Agreement has finally been reached between the federal government and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the implementation of the new minimum wage – Both sides have agreed to a 23.2 percent increase for workers on level seven, 20 percent increase for level eight workers and 19 percent increase for level nine workers – Organized labour…
Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed met former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday. The former Anambra governor and ex-House of Representatives member are vying for the presidency under the Labour Party (LP). Obasanjo received the 2023 candidates at his residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Also present was the Senior Pastor of Trinity House, Ituah…
Exodus 8:19- Then the magicians said unto pharaoh, this is the finger of God, and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and he hearkeneth not unto them as the Lord had said. Analysis The magicians/sorcerers can afflict with diseases & poverty. A greater power can stop/hinder them from performing their acts. They were able to recognise the…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, approved the restoration of the leases on four Oil Mining Licences to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. This medium had reported how OMLs 123, 124, 126 and 137 – all operated by Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria Limited – were taken away and awarded to Kaztec Engineering Limited/Salvic Petroleum Resources Limited….
The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) for repositioning the Nigerian oil and gas industry into a competitive business environment. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, gave the commendation when he led members of the Committee on an oversight visit to the…
By David E. Sanger and David D. Kirkpatrick For President Trump and two of the allies he values most — Israel and Saudi Arabia — the problem of the Iranian nuclear accord was not, primarily, about nuclear weapons. It was that the deal legitimized and normalized Iran’s clerical government, reopening it to the world economy…
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By Chidi Papa My attention was drawn recently to a video recording in which Senator Ike Ekweremadu recounted his ordeal with former governor Sullivan Chime on the floor of the Senate and ascribed thoughts to situations in which some people try to play God. According to him, ex-governor Chime used the state apparatus against him,…
President Muhammadu Buhari, in a last-minute decision, approved the renaming of 15 airports after some prominent Nigerians. In a statement made available to the media, the spokesperson of the ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi, said the airports include Akure International Airport named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu; and Benin International Airport now known as Oba Akenzua…
By Bayo Wahab Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the former Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has advised President Bola Tinubu not to seek re-election if he is truly a smart politician. Baba-Ahmed, who appeared on Arise Television’s political program, ‘Prime Time,’ on Friday, believes Tinubu’s time is up, adding that everything is there for the…
