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Anambra gov approves N70,000 minimum wage

26.10.2024

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has announced the immediate payment of the new minimum wage of N70,000 for workers in the state. The governor stated that the least paid worker in Anambra State will go home with nothing less than N70,000, even as, it could be more ranging between N78,000 to N84,000, depending...

Rivers helicopter cash: NLC mourns, calls for probe

26.10.2024

The Nigeria Labour Congress has expressed deep sorrow as it acknowledges the tragic news of the Eastwind Aviation helicopter crash on October 24, 2024. According to a statement on Saturday, signed by the NLC National President, Joe Ajaero, it was noted that the tragic incident claimed the lives of eight dedicated Nigerian workers on duty,...

NLC asks Abia speaker to reject bill violating S’Court judgment

26.10.2024

The Abia State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has stated that the proposed Local Government bill is an attempt to siphon council funds in the state. In a letter to the Speaker, reference number NLC/ABSC/AHA/VOL.11/001, dated 25th October, 2024 and signed by the state chairman of NLC, Ogbonnaya Okoro, and the Secretary, Emma Alozie,...

Constant grid collapse affecting DISCOs’ operations – JEDC

26.10.2024

The Head of Corporate Communications, at Jos Electricity Distribution Company, Dr Elijah Adakole, has said that the reoccurring national power grid collapse affects Distribution Companies’ revenue generation. Adakole, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Saturday in Jos. For instance, he explained that most of JElDC’s customers were on the...

Russian missiles kill five in Ukraine’s Dnipro, Kyiv

26.10.2024

Russian missile strikes killed three people including a child in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro while a teenager and another person died in attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region, officials said Saturday. Overnight strikes on Dnipro wounded 19 others and damaged multiple buildings, said Sergiy Lysak, the governor of the central Dnipropetrovsk region. A...

My son, three friends don’t regret hijacking Nigerian Airways plane with toy guns over annulment of 1993 election – Pa Ogunderu

26.10.2024

Pa Yemi Ogunderu is the father of Richard Ogunderu, one of the teenagers who hijacked a Nigerian Airways plane in 1993 in protest against the annulment of the 1993 presidential widely believed to have been won by the late MKO Abiola. Ogunderu recounts the incident in this interview with TEMITOPE ADETUNJI Tell us a bit...

El Clasico, AC Milan’s clash headline Saturday’s European football feast

26.10.2024

Football fans have an action-packed day to look forward to on 26 October, with top leagues across Europe set to deliver thrilling matches. In the Premier League, Aston Villa will host Bournemouth, Brentford will face Ipswich, Brighton will take on Wolves, and Manchester City will meet Southampton in simultaneous kick-offs at 1400 GMT. Everton will...

Kamala Harris calls for support from Black men in Georgia

26.10.2024

Preston Paris, a young Black man from a family that traditionally votes for Democrats, will cast his ballot for Donald Trump in his first presidential election on 5 November. Paris says many people expect him to vote automatically for Kamala Harris, a fellow African American, and treat him as if he’s mad for not doing...

Substandard products, inadequate installations raise CNG explosion risk – CEO, AHA Strategies

26.10.2024

The Chief Executive Officer of AHA Strategies, Mr Ademola Adigun, discusses the rise of Compressed Natural Gas as a revolutionary alternative to traditional fuels in Nigeria with Ajibade Omape What are the key drivers behind the push for CNG as an alternative to traditional petrol and diesel in Nigeria? The key driver is price—that’s it....

My father taught me at home after losing his job – UNILORIN best graduating student

26.10.2024

Ayodeji Akinsanya, a 24-year-old Mathematics graduate from the University of Ilorin, Oyo State, recently emerged as the overall best student with an impressive CGPA of 4.97. In this engaging conversation with TEMITOPE ADETUNJI, he shares the inspiration behind his mathematical journey, recounting the challenges he faced and how his father’s dedication to education ignited his...

1 … 1,729 1,730 1,731 1,732 1,733 … 1,780

I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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