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The Senate has passed a bill to amend the National Minimum Wage Act of 2019 to increase the National Minimum Wage from N30,000 to N70,000. The bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday also includes a provision to decrease the interval for reviewing the National Minimum Wage from every five (5) years to every three…
Two people have been killed and at least 13 injured, including children, following the collapse of a balcony in the Scampia suburb of Naples in Italy, the fire brigade said on Tuesday. The concrete and iron parts killed a 29-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman who lived in the social housing estate, the fire brigade…
July 21, 2024 Nigerian doctor and hyper-realism artist Fola David has set a new Guinness World Record, (GWR), for the largest drawing by an individual. Nigerian doctor David, surpasses the existing record for the world’s largest painting by an individual. Fola David, the Nigerian doctor, has set a GWR for the largest drawing by an…
A rescued Chibok girl, 27 years old Ihyi Abdul, has said she was married to eight men while in Boko Haram captivity. Abdul, abducted along other students in 2014 in the Chibok school attack, also said she has four children among the eight husbands she married between 2014 to the day of her escape from…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday forwarded the Police Act Amendment Bill to the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to amend the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP). Earlier in July, the police denied claims that IGP Kayode Egbetokun tried to lobby the National Assembly on a bill seeking to raise the retirement…
NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, says he does not own a blending plant in Malta, adding that he does not know of any employee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited who owns such a facility in the island country in Europe. Kyari, in a Tuesday post on X (formerly Twitter), asked the…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday transmitted a national minimum wage bill to the National Assembly for consideration and passage. The President separately wrote the Senate and the House of Representatives requesting expedited consideration of a bill for an Act to amend the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019 to increase the National Minimum Wage from ₦30,000 …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has opened up about his child who transitioned from male to female and dropped his surname. Musk said his estranged transgender daughter was “killed” by the “woke mind virus” after he was tricked into agreeing to gender-affirming care procedures. In an interview with psychologist and conservative commentator Dr. Jordan Peterson, the…
US Vice President, Kamala Harris raised a record-breaking $81 million for her presidential bid in the first 24 hours after President Biden announced he would not seek reelection and then endorsed her. According to Harris’ campaign, more than 880,000 donors contributed to Harris’ campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and joint fundraising committees. “The historic outpouring…
Muhammadu Sanusi II has said that Alhaji Aliko Dangote should not be blamed for buying dollars at lower rates at the time he was building his refinery because that was the actual rate the apex bank was selling to everybody at that time. The 16th Emir of Kano commented on the issue through the SOP…
At least 50 bodies have been recovered following two catastrophic landslides in southern Ethiopia, according to local officials. The landslides struck the Gofa district in the South Ethiopia regional state after heavy rainfall on Sunday night. Rescue efforts took a tragic turn when a second landslide hit on Monday morning, resulting in the deaths of…
Nasty Blaq has announced that he will soon become a father. The skit maker shared the news on Instagram. He posted photos of him and his partner, Esther James. In his caption, Nasty Blaq wrote: “From the first laugh we shared to the love that blossomed, our journey together has been nothing short of…
Nollywood actress and politician, Hilda Dokubo has continued to slam reports that she was suspended from Labour Party (LP) at her ward in Asari Toru local government area (LGA) of Rivers state. According to the reports, Dokubo, the LP’s chairperson in Rivers was suspended on Thursday, July 18, after the party’s ward executive committee held…
Kenyan President, William Ruto has warned that the ongoing protests in the country must stop. Ruto’s administration has been facing intense scrutiny following weeks of violent demonstrations that have resulted in at least 50 deaths and widespread property damage, with the youth vowing to protest again on Tuesday and calling for Ruto’s resignation. Speaking on…
Opposition leader Bobi Wine said heavily armed security forces were besieging his party headquarters on Monday and had arrested several leaders, on the eve of a planned anti-corruption march that has been banned by the authorities. The action comes two days after President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country with an iron fist for…
Reno Omokri has said that Joe Biden stepping aside from contesting in the US Presidential election is exactly what Peter Obi should have done in 2023 for the good of Nigeria. Reno, a former presidential aide who was also a staunch supporter of Atiku Abubakar in the lead-up to the 2023 election, said he…
23-year-old South African law student, Chidimma Vanessa Onwe, has faced backlash over her nationality after making it to the top 13 at the ongoing Miss South Africa (Miss SA) pageant. Chidimma, who was born to a Nigerian father, a South African mother and raised in Soweto, has faced a torrent of abuse from some…
A poll taken days before President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 race has revealed what Democrat members think of Kamala Harris becoming US president. The poll conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and published on Wednesday, July 17, found that around six in 10 Democrats think that Vice President Harris would do well as president herself….
