by Oni Kayode Philips | Jun 10, 2024 | NEWS, Politics
President Bola Tinubu has directed Nigeria’s Special Envoy on Climate Action, Ajuri Ngelale to serve as Chief diplomat and lead representative on all climate-related engagements and negotiations while supervising the Energy Transition Office. President Tinubu issued...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Jun 10, 2024 | NEWS, Politics
The appointment made on Sunday is pending the confirmation of her appointment by the NCCC supervisory council. According to Ajuri Ngelale, the president’s Special Adviser on Media, Maduekwe, aged 39, holds a bachelor of law degree; a master’s degree in environmental...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Jun 3, 2024 | International, NEWS
More than 50 people have died in India as a brutal heat spell continues to grip parts of the country. The federal health ministry said there have been at least 56 confirmed heat strokes deaths and about 24,849 heatstroke cases reported According to officials, around...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Jun 3, 2024 | NEWS
The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism is set to enhance and professionalise the nation’s workforce through high-quality training, certification, and registration of professionals in the hospitality, travel, and tourism industry. This was disclosed by the...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Jun 3, 2024 | NEWS
The Central Bank of Nigeria has cleared foreign airlines trapped funds worth $831m from June last year to date. This was confirmed on Sunday by the Director-General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Willie Walsh The Geneva, Switzerland-based IATA...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Jun 3, 2024 | NEWS
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has declared that Nigeria’s economy is experiencing an appreciable growth that may see the high inflation in the country come down. Edun made this known on Sunday while speaking to Newsmen...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Jun 3, 2024 | Judiciary, NEWS
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN), has faulted the organised labour over the nationwide strike it is commencing Fagbemi, in a letter to the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress leaders, insisted that...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Jun 3, 2024 | NEWS, Security
Electricity workers have shut down the National Grid as the strike action called by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress began at midnight. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, disclosed that the workers unions chased away its workers. In a...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Jun 3, 2024 | NEWS, Politics, Security
The leadership of the Organised Labour says there is no going back on the nationwide industrial action slated to start on Monday, the 3rd of June, 2024. This was announced after a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in...
by Oni Kayode Philips | May 30, 2024 | NEWS, Sports
Barcelona have appointed former Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick as their new manager on a two-year contract. Flick, was who let go by Germany in September 2023, takes over from Xavi, who was sacked last week. Flick had guided Bayern Munich to a treble in 2020, winning...
