Rema to perform at Indian billionaire Ambani’s son’s wedding
Afrobeats megastar Rema has arrived in India to perform at the wedding of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani’s son, Anant Ambani, and Radhika Merchant, the daughter of pharmaceutical tycoons Viren and Shaila Merchant. On Instagram Thursday night, the ‘Calm Down’ singer shared a video of himself strolling towards a private chartered jet dressed all in […]
NFF opens applications for Super Eagles Head Coach position
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has opened applications to fill the position of Head Coach for the National Beach Soccer Team known as the SuperSand Eagles. This come nine days before their 2024 Beach Soccer AFCON qualifier against Mauritania. According to the NFF, the 3-day application window will close at midnight of Friday, July 12, with […]
Labour Congress maintains ground on new wage
The Nigerian Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero, is insisting that the status quo on the request for N250,000 as Minimum wage still stands, as the meeting with President Tinubu was more of a discussion and not negotiation, while on his part, the TUC President, Festus Usifo, said the Labour leaders presented the socio-economic issues bothering […]
Supreme Court orders direct payment of LG monthly allocations
Supreme Court has ordered that funds meant for the Local Government(LG) Areas must be directly paid to them from the federation account forthwith. This as it barred the 36 governors of the federation from further retaining or utilizing funds that are meant for the 774 Local Government Areas in the country, nor dissolving democratically elected […]
Biden should drop out of presidential race — Actor George Clooney
The Veteran Hollywood star George Clooney has urged President Joe Biden to drop out of the re-election race, citing his ongoing battle with age. The 63-year old George, writing in an opinion piece published in the New York Times, shared that the Biden of 2020 wasn’t the same man who Americans witnessed at the presidential […]
President Tinubu to meet Organized Labour today
President Bola Tinubu will today meet with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress at the Aso Villa today to discuss the Federal Government’s decision on a new national minimum wage. Tinubu is expected to decide on the ₦62,000 proposal from the government and private sector, as well as the ₦250,000 demand […]
NNPC – Fuel stations to operate longer hours to aid PMS supply
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says fuel stations are to operate longer hours for supply and distribution of petrol, calling on fuel stations to aid availability in view of the current tight situation. Its PMS supply, Downstream, Mr Dapo Segun, during a joint inspection of stations by the firm and the Nigerian […]
President Tinubu approves full budget for Team Nigeria to Paris Olympics
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh, has confirmed that President Bola Tinubu has approved the entire budget estimate submitted for Nigeria’s participation in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics. Enoh, who did not mention the amount approved, stated this yesterday at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, while handing over the Team Nigeria athletes to […]
FG suspends taxes for food commodities
The Federal Government has granted a 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities, as part of measures to crash high food prices in the country. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, who announced this yesterday at a news conference in Abuja, explained that the 150-day duty-free import includes the suspension of duties, tariffs […]
Zeb Ejiro to receive lifetime achievement award in London
Veteran Nigerian filmmaker and producer, Zeb Ejiro, is to be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award, at the 2024 Nigerian Week, London.The Nigerian Week is a week-long international festival with an admixture of entertainment and business events, which is held annually in London, United Kingdom. In an invitation extended to the producer of the 1996 […]
