The Nigeria Labour Congress has raised a team to negotiate with the government for a new Minimum wage for workers This follows the promise made by President Bola Tinubu in his New Year address that his administration will implement a “national living wage” this year. The subsisting minimum wage, negotiated in 2018, expires in April…
Brazil are looking for a permanent coach after parting ways with interim head coach Fernando Diniz Diniz, who had a one-year contract, was in charge for six qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, losing three, drawing one and winning two. Brazil are in the sixth and final automatic qualifying place in South America for the…
US singer Michael Bolton says he is recovering from an operation to remove a brain tumour. The 70-year-old star said on Instagram that he was diagnosed late last year and needed immediate surgery. He said: “Thanks to my incredible medical team, the surgery was a success. I am now recuperating at home and surrounded by…
Hollywood stars are gearing up for the Golden Globe Awards, after a huge year for cinema which saw Barbie and Oppenheimer dominate the box office. Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things and Past Lives are among the other nominees at the ceremony, which takes place in Los Angeles. Succession, The Crown and The Last…
Israeli Military authorities say it has “completed the dismantling” of Hamas’s command structure in the northern Gaza Strip. Army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters that Palestinian militants are now operating in the area only sporadically and “without commanders”. He said Israel had killed around 8,000 militants in north Gaza. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) are…
Two groups, the Conscience of Progressive Change (CPC) and Ondo Elites Assembly (OEA), have taken a swipe at Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State for not receiving the remains of late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu at the airport They condemned the governor’s absence at the airport where the late Akeredolu’s body was received, describing it as…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has urged the embattled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to tender her resignation and submit herself for investigation by the EFCC HURIWA made this call following the Federal Government’s ongoing N44.8 Billion Fraud investigation in NSIPA as it involved the public fund she allegedly deposited…
Governor Hyacinth Alia, of Benue state has suspended the primary election of the All Progressives Congress for the Guma 1 State Constituency. The governor, who gave the order while briefing journalists on Saturday on the conduct of the primary, regretted that the delegate election was marred by irregularities and insecurity. Guma 1 State Constituency seat…
The authorities in Brazil have declared three days of national mourning in honour of four-time World Cup-winning football legend Mario Zagallo who died on Friday at the age of 92. Zagallo, who played alongside Pele in Brazil’s 1958 and 1962 World Cup-winning teams and later won the trophy as a coach, died of multiple organ…
Former Governor of Rivers State Nyeson Wike seems not to have completely buried the hatchet over the crisis in the state if recent comments credited to him are anything to go by Speaking on Saturday during a visit to the South-South Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Victor Giadom, in Gokana Local Government Area…
