Author: Biyi Lawrence
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said it is not the responsibility of government to create jobs for its citizens. He said this on Tuesday on Arise News Television programme, ‘The Morning Show’. He spoke about the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari regime in the last eight years. Adesina noted that all that government does is to create an enabling environment for job creation while the private sector creates jobs. Responding to the question on what happened to Buhari’s promise to create three million jobs annually in 2015, Adesina said: “Did you…
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has described Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo as a dedicated and loyal compatriot with a passionate desire for the development of Nigeria. The President spoke at the virtual unveiling of a book titled “Osinbajo Strides: Defining Moments of An Innovative Leader” written in honour of the Vice President by a team of 25 journalists under the auspices of PYO COLLECTIVE. Buhari, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, applauded Osinbajo’s dedication to service especially in catering for the interest of the masses. He thanked Osinbajo for his selflessness and…
The suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Adamawa State, Hudu-Yunusa Ari, has said he doesn’t regret announcing the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Aisha Binani Dahiru, as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Tuesday, Ari maintained that he acted in accordance with relevant laws in declaring the APC candidate as the governor-elect of the state before the declaration was overturned by the national headquarters of the electoral body in Abuja, according to a report by Channels TV. The embattled REC sparked…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said the Federal Government can afford the 200% pay rise demanded. NARD National President, Emeka Orji stated this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday. He said the review of salaries of resident doctors should have taken place in 2014 with rising inflation and attendant economic shocks. “Things are getting worse and there is no increment in take-home pay,” he said. On 29 April, 2023, NARD issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to commence the implementation of all pending agreements or the doctors will embark on a nationwide strike. Amongst…
The Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero, has asked for a fresh retirement age for civil servants in the country. Ajaero also called for a general review of core civil servants’ salaries to narrow the gap between other civil servants’ emoluments and those in other segments of the public service. He made the call during the 2023 Workers’ Day celebrations on Monday in Abuja. Ajaero said that the extension of years of service should go around, as it had been done in other sectors of the public service in the country. Only a few other establishments, including the core civil…
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Monday, advised Igbo youths who have been in the business of using Ohanaeze Ndigbo name to trade with politicians to desist henceforth. The new president-general also warned media houses in the country to refrain from publishing individuals who use the name of the apex Igbo sociocultural group for their selfish ends or be ready for litigation. Iwuanyanwu, who spoke during a press conference at the end of the National Executive Council meeting of the Igbo apex body, expressed regrets that some Igbo youths, in the name of Ohanaeze Ndigbo…
Autopsy reports released on Monday, confirmed that the people who were buried in mass graves linked to a Kenyan pastor, died of starvation. According to the first autopsies, some victims were asphyxiated, the authorities said. Experts carrying out the first post-mortems on more than 100 bodies unearthed in a coastal forest examined nine children aged one to 10 as well as one woman. “Most of them had features of starvation,” chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor said after the autopsies took place in a hospital morgue at the town of Malindi. “We saw features of people who have not eaten —…
Regulators and operators in the telecommunication sector have been invited to the House of Representatives over poor coverage and spread of their services in Nigeria. The invitees, including the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, Nigerian Communications Commission, MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Globacom and 9Mobile, are to be grilled at an investigative hearing between 8 and 10 April, 2023. The invitation is by the House ad hoc committee on the Need to Investigate Failure/Inability of the Nigerian Communications Commission to Promote Widespread Availability and Usage of Mobile Telecommunication Network Services throughout Nigeria As Well As Accruals/Utilisation of Funds in…
Nigeria’s Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Ngige has disclosed that government worker’s will benefit from an undisclosed percentage of pay rise. The government workers include, lecturers, doctors and other categories of civil servants under the Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure, Consolidated Medical Salary Scale, popularly known as CONMESS, CONHESS, CONTISS salary scales. Speaking during the commemoration of the 2023 International Workers’ Day celebration at the Eagle Square, Abuja, Ngige noted that the workers will also be paid arrears of the increase from January 2023. The Punch had earlier reported how only the 144,766 federal civil servants under the…
The White Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria has rallied support for the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on 29 May. The Association also urged Nigerians to pray for a smooth transition of power to the President-elect. Spokesperson of the group, Okhue Obo, in a statement, assured Tinubu of their efforts to cleanse and detoxify the Abuja environment for him to operate in. They also warned against any attempts by disgruntled politicians to disrupt Tinubu’s inauguration. Obo claimed that Tinubu was the winner of their spiritual presidential election conducted before the February terrestrial election. He stated that what…