On this edition of Celebrity Lounge, we bring you highlights of the Adebowales as they mark their golden jubilee birthday by sponsoring 100 children back to school.
We are joined by distinguished guests as they talk about the agriculture training and mentoring programme delivered on entertainment platform.
We are joined on this edition of the morning show by Kamal, who talks about his latest song.
Multinational technology giant, Google, is celebrating the 119th birthday of late Nigeria teacher, political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti with a Doodle. The Doodle, illustrated by Nigerian-Italian guest artist, Diana Ejaita, celebrates a formidable leader who founded what many refer to as one of the most important social movements of the […]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called for financial autonomy for State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) for timely conduct of credible council elections across the country. Yakubu made the call yesterday during a parley with members of the Forum of State Independent Electoral Commissions of Nigeria (FOSIECON) at INEC […]
Lagos State Friday said its emergency management agency rescued five persons from a building that collapsed at Ojuelegba area of the state. The state government said the building collapsed in the early hours of Friday, October 25, 2019, at Rufai Street, off Makinde Street, Ojuelegba. The government said LASEMA swiftly activated the Lagos Emergency Response […]
Minister of youth and sports, Sunday Dare, has said members of the National Youth Service Corps will benefit from the new minimum wage of N30,000. “Next week the DG NYSC will provide details of the new allowee for the Youth Corp members after a full briefing from the Ministries of Finance And MYSD,” Dare said […]
Full payment of the new minimum wage to Nigerian workers takes effect from April 18, 2019. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo issued the directive yesterday in Abuja. The approval followed an earlier agreement between organised labour and the Federal Government on the consequential adjustments. In the adjustments agreed […]
In the news, Nigerian Customs Bans All Import, Export Through Land Borders. Elizabeth is joined by an Entrepreneur and Lawyer, Ejike Nwuba, as they discuss the effects and consequences of Nigeria’s border closure. Catch more developing stories in the Global economy with Elizabeth Williams. Join us every Friday by 7PM GMT+1 on Global business Today.
The Niger State government on Tuesday said that it is partnering with UNICEF to eliminate corporal punishment in public and private schools across the state. Mr. Abubakar Aliyu, Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Education, said this during an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Minna. Aliyu made this known after inaugurating a […]
Nigeria’s corrections services, the government agency in charge of prisons in the country, Tuesday said it’s controller-general has no plan to effect the arrest Fisayo Soyombo, a journalist whose undercover stories exposed the depth of corruption in Nigerian police cells and prison. A spokesperson for the Corrections Service OF Enobore said in a statement on […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday vowed to enforce the total implementation of the new national minimum wage once the issue of consequential adjustments has been settled with the states. Labour threatened that with the signing into law of the new minimum wage, any state that violated its provisions would be sued. The president of […]