THE Bauchi state government has inaugurated an 11-member Tripartite Technical Committee, to fast track implementation of the new National Minimum Wage. Trojaninsights reports that membership of the committee comprises representatives of the state government, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade…
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has donated medical and other relief items worth N180 million to victims of flood disaster in Maiduguri, Borno. Mr Gyang Bere, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the governor, said this in a…
THE Federal Government says it has begun preparations to evacuate Nigerians in Lebanon back to Nigeria. Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, Spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, in view of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. “Further…
“And reckon (people) by the number of years, so that they may understand.” (Quran 18:19). MY first encounter with Adegboyega Oyetola, then Chief of Staff to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, occurred in 2014 during the buildup to the Osun governorship election,…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. In his 64th Independence Anniversary Speech on Oct.…
IRISH writer Claire Keegan was on Friday awarded Germany’s prestigious Siegfried Lenz Prize 2024, endowed with €50,000 ($54,854), at Hamburg City Hall. The jury described 56-year-old Keegan as “one of the great European storytellers.” Her works have been translated into…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Olusegun Mimiko, a former governor of Ondo State, on his 70th birthday. A statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, said Tinubu rejoiced with Mimiko for attaining the…
Sri Lankan election officials have started accepting nominations for the upcoming parliamentary election scheduled for Nov. 14, Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake announced on Friday. Ratnayake said that nominations would be accepted at district secretaries’ offices in the…
NO fewer than 15 newly promoted Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) of Immigration and 95 Comptrollers of Immigration were decorated with their new ranks at the Headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS) Abuja today. The decorations were done by Special Guests,…
INTRODUCTION “Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another…