Aliko Dangote has said that a friend who warned him against investing in Nigeria is taunting him now for ignoring his advice. The President of Dangote Group disclosed this in an interview with Premium Times on Sunday, July 21. He granted the interview after reports quoted the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has demanded for an increase in the lump sum payment on retirement to 50 percent under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, to enable retirees begin a comfortable retirement life. This is as NLC raised several questions agitating the minds of retiring workers. President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, at a programme…
THE outlook for Nigeria’s oil output, including condensate, remains gloomy at 1.4 million barrels per day, mbpd, in the second half of 2024, according to industry data and forecast. The output forecast is far below the 1.8mbpd quota given to Nigeria by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, as well as the 1.7mbpd stated…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched the multi-billion-naira agricultural empowerment programme supplied by the Yobe State governor Hon Mai Mala Buni for distribution to at least 5,340 farmers in the state. The President represented by the Vice President Kashim Shettima has while launching the programme at the August 27th Stadium Damaturu, described governor Buni’s huge…
The bodies of a couple who embarked on a transatlantic sailing voyage have been discovered on a washed-up liferaft, nearly six weeks after they disappeared. According to a BBC report, British national Sarah Packwood and her Canadian husband, Brett Clibbery, are believed to have abandoned their yacht and perished before being found on Sable Island…
US President Joe Biden has endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris to serve as the new Democratic presidential nominee for the 2024 presidential race. Biden made the announcement on his official X page on Sunday, shortly after he withdrew from the United States November presidential election. He explained that it was in the best interest of his party and the country to stand…
President Biden announced Sunday that he will step aside as the Democratic presidential nominee, ending weeks of hand-wringing among party leaders who urged him to leave the race after a disastrous debate performance left many Democrats fearing he was too old for office and unable to defeat former President Trump. Biden’s decision opens a path for Vice…
Plateau federal lawmaker, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, gave his teenage daughter a brand new SUV to celebrate her graduation from secondary school. Gadgi took to Facebook on Saturday, July 20, to celebrate his daughter. He shared photos of the graduand and wrote: “Today, I attended my amazing daughter’s graduation ceremony. Watching you, my…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has disclosed that the policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration are not friendly and fueling more economic hardship. Primate Ayodele stated that the current government would have been the best if they listened to advice but the policies formulated so far have not been…
As the clock ticks for the August 1, 2024 nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance in Nigeria, fingers are pointing at the losers of the 2023 presidential elections as the masterminds behind the planned protest. Making the allegation on Sunday in Port Harcourt, the caretaker committee chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers…
As Nigerians plan for a protest over the increasing cost of living in the country, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, has alleged that the supporters of Peter Obi are planning to cause mayhem across the country and that the former Labour Party presidential candidate should be held responsible…
Reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, had dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and returned to the All Progressive Congress (APC). He defected during the APC Edo State inauguration of the National Working Committee of the Edo governorship election meeting held on Saturday, July 20. During the meeting, Shaibu, 54, declared his…
A Nigerian woman who is seeking to divorce from her husband has said that they had s3x once every six months during their 18-year marriage. The lady disclosed this under a post on Facebook.
