In the wake of Nigeria’s 2-1 loss against the Benin Republic in their fourth game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on Monday, the Nigeria Football Federation has lashed out at the Beninoise Football Federation for mixing up Nigeria’s national anthem before the kick-off of the match, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Before the Eagles were shocked by their neighbours, the team had sparked reactions across Nigeria as the players sang along to the old national anthem, which rang around the Felix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Benin Republic’s adopted home ground. The new anthem was played during Nigeria’s previous game…
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Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris Kauran Gwandu on Friday departed to Saudi Arabia to perform the 2024 Holy pilgrimage. The Governor, in company of his two wives, Hajiya Zainab Nasare and Hajiya Nafisa Nasir Idris, the State Amirul Hajj, Alhaji Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari , Speaker of Kebbi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Usman Muhammad Ankwe and the last batch of intending pilgrims from the state. On board Flynas A330 Airbus, the Governor’s flight took off at the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi for Madinatul Munawwarah along the last batch of Lagos Pilgrims. Speaking…
The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage to N62,000, while organised labour has reduced its demand from N494,000 to N250,000. This comes after the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, submitted the cost implication of minimum wage to President Bola Tinubu. “After wasting our time, they finally came up with the offer of N62,000 which was backed by the private sector. Labour also reduced ours to N250,000. This is embarrassing,” the source who is part of negotiation from the labour side said. It was reported that Tinubu had earlier directed Edun to present the…
The Presidency has described as false the news making the rounds that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has proposed N105,000 in the new minimum wage template. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this on his X account on Thursday. The presidential aide wrote, “The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has not proposed N105,000 minimum wage. “The contrary story being disseminated is false.” Edun had earlier in the day presented the template to President Bola Tinubu, meeting the 48-hour…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has submitted the projected cost implications of implementing a new national minimum wage to President Bola Tinubu. Edun, along with the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, presented President Tinubu with the cost implications of the new minimum wage in his office at the presidential villa in Abuja. Speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with the President, Edun verified the submission and reassured that “there is no cause for alarm.” Edun’s submission of the cost implication follows a 48-hour ultimatum issued to him by…
President Bola Tinubu has instructed the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to provide financial implications for the new minimum wage within two days. Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, made this known while briefing State House Correspondents after a meeting between the negotiation team and the president at Aso Rock on Tuesday. “All parties to the negotiation of the new minimum wage would work together with the organised labour to present a new minimum wage for Nigerians in one week. “All of us will work together assiduously within the next one week to ensure that we have…
Members of the organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, on Tuesday, suspended their strike for five days, a leader of the NLC told our correspondent in Abuja. The centres are expected to issue a statement shortly before the commencement of negotiations with the government. The strike which commenced on Monday was called to protest the failure of the Federal Government to approve new minimum wage by May 31 as well as its failure to reverse the hike in electricity tariff. The PUNCH reports that after a six-hour meeting with the leadership of organised labour…
The national tripartite committee on minimum wage will meet every day for one week, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume said at the end of a meeting with organised labour on Monday night. The meeting which started at 5pm ended a few minutes before 11pm. The organised labour and the government also signed an agreement. Though details of the agreement are not yet public, Akume, at the end of the meeting, said that the administration of President Bola Tinubu was committed to paying more than N60,000 as minimum wage, no worker would be victimised because…
Labour leaders have arrived at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation for a closed-door meeting with government representatives, a highly placed source informed our correspondent on Monday. “We are also meeting with the government representative in the SGF office today. Already seated awaiting the government representative,” the source said. The source has yet to mention the names of the government representatives who bid to attend to the labour leaders at the time of filing this report. The PUNCH reports that some unions have shut their workplaces to comply with the directive of the two…
Claudia Sheinbaum vowed Monday that she would not let Mexico down after being elected its first woman president. “I won’t fail you,” the ruling party candidate said after preliminary official results showed her with around 58-60 per cent of votes. Details later. (AFP)
