A 50 per cent salary increment has been announced for workers of BUA Group. The increment was confirmed by Abdul Samad Rabiu, BUA Group Chairman who also stated that the increment is across board. Rabiu made the announcement in an internal memo signed on Sunday in Lagos by the BUA’s Head of Human Resources,…
There are reports that the Cement manufacturers have agreed to bring down the price of the product to between N7,000 and N8,000 per 50kg depending on the location nationwide TheNation reported that during a meeting initiated by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, and attended by his counterparts from the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and…
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of academics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. It was reported that the chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Gbolahan Bolarin, confirmed the development. “Yes, it is true. Payment has started rolling in.” President Bola…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is currently quizzing a former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, over shady transactions running into billions of naira while he was in office. The former governor was seen arriving at the Ilorin office of the EFCC on Monday morning. The anti-graft agency invited him and he is…
The Federal Government has declared a 24-hour closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for Iyana Oworonshoki-Lagos Island-bound traffic. The closure will be in effect from midnight on Sunday, February 18, to midnight on Monday, February 19. In a statement on Saturday night, the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha said the…
Akin Sawyerr, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, has explained that student loans will be disbursed directly to the institutions of applicants to avoid diversion. He also noted that individuals who obtain the loans will be made to repay their loans two years immediately after completion of the mandatory National Youth Service…
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested eight members of a kidnapping syndicate that abducted some school children and their teachers in Emure Ekiti. Parading the suspected kidnappers at the weekend, the spokesperson of the command, Sunday Abutu, said the breakthrough was made possible through the dogged efforts of men of the Rapid Response…
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has said making ‘unwarranted’ & ‘unguarded statements’ against President Tinubu’s government over insecurity & rising food prices will have consequences. Mr Matawalle, in a statement by the ministry of defence spokesperson, Henshaw Ogubike on Friday, “cautioned Nigerians against using inflammatory comments against the government.” He said, “Unguarded…
The Olu of Owode in the Obafemi/Owode Local Government of Ogun State, Oba Kolawole Sowemimo, has been slammed with a two-month suspension for decorating a popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1 or K1 De Ultimate. The traditional ruler confirmed the development on Saturday to PUNCH, adding that the suspension was…
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general elections, has revealed that he has not seen his wife for five years. He revealed this while reacting to the recent court verdict that ordered the Federal Government to discontinue the treasonable felony charge levelled against him and his…