Cross River House of Assembly impeaches Speaker
Members of the Cross River State House of Assembly today engaged in a free-for-all following the impeachment of the Speaker Elvert Ayambem. The House turned chaotic as the sitting rounded up, with members fighting over the mace, which is the symbol of authority of the speaker. The fisticuffs ended the sitting, which saw 17 members […]
Pochettino leaves Chelsea by mutual consent after one season
Mauricio Pochettino has left Chelsea after just one season in charge by mutual consent. The English club announced Pochettino’s departure, despite the Blues finishing sixth in the Premier League thanks to a fine run towards the end of the season but missed out on Champions League qualification and a trophy. Pochettino pointed to a lack […]
Pakistan shuts down schools and hospitals
Pakistan ordered schools closure, postponed exams, and put hospitals on alert, as a severe heatwave swept through the country. Pakistan’s chief meteorologist Sardar Sarfraz said the daytime temperatures in some southern and south-western parts were likely to cross 50 degrees Celsius during the weeklong heatwave, which is eight degrees Celsius above normal levels. Provincial Education […]
CBN raises Interest Rate to 26.25% amid rising Inflation levels
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the Monetary Policy Rate for the third straight time by 150 basis points from 24.75 per cent to 26. 25 per cent. The CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso who is also the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) chairman said the committee at its 295th meeting retained the Cash Reserve […]
FG offers N54,000 new minimum wage to labour
Ongoing negotiations on new minimum wage has been adjourned till today Wednesday after the organised labour rejected the new minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government. Government upped its offer from its earlier proposed N48,000 to match the N54,000 proposed by the Organised Private sector last week, but a highly reliable source who attended the […]
Labour unions agree to attend talks with FG over new minimum wage
The Organised Labour has reiterated its May 31, 2024 ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet all of its demands, which includes implementation of a new national minimum wage and reversal of the hike in electricity tariff. The position was contained in a communique issued at the end of a joint emergency National Executive Council […]
Manchester City clinch Historic Fourth Straight English Premier League Title
Manchester City secured a historic fourth successive Premier League title with a convincing 3-1 win over West Ham on Sunday. It is City’s sixth league success in seven seasons under the inspirational Pep Guardiola and Sunday’s victory ensured they could not be caught by the second-placed Arsenal who beat Everton 2-1. Manchester City Erling Haaland […]
President Tinubu approves FCT week
President Bola Tinubu has approved May 27 to June 6 as Federal Capital Territory Week for the inauguration of various projects executed under his administration. The Minister of FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, confirmed this while inspecting some of the projects in preparation for inauguration to celebrate Tinubu’s one year in office. Wike said particularly on […]
President Tinubu approves InfraCorp for Green Zone
President Bola Tinubu has established a committee to oversee Green Economic Initiative, being a strategic move to ensure advancement of his administration to tackle challenges of climate change in Nigeria. The Presidential Committee on Climate Action and Green Economic Solutions, will coordinate and oversee all policies and programmes on climate action and green economic development, […]
US President blocks release of interview audio
US President Joe Biden has blocked the release of audio recordings of his interviews from the investigation into his handling of classified files. A letter from the justice department yesterday to Republicans in Congress said Mr Biden had asserted executive privilege, and the recordings would not be released. Republicans had demanded the release of the […]