The US House of Representatives has voted to pass legislation that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its prosecutor applied for arrest warrants against Israeli officials. The move comes after The Hague-based court’s prosecutor said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant should be arrested on charges relating to…
•President orders minister to calculate cost, Labour gives one-week ultimatum Organised Labour may settle for N100,000 minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage commences daily meetings for five days to reach a consensus. Multiple sources in the labour movement stated on Tuesday that the union leaders were willing to review their demand…
The United Nations has commenced a stakeholder workshop on insecurity, crime, and drug abuse in Zamfara State. The workshop, organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Nigeria Country Office, began Monday at the Government House in Gusau. A statement by the spokesperson for the Zamfara Governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, disclosed that the…
The Olowu of Kuta, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama (CON) has described former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as a timeless statesman whose presence will be felt many years after his generation. Oba Makama, who congratulated Chief Obasanjo for enjoying a healthily long life, asserted that God purposely…
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), in collaboration with the Bulgarian Embassy, convened a highly successful marketplace event aimed at the development of economic ties between Nigeria and Bulgaria. At the virtual ACCI Global Marketplace, Nigeria and Bulgaria Trade Facilitation focusing on the Iron and Steel Sector hosted by the President of ACCI,…
Public schools, government secretariat and banks were shut in Osun State, in compliance with the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress directive of strike. Pupils of primary schools and their secondary schools counterparts were turned back in compliance with the directives. In many of the banks visited in Osogbo, security operatives were on ground…
…as CP Lauds public for outstanding environmental alertness The attention of the FCT Police Command has been drawn to a publication making the rounds on social media on the alleged entry of some suspected bandits into the Federal Capital Territory. Consequent to the above, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, psc, mni,…
A High Court in Birnin Kebbi on Monday sentenced a woman, Farida Abubakar to death by hanging for killing her former husband, Chief Magistrate, Attahiru Muhammad-Ibrahim. The News Agency of Nigeria reports Abubbakat was arraigned before the court for murder on Aug. 25, 2022 while the main charge was filed on July 26, 2023. The…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has opened up on his style and strategies in the governance of Osun State, noting that the approach is producing “a productive and pleasing outcome across the sectors” Addressing the grand reception and induction night organised by the Osun Development Association in Lagos on Friday, Governor…
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has said it is participating fully in the Nigeria Labour Congress strike and as such, the ongoing West African Secondary School Certificate Examination should be suspended. However, Head of the Nigeria National Office West African Examinations Council, Dr Amos Dangut, in an interview with The PUNCH appealed for an exemption…
