President Bola Tinubu has promised to review the minimum wage to align with the current economic realities of the country. According to him, the federal and state governments need to take a look at the minimum wage together and also strengthen the source and application of the country’s revenue. He made this known on Friday…
A total of 3,383 Nigerian-trained nurses and midwives were licensed to practice in the United Kingdom in one year, The PUNCH reports. This is according to the latest report on the number of professionals on the NMC register from April 1, 2022, to March 2023, obtained from the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The report also…
Following his appointment as Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today, June 2, 2023, the outgoing Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured the President of his unalloyed dedication and loyalty to the job. The lawmaker made this known in an appreciation message to the President on Twitter after…
Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede has denied allegations that she secretly married Senator Ned Nwoko, the husband of her colleague, Regina Daniels. On her Instagram account on Friday, she shared a video from a blogger who claimed she deleted the pictures off her page following her court wedding with Nwoko. The actress denied the allegations, claiming…
The controversial national carrier, Nigeria Air, has failed to progress to phase two of the Air Operator Certificate certification process, according to a letter from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government took delivery of the first plane of the country’s national carrier, Nigeria Air, amid protest from local airline…
Days after his inauguration, President Bola Tinubu on Friday appointed the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his Chief of Staff. A former deputy governor of Jigawa State, Ibrahim Hadejia, was also appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff. The President also named the immediate past Minister of Special Duties and…
Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has called on Nigerians to exercise patience with President, Bola Tinubu, regarding the removal of subsidy on petrol. The royal father in a statement by his press secretary, Alli Ibrahim, obtained in Osogbo on Friday, explained that subsidy removal was a move to stop enriching a few individuals at…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old online vendor, Akinnowonu Damilola Victoria, for defrauding over one hundred customers of about one hundred and fifty million naira in Minna, the state capital. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Niger State Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP W. A Abiodun, on Friday. According…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has hailed the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on his appointment as the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu. Sharing a picture of himself and Gbajabiamila on his Facebook page on Friday, Sanwo-Olu wrote, “Congratulations to my brother and friend #femigbaja on your…
A driver based in Ibadan, Oyo State, Saheed Abioye, also known as Anini, has been arrested by the Anti-Cultism Squad of the Osun State Police Command. The suspect was reported to be returning home after a failed attempt to steal mobile phones at a church in Osogbo when he was caught. The father of one…
