The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the 40 per cent pay rise arrears for civil servants, Saturday PUNCH has reliably learnt. Our correspondent who spoke to some federal civil servants on Saturday learnt that workers started receiving bank alerts of the arrears on Saturday, April 22, 2023. A high-ranking civil servant who spoke…
I madeI made my first million selling wristband, rubber to be precise—Leke Adeboye my first million selling wristband, rubber to be precise—Leke Adeboye Leke, son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, disclosed in an interview that he made his first one million selling rubber. ”I made my…
As the world marks Earth Day today, the Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved a comprehensive climate change agenda to address emerging concerns about climate change and its impact on the state. The new agenda includes the making of a climate change and adaptation policy for Osun state, the creation of…
UNCTAD training boosts the capacity of national transit coordinators, easing the flow of goods across borders and strengthening economic cooperation in Africa and Latin America. Helping trade flow as freely as possible across borders requires stronger cooperation, globally and regionally. That’s the message from an UNCTAD event held at UN headquarters in New York on…
UNCTAD training boosts the capacity of national transit coordinators, easing the flow of goods across borders and strengthening economic cooperation in Africa and Latin America. Helping trade flow as freely as possible across borders requires stronger cooperation, globally and regionally. That’s the message from an UNCTAD event held at UN headquarters in New York on…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyole Sowore has knocked President Muhammadu Buhari over his apology to Nigerians as his administration wind-up. Recalls that Buhari, had on Friday, asked Nigerians for forgiveness, particularly, especially those he might have hurt while discharging his duties. But, in his reaction to Buhari’s apologies, Sowore, in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC , has spoken about Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s drug trafficking allegation and forfeiture mentioned in the election petition of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. Recall that Mr Obi had cited Tinubu’s drug trafficking record in his petition to challenge the latter’s election victory and also…
The Minister of Youths and Sport Development, Sunday Dare, on Saturday announced the temporary closure of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, due to the collapse of a floodlight mast. Dare made this known in a statement after inspecting the collapsed floodlight mast. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dare had paid a scheduled…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyole Sowore has knocked President Muhammadu Buhari over his apology to Nigerians as his administration wind-up. Recalls that Buhari, had on Friday, asked Nigerians for forgiveness, particularly, especially those he might have hurt while discharging his duties. But, in his reaction to Buhari’s apologies, Sowore, in…
The police have arraigned 36-year-old lawyer Abasiesebanga Ikoiwak and five others over the alleged murder of her husband Godwin Ikoiwak. Mr. Ikoiwak, 41, was a counsel at Akwa Ibom Ministry of Justice before he was allegedly killed in January 2022. At the hearing of the matter before a Uyo High Court, a friend and classmate…
