Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash at the weekend, is to be buried in his home city of Mashhad on Thursday. Raisi is to be laid to rest at the city’s shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth imam of Shia Islam. High-ranking representatives of friendly states are expected to attend, including…
Nigerian workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have rejected the Federal government’s fresh N58,000 minimum wage offer. According to Channels Television, sources in the Nigeria Labour Congress disclosed this on Wednesday. The report said that organized labour also saw reasons for dropping their demand to N497,000 minimum…
A bill submitted to the National Assembly is seeking the amendment of provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022, to give inmates in Nigerian prisons the right to vote in elections in the country. The proposed legislation, a copy of which was obtained by DAILY POST, is titled ‘Bill for An Act to amend the Electoral…
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, on Monday, 20 May 2024, received the former Comptroller-General of Customs, Ahmed Mustapha, at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Headquarters in Abuja. Former CGC Mustapha, who served from 1999 to 2004, expressed his heartfelt gratitude and admiration for the extensive changes and advancements the service has undergone since…
The chairman RATTAWU of Osun State Broadcasting Corporation Ile-Awiye Oke-Baale Osogbo Prince Adekunle Makanjuola has described governor Ademola Adeleke as an Apostle of possibilities who through his immediate pronouncement on conversion of all freelance staff of Osbc into full-fledged staff has again unequivocally demonstrated his love for humanity. Prince Adekunle Makanjuola stated this while on…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke on Thursday, flagged off the distribution of instructional materials for public secondary school students in the state. The governor while speaking during the flag off ceremony held in Osogbo, disclosed that his administration saw the urgent need to give out the materials after a Need Assessment Survey…
Osun State Governor, Sen. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has on Tuesday reiterated his commitment to revive Cocoa Industries with a target to be the first Cocoa producing State in Nigeria. This was disclosed in the Governor’s remarks at a meeting with a Chinese team of investors, from Wuxi Huadong Cocoa Food Co. Ltd, who were…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set July 4 as the date for a national election that will determine who governs the U.K., choosing a day of good economic news to urge voters to give his governing Conservatives another chance. “Now is the moment for Britain to choose its future,” Sunak said as he…
The Federal Government has placed a ban on money rituals and glamourising of vices in Nigerian movies. The Executive Director/CEO of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Dr Shaibu Husseini, disclosed this at a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood in Enugu today. Movie producers, directors, and actors drawn from different parts of…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanne, has explained why the company is investing a whooping sum of $6 billion in energy projects in Angola over Nigeria. Pouyanne, who spoke with panellists of the Africa CEO in Kigali, Rwanda, said the inconsistency in policymaking decisions led to the diversion of the project from…
