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…
Nigeria Football Federation has declared the position of the Super Eagles head coach vacant. This follows the expiration of Jose Peseiro’s contract in February With the departure of the Portuguese who led the Eagles to second place at the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, the Glass House is out shopping for a…
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…
Aston Villa were held to a goalless draw by Ajax in the first leg of their Europa Conference League last-16 tie. In a game of few clear chances, both sides finished with 10 players after Villa’s Ezri Konsa and Ajax defender Tristan Gooijer were both shown a second yellow card in the final 10 minutes….
Returnee former world number one tennis player Emma Raducanu earned a 6-2 6-3 win against qualifier Rebeka Masarova in the first round at Indian Wells Raducanu broke the Spaniard’s serve twice to go 3-0 up, but a third double fault from Raducanu allowed Masarova to pull a game back. Raducanu went 0-40 down when 5-2…
Francis Ngannou returned heavier than Anthony Joshua after tipping the scales at almost a stone and half at a lively weigh-in for Friday’s heavyweight bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The ex-UFC champion, competing in just his second pro boxing bout, weighed in at 19st 6lb. Two-time world champion Joshua weighed 18st as the pair rounded…
