Implementation Begins April 18 Finally, the Federal Government and organised labour have reached common grounds on salary increment for all the categories of workers in the federal civil service. The agreement, therefore, sets the tone for negotiations for workers at the state levels, as it sets the basic floor below no wage can go. The meeting, […]
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says this would enhance quality of graduates as ABUAD honours Sultan, Tinubu, others at 10 By Oyeyinka Fabowale The depressing state of university education in Nigeria would persist unless the Federal Government hands off and grants the campuses full autonomy in the running of their affairs. This was the submission of the Founder/President of Afe […]
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Elder statesman and a former Commissioner for Information in Ondo State, Chief Segun Adegoke, has advised the All Progressives Congress, APC, national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, to shelve his reported presidential ambition as he believes that the party and the North would never field him as presidential candidate. Here is a taste of the Afenifere […]
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Elder statesman and former Commissioner for Information in the Second Republic administration of late Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin in Ondo State, Chief Segun Adegoke, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would reclaim the state from the ruling All Progressives Congress because of alleged non performance. The Afenifere chieftain criticised the administration of Governor […]
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“Makers of Nigerian Press,” a book written in honour of two distinguished Nigerian journalists, the legendary late Alhaji Ismail Babatunde Jose, often described as the doyen of Journalism profession in the country and Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the revered Second Republic civilian Governor of Lagos State, will be launched in Lagos on Tuesday October 22. […]
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• We’ll march peacefully, not disrupt traffic, says IMN• JNI flays Kano kidnap, Sharia council begins probe The police force has warned the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) against its planned rally on Saturday, accusing the group of planning to perpetrate illegality. It gave the warning in a reaction to the group’s plan to hold […]
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Ondo State needs N45 billion to pay the new N30, 000 minimum wage to its workers, it has been learnt. This represents 20 percent increase in the current wage bill of workers in the state which stands at about N36 billion. Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Pastor Emmanuel Igbasan declared this in an interview, […]
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Popular social media activist, Segun Awosanya, otherwise known as Segalink, has clashed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the failure of the EFCC to go after All Progressives Congress stalwart, Bola Tinubu, despite picture evidence of bullion vans laden with cash at Tinubu’s Bourdillon, Ikoyi home. Trouble started when the EFCC posted a […]
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The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has faulted the style of President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption, which it noted, allows “corruption to happen before sending the EFCC or the ICPC after the culprits.” It, therefore, recommended that the audit system be digitised to check corruption and the drudgery associated with tons of papers. Chairman […]
Continue ReadingBy Malcolm Little Black I long for an ideal world Where darkness will never fall, Kindness will fill every word And Love the foundation of every wall… I know it’s a lofty dream But has a dreamer no right to dream? I long for a beautiful world Where the earthworm will feel safe to crawl, […]
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