Friday, March 21, 2025
The Akwa Ibom State government has declared a new minimum wage of N80,000 for its employees, reaffirming its commitment to workers’ welfare. The announcement was made by the Commissioner of Information, Mr. Ini Ememobong, who emphasized that the wage increase reflects the government’s dedication to improving the livelihoods of its […]
BRICS officially adds 13 new nations to the alliance as partner countries (not full members). 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇻🇳 Vietnam
The Federal Executive Council has approved a loan of about $618m form a group of financiers for the procurement of six fighter aircraft and ammunition for the Nigerian Air Force. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in Abuja on Wednesday following the conclusion […]
Musk is giving some US voters $1m. Is it legal? Elon Musk speaks at a town hall in Pennsylvania. Sam Cabral, James FitzGerald and Jake Horton BBC News 21 October 2024 Updated 22 October 2024 A group of 11 former Republican officials have become the latest public figures to raise […]
Ekperipke Ekpo, minister of state for petroleum resources (gas), says President Bola Tinubu wants filling stations converted to compressed natural gas (CNG) outlets. Ekpo spoke at the State House after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, presided over by the president. The minister said Tinubu “gave a charge” […]
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has received four cargoes of crude oil from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited under the naira-for-crude sale agreement, officials of the refinery and the Federal Government confirmed on Tuesday. It was gathered that the four cargoes of crude were delivered to the refinery within the past […]
Nigeria is set to benefit from Germany’s ambitious €4bn investment in green energy projects across Africa by 2030. This was disclosed in a statement by the Director of Media and Corporate Communications at the National Space Research and Development Agency, Dr Felix Ale, on Tuesday. Ale shared the insights following the […]
THE Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, yesterday, disclosed that over 352 facilities including religious houses have been shut down across various parts of the state in the last year over noise pollution and other environmental infractions. The General Manager of LASEPA, Dr Babatunde Ajayi, disclosed this in his office, […]
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has praised the “extraordinary” Vinicius Junior after the Brazilian forward scored a second-half hat-trick to help them fight back from two goals down and thrash visitors Borussia Dortmund 5-2 in the Champions League. Ancelotti told a news conference he was convinced that the 24-year-old Vinicius […]
The Presiding Judge, Yola Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice James Agbadu-Fishim has ordered Adamawa State Government and its Attorney General to immediately pay Deborah Enoch, an Administrative of the Estate of Umar Enoch Yagwag the liquidated sum of N2,221,651.52 (Two million, two hundred and twenty-one thousand, […]