New Emirate councils here to stay, Ganduje tells Kwankwaso

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has insisted that the creation of additional first-class emirates in the state has come to stay, as the split of the traditional emirate enjoys overwhelming support of indigenes. According to Ganduje, regardless of perceived moves by the incoming administration to review the traditional institution, nothing will happen to the […]

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NAFDAC begins probe on safety of Indomie noodles today, says DG

Swipha recalls all batches of Polyfort Suspension in stock Following global safety concerns, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday, said it had started investigating and responding to news on recall of Indomie noodles by Taiwanese and Malaysian authorities. Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in a statement, said: “Tomorrow […]

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WHO issues alert as high-risk season for meningitis, others sets in

A new document tagged ‘Situation at a glance’ on Meningitis in Nigeria, released yesterday, by World Health Organisation (WHO), showed that from October 1, 2022 to April 16, 2023, a total of 1,686 suspected cases, 532 confirmed cases and 124 deaths, with a Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) of seven per cent were reported from 81 […]

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Workers demand better pay amid subsidy, debt concerns

Salary payment will be a miracle after June without subsidy removal, Obaseki warns Labour to go after governors yet to fully implement minimum wage law Tells FG to use $800m World Bank loan to fix refineries Port Harcourt refinery April restart delayed Respect workers’ rights, Buhari tells Tinubu Your fight will be my fight, Tinubu […]

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Egypt frees Al Jazeera producer held for nearly 4 years

The authorities in Egypt have released a journalist with the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network nearly four years after he was detained, the media outlet said. Hisham Abdelaziz, a producer with the network’s Mubasher channel, was arrested in June 2019 after being stopped while travelling from his Qatar base to Cairo for a family visit. […]

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Workers lament eight years of unkept promises as minimum wage loses value

Workers spending over twice for food since last salary review in 2018 We are borrowing to survive, federal employees cry out Reform of industrial system needed, says Oshinowo Make Nigeria a producing nation, Okon advises incoming administration “The current N30,000 minimum wage is worth less than N18,000 the least paid Nigerian workers received between 2011 […]

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May Day: I will pay you living wage not minimum wage, Tinubu tells Nigerian workers

President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged to put in place a living wage for Nigerian workers. In a solidarity message to mark International Workers’ Day, he said his administration would leave no stone unturned to put in place measures aimed at empowering the Nigerian workers. Tinubu said in his administration workers will find a dependable […]

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Accept defeat over election you lost woefully, FG tells Obi, Atiku

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has told the opposition parties to stop their griping over the 2023 presidential election and accept defeat over the election they lost woefully. He added that both Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party lost the election due to overconfidence […]

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