The Committee on Consequential Adjustments in Salaries for civil servants met yesterday as regards the new minimum wage template and agreed that the effective date for implementation of new minimum wage be set at July 29,2024. This is according to a Memorandum of Understanding issued at the end of the meeting which was sighted by…
The Oyo State Government has instructed officials of the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development to stop marking and demolishing houses beyond the 150-meter mark along the Ibadan Circular Road. The state government made this announcement yesterday. Recall that some residents, whose houses were affected by the ongoing construction of the Ibadan Circular Road, have…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed his determination to revive and complete the almost 12 year old Osun Airport project to exit Osun as the only state in the South West without an airport. He made the declaration at the flag off of the upgrade of Ibadan Airport to Ladoke Akintola International Airport…
A 40-year-old man, Jibrin Adamu, has committed suicide by hanging at Jigawar Maroka village in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse on Friday. Shiisu said the deceased, who suffered from mental illness, committed the act…
The Federal Government is working towards de-criminalising attempted suicide in the country. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammed Pate, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a news conference to commemorate the 2024 World Suicide Prevention Day. The commemoration is marked worldwide on September 10 every year. The theme for 2024…
President Bola Tinubu will not attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, session in New York this year. A statement signed by Special Adviser to the President, Bayo Onanuga, revealed that Tinubu has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation. Part of the statement read: “President Tinubu, who returned to the country…
The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency has allayed fears over earth tremors experienced in the Federal Capital Territory urging residents not to panic. A statement by the NGSA Director-General, Professor Olusegun Ige, on Wednesday disclosed that the agency monitored the tremors and found them to be low and do not pose any threat to the environment….
The Federal Government, through the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has shut down an illegal factory producing counterfeit cosmetic products at the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State. Revealing this in a post on its X handle on Tuesday, NAFDAC said the factory was shut down after its personnel stormed…
A group, African Public Relations Association (APRA), an umbrella body of public relations practitioners and professionals in Africa, has commiserated with the Governments and the people of Nigeria and Cameroon over the floods ravaging the countries, particularly the recent flooding in Borno State and other parts of the Northeast zone in Nigeria. APRA lamented the…
President Bola Tinubu yesterday announced establishment of a disaster relief fund in Maiduguri, Borno State, to assist Nigerian citizens impacted by floods and other disasters. He announced this at Government House in Borno when he visited the state to sympathise with the government and people over the recent flooding from Alau Dam. President Tinubu, who…