• Says tackling insecurity remains top priority BY GODWIN OBI Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC), George Akume, has announced that President Bola Tinubu’s first year celebration will be low-key. Akume revealed that the anniversary will be commemorated through a series ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected the Federal Government’s new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage. The Organised Labour rejected the government’s fresh offer, the third proposal in about a week when negotiation talks resumed onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A couple, Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade have been declared wanted for running a cocaine cartel from India by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said four members of the syndicate wereContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has received a certificate of excellence for his first 100 days of impactful public relations at the just concluded 2024 SABRE African Public Relations Association (APRA) Award and annual conference held at Côte d’Ivoire from May 13-Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has inaugurated a three-day capacity-building workshop on data generation, analytics, and storage on Monday, 13 May 2024, at the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College (NCCSC), Gwagwalada to enhance the service’s capabilities in modern customs operations through improved data handling. ACG MalantaContinue Reading
President of WIMOWCA, Oritsematosan Edodo-Emore (third from left), is flanked by other members after their inauguration during NIMASA’s commemoration of the International Day for Women in Maritime, which recently took place in Lagos. BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. DayoContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal High Court in Lagos State has convicted Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, a cosmetic surgeon and founder of MedContour Services Ltd., for her involvement in the failed plastic surgery that led to the death of Nneka Onwuzuligbo in 2020, according to a report by FIJ. The convictionContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Lagos State Water Authority (LASWA) has rescued Segun Amoo, a middle-aged man who fell into the Lagos lagoon by mistake. Amoo, who reportedly fell into the Lagos Lagoon via Falomo bridge, was rescued and resuscitated by officials of the Lagos State Water Authority (LASWA) afterContinue Reading
The Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage will reconvene on Tuesday, May 23 to further negotiate a reasonable new minimum wage for workers, after the organised labour walked out of the negotiation on May 15. An invitation letter sent to the labour leaders by the chairman of the committee, Bukar Goni,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Innoson Group has said that if all goes well with its joint project with the University of Nigeria (UNN), the Lion brand of agricultural tractors and related equipment would in no distant future be rolled out to enhance the efforts to give food production in theContinue Reading