Tems to be awarded at the annual women in music event
Nigeria singer, Temilade Openiyi popularly known as Tems has been shortlisted to be awarded at the annual women in music event organised by Billboard. The “women in music” honour women from different music professions in various categories. Tems will be awarded as Billboard’s Women In Music Breakthrough Artist honoree for the year on March 7 […]
The SSANU accuses FG of treating its members with disdain
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has accused the Federal Government of treating its members and that of the Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) with “disdain”. President Bola Tinubu had directed the payment of withheld salaries for university workers owing to their strike of 2022. But SSANU, NASU, and […]
Senate Directs Police To Employ 10 Persons Each From 774 LGAs
The Senate, has directed the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force to recruit a minimum of 10 candidates from each of the 774 local government councils in Nigeria. The directive, according to the Upper Chamber, should form part of its annual recruitment processes. The resolution was reached as a result of a motion […]
President Tinubu has arrived in Doha, Qatar on an official visit to the country
Tinubu, who left Lagos after inaugurating the Lagos Red Line on Thursday afternoon, landed in Doha at 9:35 pm yesterday. His media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement had said the visit, which was on invitation of His Highness, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, was to further strengthen […]
NCC Orders Telcos to bar Subscribers not linked to NIN
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a directive to telecom service providers to bar subscribers who have failed to link their phone numbers to their National Identification Numbers (NIN) on or before February 28, 2024. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Aminu Maida, who gave the directive through the Director of Public Affairs, […]
CBN raises interest rate to 22.75% in a bid to curb inflation
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the benchmark interest rate by 400 basis points to a record 22.75% from 18.75 percent. Addressing journalists at the end of the two-day first MPC meeting of the year in Abuja, CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, disclosed that the committee voted to adjust […]
President Bola Tinubu launches the handbook for EELMS Programme
President Bola Tinubu has launched the handbook for the Expatriate Employment Levy Management System (EELMS) Programme aimed at giving guidelines for employment of Nigerians and expatriates in the country. The President, however, said that the implementation should not constitute a bottleneck or hindrance to the much needed foreign investment in the country. The programme is […]
Minister says FG has achieved about 90% of 15-point MoU with organised Labour
Labour Minister Nkiruka Onyejeocha says the Federal Government has achieved about 90% of the 15-point memorandum of understanding it had with the Organised Labour last October. In a monitored TV Programme, Politics Today, the minister revealed that the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, told government representatives at a meeting on Sunday that the protest was not […]
ECOWAS lifts Niger sanctions on ‘humanitarian grounds’
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift travel, commercial and Targeted economic sanctions imposed on Niger that were aimed at reversing the coup staged in the country last year. Reading the communiqué after the extraordinary summit on the peace, political, and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region in Abuja on […]
Nigerian Police to issue tinted glass permits
As part of efforts to enhance NATIONAL SECURITY and curb criminal activities aided by the misuse of tinted glass, the Nigeria Police Force has concluded its review of the issuance of tinted glass permits, previously banned in June 2022. A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said with the “proposed […]