers to join indefinite strike
The Zamfara Chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called on the workers in the state to unanimously join the planned nationwide industrial action as directed by the national headquarters of the two bodies.Th…
UNIBEN arrests admission racketeers
The University of Benin says some fraud syndicates have been arrested over admission racketeering.The university announced this in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, on Sunday in Benin.According to her, members of the sy…
NITDA donates N30M ICT centre to Foundation
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), on Saturday donated a N30 million ICT centre to the Richard George Foundation (RGF).The Director- General, NITDA, Mr Kashifu Abdullahi made the donation at the formal inauguration of Gala/…
SMSE as bailout to Nigeria’s economic woes
Since the attainment of independence 63 years ago, Nigeria has been battling with development issues, despite its natural endowment in human and material resources.Several strategies by successive civilian and military administrations have met with lim…
Human trafficking: Africa must shift attention to male child – Author
A Nigerian author and novelist, Gbenga Sokefun, has called on African leaders to beam searchlight on human trafficking of the male child.Sokefun, the author of a fiction, “Adigun”, in a release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sund…