Edo approves N40k minimum wage — N10k above national standard
Godwin Obaseki, Edo governor, has approved N40,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state. Obaseki made the announcement on Sunday while delivering his 2022 Workers’ Day speech. He said his government will continue to prioritise the welfare of Edo workers and equip them with the capacity to deliver quality […]
It’s hard to tell if the world is still listening to me, says Bill Gates on next pandemic
Bill Gates, chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), says it’s hard to tell if the world is still listening to him and his messages about the next pandemic. Speaking to TheCable, Gates said the world has many challenges at the moment, from the war in Ukraine to the conflict in […]
NBS: Women occupied only 13.73% of ministerial positions since 1999
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says women still do not have equal access to decision making and power-sharing at all levels in the country. NBS said this in its gender statistics bulletin for the first quarter of 2022, released on Sunday. The report focuses on four key areas pertaining to women in […]
NDLEA intercepts 10.8kg of cocaine, fake N1.1bn travellers’ cheques at Lagos airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have foiled an attempt by drug traffickers to smuggle 10.89 kilograms of cocaine into the country through a Qatar Airways flight. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, said this in a statement issued on Sunday. Babafemi said the illicit drug was hidden in seven […]
Army: IPOB using doctored images, videos for propaganda war against us
The Nigerian Army says members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are using pictures of fake soldiers arrested by troops recently to malign the institution. Onyema Nwachukwu, director, army public relations, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that one Solomon Okafor of Radio Biafra London […]
Falae: I won 1999 presidential election… results were overturned while I was asleep
Olu Falae, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), has claimed he won the 1999 presidential election. Falae, who contested the election on the joint platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and All Peoples Party (APP), lost to Olusegun Obasanjo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Obasanjo […]
No Nigerian worker should live in poverty, says Tinubu
Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential hopeful, says Nigerian workers are the “backbone” of the country and none of them should live in poverty. The APC chieftain made the remark in a statement released on Sunday to commemorate International Workers’ Day. According to the statement signed by Tunde Rahman, his […]
Wanted: A president to solve the ASUU puzzle
Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has a dream: that one day, Nigerian universities will be able to compete with the best in the world; that our universities will attract the best students and best teachers; that students will start trooping to Nigeria from all over the world; […]
‘It’s a party affair’ — PDP asks court to dismiss suit seeking to stop presidential primary
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked a federal high court sitting in Abuja to dismiss a suit seeking to stop its presidential primary. Cosmas Ndukwe, a former deputy speaker of Abia state house of assembly, had asked the court to stop the primary over the non-zoning of the party’s ticket to the […]