The South-East chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) proposed N540, 000 and N447, 000 respectively, as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The chairperson of NLC in Lagos State, Funmi Sessi, also made the demand of N794,000 for workers at the ongoing public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National…
The National Directorate of Employment NDE Abia has flagged off a five (5) day intensive training for 20 women in Abia state on Cosmetology under the Women Employment Branch (WEB). Delivering a keynote address of the Director General, NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, the State coordinator NDE Abia, Mrs Tessy Wachuku encouraged the beneficiaries to…
The General Manager of the Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA), Honorable Frank Nzewodo has found himself at the center of a legal storm, facing grave accusations of corruption and abuse of power. Reports suggest that Nzewodo may have succumbed to bribery, resulting in the unlawful demolition of a residential property entangled in a heated legal…
Security has been beefed up around the Edo State House of Assembly. This comes a day after members of the house served an impeachment notice on the State Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu. According to the House, the Deputy Governor has seven days to respond to the notice. Meanwhile, members of the Edo State Security Networks,…
The lawmaker representing the ward of former Governor Nyesom Wike in Obio/Akpor Local Government in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Akor Prince Nna has announced his resignation. The lawmaker stated that he is backing Governor Siminalayi Fubara in the ongoing power tussle in the state. He has stepped down from his position as…
The move to impeach the embattled deputy governor of Edo state Philip Shaibu has not gone down well with indigenes of Jattu, in Edo North where the deputy governor comes from. On Thursday, thousands of youths, women and men, yesterday, protested to register their anger at the plot to impeach Shaibu, calling on the Edo…
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC), Professor Daniel Nwachukwu, has urged Nigerians to take zobo leaves in curing hypertension and other ailments. Nwachukwu, a Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology at the university, shared this advice during the 201st Inaugural Lecture of the University held on Thursday in Enugu. Titled “The Marriage…
A gynaecologist and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Professor Joseph Ikechebelu has said that with breakthroughs in science, the era of barrenness among women has been eradicated. Speaking at the take off of a two-day programme organized by a nongovernmental organization, the All for Women Initiative Nigeria (A-WIN), The medical expert…
Experts at the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, NSIA-LUTH, Cancer Centre, has hinted on early detection of cancer as key for management and survival of the dreaded disease. The experts who said people die from cancer due to late presentation urged Nigerians exhibiting signs of cancer to get treatment as…
The President of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA, Dr Moses Arokoyo, has disclosed the willingness of the association to contribute N420 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product, GDP, noting that veterinarians play important roles in national development. Speaking during the 2024 NVMA Leadership Summit and Investiture Ceremony, Arokoyo advocated for increased veterinarian employment…
