Germany on Sunday denied an Italian newspaper report that it planned to fly migrants back to Italy, after the allegation drew a threat from Italy’s Interior Minister to refuse landing permission to unauthorised planes carrying asylum seekers. La Repubblica reported on Saturday that Germany’s refugee agency had sent “dozens of letters” to migrants advising them […]
The Lagos State Government has released N795 million in September to settle part of accrued pension rights of its retirees. The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) said on Sunday in Lagos that the gesture was in fulfilment of monthly pension settlement embarked on by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode. According to LASPEC, the fund was released for […]
Melania Trump concluded her trip to Africa on Saturday by urging people to pay less attention to what she wears and also voicing support for her husband’s embattled Supreme Court nominee. The U.S. first lady said the message of her tour to Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt was to show the world that “we care.” […]
AP officers on Wednesday arrested a Nigerian national in South B and seized fake US dollar bills. Henry Omoaka, 51, was nabbed at Malaika Apartments with fake notes of USD251,400 (Sh25.3 million). The suspect claims that some people, among them Kenyans and Nigerians, fixed him. The officers found that the man, who claims to be […]
Three researchers, including a woman and a nonagenarian, on Tuesday shared the 2018 Nobel Physics Prize for inventions in the field of laser physics which have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in corrective eye surgery and industry, the jury said. Arthur Ashkin of the United States won one half of the nine […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC), have called of their warning strike for a new minimum wage. The strike was embarked upon on Sept. 26. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the organised labour had embarked on the strike after a 14-day ultimatum to […]
The ongoing strike by organised labour to press home their demand for the implementation of a new minimum wage may take a worse toll as hospitals are expected to shut down following a directive by the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) to their members to join the strike. Meanwhile, LEADERSHIP Friday observed […]
-Nigeria Not On the List The US First Lady Melania Trump said she will be visiting Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt on her solo tour of the continent in October. She called them “four beautiful and very different countries” when talking about the details at a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. […]
Nigeria’s main unions will begin an indefinite nationwide strike over the minimum wage on Thursday, after talks with the government broke down, the leader of an umbrella labour body representing them said on Wednesday. President Muhammadu Buhari’s government had vowed to review the minimum wage, particularly in the wake of a fuel price hike and […]