Flight operations were on Wednesday evening disrupted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, following a power outage. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the outage occurred at about 6.05pm and lasted for over an hour before it was restored. The situation placed the nation’s busiest airport in total darkness, leaving airline officials, passengers […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, as Executive Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Diaspora Commission. The request was contained in a letter dated Oct. 24 and addressed to the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki. Saraki read the letter at plenary on Tuesday. In the letter, Buhari said […]
The Nigerian Mona Lisa, a painting lost for more than 40 years and found in a London flat in February, is being exhibited in Nigeria for the first time since it disappeared. “Tutu”, an art work by Nigeria’s best-known modern artist, Ben Enwonwu, was painted in 1974. It appeared at an art show in Lagos […]
Alumni members of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka would on Saturday 10th of November storm the National Stadium – Lagos in what they have termed the “Dignity of Man Walk.” The Road Walk which has been scheduled to kickoff from the National Stadium by 7am through Adeniran Ogunsanya, Iponri axis, Costain and back to the […]
The Chairman of the Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, announced on Monday that the union would join the planned NLC strike if government and labour failed to resolve their differences. “We are an affiliate of the NLC, we shall obey its directives. So we have […]
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy and sunny weather conditions with prospects of rainfall and thunderstorms over most part of Nigeria on Monday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Sunday, in Abuja, predicted partly cloudy morning with day and night temperatures of 32 to 37 and 23 to 26 degrees celsius. It added that there […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the N22,500 proposed by the state governors as the New National Minimum Wage for workers in the country.Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, said this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) had issued a communiqué […]
By Foster Obi For its strict adherence to high safety policy and commitment to safety of life, Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), Nigeria’s leading Electricity Distribution Company has been honoured with the 2018WSO-NG Concerned Organization of the Year. The award, which was presented by the World Safety Organizations (WSO), an International Association of HSE Professionals, is […]
An emergency meeting of the Nigerian Governors Forum is scheduled for Tuesday, October 30, 2018, to discuss the new national minimum wage. This was disclosed by Abdulaziz Yari, Governor of Zamfara State on Tuesday, after a meeting of the Economic Management Team, which had Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in attendance. According to NAN, Yari spoke after […]
No governing board of a Federal agency or parastatal has the power to remove the chief executive appointed by the President, the secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha declared today. The declaration came amidst controversy over the suspension of the executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The board may […]