The Ekiti State Government has terminated the contract awarded to Messers Time Building & Construction Company for rehabilitation of Ilupeju-Ire Road,demanding refund from contractors. The Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Aare ‘Muyiwa Olumilua, made this known while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the Ekiti State Executive Council meeting in his office in Ado … Read more
A volunteer firefighter died on Monday while fighting bushfire that was raging across eastern Australia, the Rural Fire Service reported. The service said in a statement on Twitter that the firefighter died when his fire truck overturned at Jingellic, 70 kilometres east of the New South Wales town of Albury. It is the third death … Read more
The Kano State Government has concluded plans to begin the payment of N30,000 minimum wage. At the end of a meeting held between the state government and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council in Kano on Thursday, it was agreed that Kano State should commence the payment from this month (December). The categories for the … Read more
The Management of the Lagos State University(LASU), Ojo, has cautioned its students following the alleged murder of one of its final-year-female students, Favour Daley-Oladele. It also called on them to remain calm to allow the law enforcement agents conclude their investigation into the matter. According to the university’s spokesman, Mr. Ademola Adekoya, said on Sunday … Read more
Tropical Cyclone Sarai has left two people dead and more than 2,500 needing emergency shelter in Fiji on Sunday. The cyclone damaged houses, crops and trees, cut power and forced the cancellation of several international flights, stranding holidaymakers visiting the island nation, which is a major tourist draw. National Disaster Management Office director, Vasiti Soko, … Read more
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Beirut home of Lebanon’s new prime minister on Saturday, calling for Hassan Diab’s resignation less than 10 days after he was appointed. Lebanon is without a cabinet and in the grips of a deepening economic crisis after a two-month-old protest movement forced Saad Hariri to stand down as prime … Read more
The Katsina State chapter of the Nigerian Labor Congress,(NLC) and the State Government are expecting to end the current negotiations on the consequential salary adjustments latest by December 31 this year. NLC state branch chairman, Comrade Hussaini Hamisu, who made this statement yesterday at the sideline of ongoing negotiations with the state government on the … Read more
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has denied claim that the Minister, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, was reprimanded by the Presidency. Mrs. Rhoda Ishaku Illiya, Assistant Director of Information in the ministry, made this in a statement on Friday in Abuja while reacting to online reports alleging that Farouq was reprimanded … Read more