Saturday 29 June 2024 Minimum wage: Labour rejects govs bid to take over negotiations Appeal Court upholds Nollywood actor Baba Ijesha’s five-year jail term Obi should be ashamed of LP’s performance in Abia, PDP declares 103 Nigerians Deported From Turkey Arrive At Abuja Airport CBN Issues Fresh Guidelines For Foreign Currency Deposit President Tinubu Appoints Eight […]
Two policemen have been shot dead while one was injured following an attack on their checkpoint by unknown gunmen in Aba, Vanguard reports. This is barely one month since yet-to-be-identified gunmen also attacked a military checkpoint at Obikabia Junction, killing five soldiers and burning their patrol vans. The incident, which took place at Opobo […]
One hundred and three Nigerians on Friday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the nation’s capital. They were part of those deported from the Republic of Turkey. They arrived at the pilgrims’ wing of the airport at about 6:45 pm on the Southwind Airlines flight with registration number TC-GRB. Upon their […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued new guidelines for Deposit Money Banks regarding the deposit of foreign currency notes. This directive was detailed in a circular issued by the Director of Currency Operations, Mohammed Solaja, and posted on the bank’s website on Friday. The CBN specified that each bank is allowed a maximum […]
President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order to introduce zero tariffs, excise duties and value added tax (VAT) on imported pharmaceutical inputs. In a statement on Friday, Muhammad Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, said the order is aimed at revitalising the Nigerian health sector and increase production of healthcare […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted the comments credited to governors that states should determine their minimum wage in their domains. “This notion is not only dictatorial but also undermines the very essence as well as the model adopted for creating a national minimum wage in Nigeria,” the NLC said in a Friday […]
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld a previous ruling by a Lagos State High Court, confirming a five-year prison sentence for Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, also known as Baba Ijesha, for the sexual assault of a minor aged 14. The Court of Appeal, in a judgment delivered by Justice […]
Police authorities in Edo State have announced the arrest of the suspected killer of a graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Glory Adekolure. Adekolure was said to have gone to school (UNIBEN) for her final clearance on June 13, 2024, but her remains were found under a tree on a street in the […]
The National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet per adult a day stood at N1,041 in May 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. The NBS revealed this in its CoHD report for May 2024, released on Friday in Abuja. The bureau said that the CoHD in May increased by one per cent […]
The Texas Supreme Court has backed a law that stops doctors from giving medical treatment to children who feel their gender is different from the one they were born with. This treatment includes puberty blockers, hormones and other medicines that help transgender children feel more comfortable in their bodies, Reuters reported on Friday. The […]
