The Nigeria Medical Association and National Association of Resident Doctors have described as “unfortunate” the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige’s statement on brain drain in the medical sector. Ngige, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, said he was not bothered that medical doctors are leaving Nigeria in droves, saying that the nation has a ... Read More »
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Luis Ortiz refuses to fight Anthony Joshua
Luis Ortiz will not replace Jarrell Miller as world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s opponent on 1 June, the Cuban’s promoter has said. Joshua was due to fight Miller at New York’s Madison Square Garden – the British fighter’s US debut. But Miller was denied a licence after an “adverse finding” from a sample taken on 20 March. King Kong Boxing ... Read More »
UBA Rewards 20 more Customers with N30m in Wise Savers Promo
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has rewarded another 20 customers who emerged winners in the second quarterly draw of the UBA Wise Savers Promo with N1.5 million each, bringing the total amount won by 40 customers so far to N60 million. The electronic raffle draw which was held at UBA House on Thursday 18th of April, was witnessed by the Consumer Protection ... Read More »
164 APC members-elect endorse Gbajabiamila as Speaker
Newly elected members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressives Progress (APC) on Thursday backed the ambition of Majority Leader Femi Gbajabiaila to become the next Speaker. The group numbering about 164 said it was not right for the north to produce the President of the Senate and demand for the position of Speaker of ... Read More »
NSITF Saga : Comrade Frank Kokori shared emotional tears , says Ngige dropping Buhari’s name to oppress me
Former General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) Comrade Frank Kokori on Thursday shared emotional tears when Organised Labour stood solidly behind him to insist he be inaugurated as Chairman of the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). This was after the Minister of Labour and Employment dropped his name and ... Read More »
Breaking : Minimum wage now N30,000 as Buhari assents to bill
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act, 2019 By this act, the new minimum wage is now N30,000. The President assented to the Act on Thursday in Abuja, mandating all employers of labour across the country to pay workers a minimum of N30,000 monthly wage. The National Assembly had submitted the minimum wage ... Read More »
GTBank Releases Q1 2019 Unaudited Results
…….. Reports Profit before Tax of ₦57.0Billion Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. The Bank recorded positive performance across all financial metrics with gross earnings for the period growing by 1.2% to ₦110.3billion from ₦109.0billion posted in March 2018. Profit before tax ... Read More »
No comment,’ Onnoghen tells CCT as he’s banned from public office for 10 years
The erstwhile Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, pleaded ‘No comment’ when the Code of Conduct Tribunal Chairman, Danladi Umar, asked him if he had anything to say before his conviction. The incident happened on Thursday (today) in Abuja as the CCT ruled in the six counts bordering on breach of Code of Conduct for Public Officers preferred against ... Read More »
N5B libel suit: DSS report on Magu inadmissible, court rules
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday rendered a copy of the Department of State Security (DSS) report to the Nigerian Senate on Mr Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) inadmissible. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Doris Okuwobi in a ruling during the ongoing N5billion libel suit filed by Magu ... Read More »