Legendary Nigerian singer and actress, Onyeka Onwenu has reportedly died at the age of 72. She was said to have died on Tuesday night at the Reddington Hospital in Lagos after slumping at the birthday party of Mrs Stella Okoli. TheNiche reported that an eyewitness who was at the party confirmed the news. “It is very sad. Onyeka Onwenu just performed at the birthday of Mrs. Stella Okoli today (Tuesday, July 30, 2024), and after performing, she slumped. “She was taken to Reddington Hospital and she couldn’t make it,” the eyewitness said. However, the deceased’s family has yet to…
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday directed telecommunication companies to reactivate all lines blocked because they weren’t linked to the National Identification Numbers (NINs). A spokesman for the regulatory body Reuben Muoka said the order to reactivate the lines was in view of “the challenges the blockages have caused”. Millions of phone users had their lines blocked over the weekend with speculations rife that the disconnection of SIM cards was one of measures of the government to stifle a planned #EndBadGovernance protest against hunger and economic hardship widely publicised by displeased youths and scheduled for August. Human rights…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sale of Crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other local Refineries in naira instead of dollars. This was disclosed to State House Reporters by the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of Monday. The FIRS boss, while addressing state House Reporters said, by the approval, refined products of the refineries will be sold to marketers for local consumption. In a statement issued on the development, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy said, “To ensure the…
Senator, representing Kano South Federal constitutency, at the National Assembly, Sen. Suleiman Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila has received a warm recognition for investment on human and educational development of his constituents. Sen. Kawu-Sumaila presently sponsoring not less than 550 students studying various medical and health related courses under his constituency scholarship scheme, is one of the few lawmakers committing significantly on talented and less privileged young persons in Kano. Receiving the philanthropic award from management of institutions where the recipients of scholarship currently studying, the lawmaker pledged to increase the number of the beneficiaries while committed to building future leaders.…
Two weeks after the Supreme Court granted financial autonomy to local governments (LGs) in Nigeria, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has declared that the electoral umpire is capable of successfully conducting LG elections if saddled with the responsibility by law. The INEC chief made this known when he appeared before a Joint National Assembly Committee on Electoral Matters to present the Ondo and Edo off-cycle elections budget on Thursday. He, however, raised the question of funding for their by-elections in the country. State governments currently organise LG elections in their respective domains with…
Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, has alleged some personnel of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, oil traders and terminals have opened a blending plant in Malta. Dangote spoke at the house of representatives on Monday. An oil blending plant has no refining capability but can be used to blend re-refined oil (a used motor oil that has been treated to remove dirt, fuel, and water) with additives to create finished lubricant products. The billionaire said the areas of the blending plants are known. “Some of the terminals, some of the NNPC people and some traders have opened…
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, presented the Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law. In separate letters to both the Senate and the House of Representatives, the President requested an expeditious consideration of a bill to amend the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019, to increase the National Minimum Wage from ₦30,000 to ₦70,000. The bill also sought to reduce the period for reviewing the minimum wage from five years to three years. Tinubu had agreed on ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers during a meeting with Organised Labour last week.…
The Max Air aircraft carrying 119 passengers and six crew members, was cleared for takeoff before its first rear gear tyres burst, while the remaining two also went the way of the initial one while attempting to taxi off the aircraft from the runway. This was contained in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Bimbo Oladeji, at 11:22 pm on Sunday. Olajide, however, added that no death nor injury was recorded from the development. The statement read, “This evening, Max Air’s flight NGL1649, a Boeing 737 with registration…
U.S. President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump, leaving the presidential race in uncharted territory. Biden, in a post on X, said he will remain in his role as president and commander-in-chief until his term ends in January 2025 and will address the nation this week. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and…
A former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary, Afam Osigwe (SAN), has emerged as the President in the just-concluded bar election. Osigwe polled 20,435 votes to defeat his closest contender, the Chairman of the NBA-Institute of Continuing Legal Education Governing Council, Tobenna Erojikwe, who scored 10,998 votes. The other presidential candidate, former NBA Lagos Branch Chairman, Chukwuka Ikwuazom (SAN), trailed with 9,018 votes. Afam Osigwe will succeed the outgoing president, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN). The voting which began on Saturday, ended at 11:59 pm. More soon…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has described as “unverified claims”, reports that he had proposed to pay a minimum wage of ₦80,000 to workers in the state and local government areas. The denial came following reports circulating online, that the governor had promised to pay the said sum. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, on Friday described the report as false. The statement read, “The attention of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to claims circulating in an online media that the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has proposed to pay a new…
