The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will shut down the economy for one month if the National Assembly decentralises the minimum wage. The president of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, stated this during the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) annual general meeting in Lagos on Tuesday, July 16. Ajaero stated that the Labour…
In an extreme attempt to catch his wife in the act of infidelity, a man identified as Wellington Phiri from Chegutu, Zimbabwe resorted to an unusual and elaborate disguise. Phiri dressed in his wife Prisca Mhuru’s clothes, including her dress, bra, and headscarf, to sneak into the house where he suspected she was with…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Didi Esther Walson-Jack as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. The appointment was disclosed in a statement released by Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale today July 17, and will take effect from August 14, 2024. “Mrs. Walson-Jack was appointed Federal Permanent Secretary in 2017…
The Kano State Government has filed new charges against former governor Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje. The charges, detailed in case No. K/143c/24, allege criminal conspiracy and misappropriation involving Ganduje and the former Commissioner for Justice, Musa Lawan. These charges are brought under Section 308 and are punishable under Section 309 of the Penal Code (as…
A motor accident claimed the lives of 14 people and left four others injured in Kanya Babba in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The accident occurred on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, when a Toyota Hiace bus attempted to bypass an immigration checkpoint and collided head-on with a DAF truck. The spokesperson…
The cholera outbreak in Nigeria has resulted in 103 de@ths from 3,623 suspected cases across 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as of July 15, 2024, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The cases and fatalities span 187 Local Government Areas (LGAs), with Lagos, Bayelsa, Abia, Ebonyi,…
On Tuesday, July 16, the Federal High Court in Abuja issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr. Abraham Ehizojie, the medical doctor at Kuje Correctional Centre, for allegedly refusing to produce the medical report of Tigran Gambaryan, a detained executive of Binance Holdings Ltd. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the order following an…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised an alert regarding the increasing number of yellow fever cases, coinciding with the ongoing cholera outbreak that has impacted nearly all states in the country. Dr. Jide Idris, Director-General of the NCDC, made the announcement during a press conference on Tuesday in…
The Kaduna police command has announced a ban on all forms of unlawful gatherings by the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), including its planned Ashura procession. In a statement issued by Mansir Hassan, the spokesperson for the command declared that the police will enforce the ban strictly and warned that the full weight…
The Federal Government has reached an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow Nigerian passport holders to obtain visas for travel to the Arab nation starting today, July 15, 2024. The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in a statement released on his X handle. It reads ‘’FG, UAE Reach Agreement…
