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A few weeks after launching the straight flight from Nigeria to the UK, Air Peace Chairman Allen Onyema has cried over foul play by foreign carriers to deliberately push his airline out of the international route. With the much talked about reviews of the Nigeria-UK travels with Air Peace carriers, Onyema said other carriers […]
The new minimum wage public hearing to address issues bordering the Nigeria Labour Congress is set to be held today Thursday 7, 2024 across the six geo-political zones. The 37-member tripartite committee set by the federal government would review the national minimum wage. Ministers, Organized Labour, State government, and Civil Society groups both private […]
To cushion the consistent strike and grievances between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Labour Congress, for not meeting up with Labour’s demand, FG is set to hold a nationwide hearing to decide the new minimum wage for workers. It is said that the hearing will be held at the six geopolitical zones with […]
Four governors from opposition parties will hear the verdict of the Supreme Court today relating to electoral disputes involving them. The Supreme Court will first deliver Judgment in the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of Lagos State Gbadebo Rhodes-vivour, Against Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The apex court judgment will be on seven governorship appeals […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria is currently facing a second wave of the diphtheria outbreak. The health organization disclosed this in a statement on Thursday stating that there has been an increase in Nigeria’s affected population with a rise in the number of confirmed cases and related deaths. Diphtheria is a bacterial […]
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control NCDC, says it has recorded 789 cases of diphtheria in Nigeria as of June 30th. In a statement on Thursday, the agency said cases were recorded in 33 LGAs across eight states — Kano, Lagos, Yobe, Katsina, Cross River, Kaduna, Osun and the federal capital territory FCT. […]
The former commissioner for works and infrastructure, Idris Saleh in the administration of former governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has been arrested by Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC). It was reported on Monday that the former commissioner was arrested alongside five others alleged to be involved in N1 billion fraud. The N1 billion was […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the presidential election petitions tribunal that President-elect Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won the February 25 election and was validly returned as the winner without needing to get 25 percent of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). INEC stated this in […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday carried out simultaneous operations against Bureau de Change operators in Abuja and Kano, as the Naira slumped to N857 to a dollar at the parallel market. The raids in the two cities, which netted a good number of illegal BDC operators and individuals suspected to […]
The Australian government, on Wednesday, warned its citizens to desist from travelling to Nigeria over the recent flooding that has ravaged some parts of the country. This was contained in a travel advisory issued to Australians on the consulate’s website and obtained by The PUNCH, it read, “There have been significant casualties and […]
Crown FM Onitsha