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has denied setting cut-off marks for admissions into higher institutions across the country. In a statement posted on its official X account on Thursday, the Board dismissed reports that it had set 140 as cut-off marks for universities, and 100 for polytechnics respectively. “There’s no such thing as ‘cut-off mark’ in admission process to tertiary institutions in Nigeria, what’s obtainable is minimum tolerable score determinable by individual institutions,” it said. The denial comes just one day after it was widely reported, that the Board had pegged 140 as a cut-off mark for…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero on Thursday gave reasons why the Organised Labour accepted the proposal of N70,000 minimum wage from the President, Bola Tinubu. Ajaero, who spoke to State House reporters after the meeting with the President, said the unions agreed to the offer because of other incentives attached. He said another reason for accepting the offer is because “ the President promised a review every three years as against what obtained in the past.” President Bola Tinubu on Thursday approved the sum of N70,000 as national minimum wage, his Special Adviser on Information…
President Bola Tinubu has approved a new minimum wage of N70,000 for Nigerian workers and pledged to review the national minimum wage law every three years. This is coming after the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress met with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on X, confirmed the development. “President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers with promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years. “President Tinubu…
The Police in Lagos State have begun an investigation into the death of a 19-year-old boy allegedly beaten to death by his father. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident on Thursday. The spokesperson said that the Alagbado Police Division received a report of the alleged crime on Tuesday. He said, “At about 12.00 p.m. on July 5, at about 2.00 p.m., one Olumide gave his son, Adeyemi a deep cut under moderate correction, at his right hand side with a shovel over an undisclosed offence.” Hundeyin said that the young man sustained injury…
The Senate on Wednesday removed Senator Ali Ndume from his position as the Chief Whip. The red chamber immediately replaced Ndume with Senator Tahir Monguno, also from Borno state. Ndume’s replacement followed a directive issued to that effect in a letter written by the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress APC, Umar Ganduje and National Secretary, Senator Bashir Ajibola. The request was put to voice votes by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and loudly affirmed by all the APC senators. Details Later…
A total sum of N1.354 trillion June 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue has been shared with the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils in the country. The revenue was shared at the July 2024 meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), held in Abuja and chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. A communiqué issued by FAAC and signed by a spokesperson for the Accountant General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, explained that the N1,354.371 trillion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N142.514 billion, distributable Value Added Tax (VAT)…
Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a fresh bill for creation of three emirate councils with second class traditional authority into law. The passage of the new law tagged Kano State Emirate Council Establishment Bill 2024, comes amid legal battle over the repealed emirate law which deposed the 15th emir of Kano, Alh. Aminu Ado Bayero and four others. Moving the bill during Tuesday’s plenary, the deputy speaker of the assembly, Hon. Muhammad Bello Butu-Butu noted that the creation of second class monarch will further dignifies traditional heritage in the state. Hon. Butu-Butu who sponsored the bill…
The organised private sector, on Monday, blamed the worsening insecurity in the country for the food inflation which increased to 40.87 per cent in June 2024 up from 25.25 per cent in June 2023. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday showed that the rise in food inflation in June 2024 represented a 15.62 per cent point increase year-on-year and a 2.55 per cent rise month-on-month. The NBS report showed that the highest increases in food prices were recorded in millet, garri, guinea corn, yam, water yam, coco yam, groundnut oil, palm oil, catfish, and dried…
The Federal Government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reached an agreement vacating travel restrictions imposed on Nigerians with immediate effect. A statement signed by Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday, said the move wasn’t prompted by a new robust talks between the two countries. It reads : “Following successful talks and extensive, mutually beneficial negotiations between the Government of the United Arab Emirates and the Governments of the Federal Republic of Nigeria @NigeriaGov, an agreement was reached allowing for the resumption of travel to the UAE for Nigerian passport holders. This agreement includes…