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Sunday announced the release of 3,921 outstanding 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. In a statement by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the board also announced a rescheduled examination for 24,535 candidates after it analysed the process and conduct of the previous examination in some centres where there were proofs of substantial non-compliance with its standards. “The rescheduled candidates are to print their supplementary Examination Notification Slip from Tuesday, 4th June 2024, to ascertain their designated examination centres. “This release brings the total results released to 1,883,350. The rescheduled examination, which is taking…
After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour says there is no going back on the nationwide industrial action slated to start on Monday, June 3, 2024. “For now, we don’t have the power to call off the strike, tomorrow (Monday) morning, the strike will kick off as we take their (NASS) plea asking us to call off the strike to our various organs,” said Festus Osifo after the meeting with NASS leadership. Earlier, Osifo, the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC); and his…
As the airlift of pilgrims for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage enters into its final stage Nigerian delegation to Hajj 2024 have been urged to portray the country in good light through their conducts and utterances. The Independent Hajj Reporter (IHR) who gave the advise said both pilgrims and officials travelling to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Hajj should know that whatever they do will reflect on how the international community perceives Nigeria and its citizens. “Every pilgrim or official is an ambassador of the country and our dear religion of Islam. They must therefore, exhibit a high degree…
Mike Tyson’s upcoming return to the ring against YouTuber Jake Paul has been postponed after the former heavyweight champion’s recent health scare, organisers said Friday Tyson, 57, needed medical treatment on board a flight from Miami to Los Angeles on Sunday after complaining of nausea and dizziness in an incident that came just under two months away from his July 20 fight with Paul in Te Fight organisers said in a statement on Friday that Tyson had been advised to do only minimal training in the coming weeks following a follow-up with doctors on Thursday, revealing…
The Director General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has appealed to the organised labour to reconsider its decision to embark on a nationwide strike from June 3rd over the tripartite committee’s inability to agree on a new minimum wage. The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo announced the strike at a joint news conference with the leadership of the NLC in Abuja on Friday. The organised labour had pulled out of the negotiation and rejected two Federal Government offers, the latest being N60,000. They are insisting on N497,000 as minimum wage. Ajayi-Kadir,…
The Nigerian education loan fund (NELFUND) said it has had over 9.5 million visits, with over 6000 applications for loans from students in federal tertiary institutions since it opened its portal last Friday. Managing Director of the fund, Akintunde Sawyerr while briefing the press at a post-application launch conference on Thursday, said over 90 per cent of federal tertiary institutions have submitted the data of their students with about five institutions remaining. He also revealed that in three weeks, the fund will democratise the loans following the outcry from students in state-owned tertiary institutions, thereby opening its portal for…
US rapper Nicki Minaj has been detained at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on suspicion of possessing soft drugs, Dutch media reported Saturday. The singer was due to perform a show in Britain later Saturday and posted images on social media of her being questioned by officials. Police confirmed to AFP that they had detained a 41-year-old American woman but declined to confirm directly that it was Minaj. “We never confirm the identity of a person in custody but I can confirm we have arrested a 41-year-old woman suspected of trying to export soft drugs to another country,” Robert Kapel, a…
President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, departed Abuja for Lagos to begin the commissioning of projects completed under his administration. Lagos is the president’s first point of call as other projects commissioning will take him to other parts of the country during the week – beginning Sunday (tomorrow) till Friday. This is to mark the first anniversary of his administration on Wednesday, May 29. A State House press statement titled, “President Tinubu Set To Inaugurate Projects To Mark One Year In Office,” and signed by the Special Adviser Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga revealed this. “In Lagos on Sunday, the…
Erik ten Hag made a convincing case to be spared the sack as Manchester United upset Manchester City to take the FA Cup with a shock 2-1 victory in Saturday’s final. Ten Hag was reportedly set to be dismissed regardless of the result at Wembley after a troubled campaign that even the United manager described as “terrible” this week. But United’s hierarchy might be having second thoughts after Ten Hag’s tactical masterclass ruined City’s history bid. City were hot favourites to win a second successive Premier League and FA Cup double. Yet Ten Hag found a way to neutralise…
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero on Wednesday paid a royal visit to the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Ogun State, Oba Sikiru Kayode, saying the ancient towns share a lot of things in common. The Emir alongside his retinue of aides and chiefs visited the Awujale in Ijebu-Ode to felicitate with the first-class traditional ruler on his 90th birthday celebration and 64th year on the throne of his forebears He described Awujale as his father, being an associate of his biological father and late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero. The monarch also noted that the…