The Federal Government has pledged to improve the welfare of Nigerian workers as the country marked its 62nd Independence. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this in a statement by his Media Office on Friday in Abuja. Ngige assured workers that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would leave no stones unturned in ensuring an improved welfare for all workers, in the face of extant challenges that had eaten into the New National Minimum Wage. According to him, the Federal Government is not unmindful of the runaway prices of goods and services and their deleterious consequences on salaries…
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The City of Washington DC, United States, has proclaimed Oct. 1 as Nigerian American Day in celebration of Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary. The proclamation was made in a statement by the Mayor of Washington DC, Muriel Bowser. Bowser said the District of Columbia had one of the largest Nigerian immigrant populations in the U.S., adding that DC residents saluted the contributions of Nigerian Americans as civic leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs. According to her, Nigerian music and art, particularly Afrobeats and Nollywood, enrich the cultural economy and strengthen cultural ties. “The Nigerian Center, an immigrant and cultural center in Washington,…
The Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) has graduated no fewer than 50,000 technologists, technicians and other technical personnel since inception in various aspects of oil and gas and allied industries. Dr Henry Adimula, the Principal/Chief Executive Officer of PTI, made this known on Friday at a news conference in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government area of Delta. Adimula said besides achieving 100 per cent of its mandate, PTI had produced quality graduates that were most preferred choices for employment in the oil and gas industry across the globe. He said that the institute’s efforts in line with the local content policy on manpower development had…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it is collaborating with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free, fair and credible elections in 2023. Matthew Alao, UNDP Team Lead, Governance, Peace and Security, disclosed this at the opening of a two-day training organised by the UN body in Port Harcourt on Friday. Alao said that UNDP collaborated with INEC’s Election Monitoring Support Centre (EMSC) to train its Head of Departments (HODs) in South South and South East for successful conduct of the elections. According to him, the successful conduct of the elections would help deepen democracy and enable…
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), is set to encourage policy research to promote economic growth in West Africa. In a statement issued on the website of the UNECA on Friday, the commission inaugurated a seminar on Wednesday in Accra, It was the second edition of its Think-Tanks and Experts Seminar on Population Dynamics for Development in West Africa, which opened on Wednesday and would close on Saturday. The seminar had as its theme; “Bridging the Research-Policy Gap to Accelerate the Demographic Dividend in West Africa”. The meeting aimed to accelerate progress toward the demographic dividend by stimulating…
Everton have been fined 300,000 pounds (328,000 dollars) by the Football Association (FA) in England for the pitch invasions which marred their English Premier League (EPL) match against Crystal Palace. Supporters entered the field at Goodison Park during the 3-2 win over the Eagles on May 19, which guaranteed their top-flight status last season. Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s 84th-minute winner sparked a pitch invasion and a second took place after the final whistle with Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira involved in an altercation with a supporter. The FA charged Everton back in July over the incidents and revealed the punishment on Friday…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed the document to formally annex four Ukrainian provinces occupied by Moscow’s troops. Putin said the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson are now part of Russia, during a televised ceremony in the Kremlin. Russian occupation authorities staged referendums in the four areas in the past week which they said showed an overwhelming majority in favour of leaving Ukraine and joining Russia. Ukraine and Western powers have dismissed the vote, saying the results were a foregone conclusion that would never be recognized internationally. (dpa/NAN)
The 17th edition of the Abuja International Trade Fair (AITF), organised by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) opened today, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The event taking place at the ACCI trade fair complex is with the theme: “Creating an Export Ready Market Through SME Digitisation”. Mrs Olayemi John-Mensah, Media/Strategy Officer, ACCI, said that the trade fair was expected to host 500 exhibitors, 10,000 products and more than 100,000 visitors. “At the first day of the event, many exhibitors from within and outside Nigeria are already on ground with different products. “Visitors have started trooping…
In celebration of Nigeria’s 62nd Independence, Spotify, an online streaming platform, has unveiled three new playlists that highlight Nigeria’s musical diversity, ranging from Fuji to the golden eras of Afrobeats. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of music for sub-Saharan Africa, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Okumu said these playlists provided a home for music that millions of Nigerians of all ages and persuasions, had loved and listened to for decades. According to her, the exciting playlists were “The Sounds of Fuji”, “I love my 2000s Afrobeats” and “I love my 2010s Afrobeats”, available on Spotify. She said…
The Managing Director, Primero Transport Service Limited, Mr Fola Tinubu, said the company had transported over 350 million passengers in the last seven years of its operation. He didvlosedn this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday. He commended commuters for their steadfastness, saying they had stood by the company over the past seven years of its operations. Tinubu decried the increase in the cost of diesel which he said had drastically increased their cost of operations by more than N500million monthly. “Last year, we were buying diesel at about N200 a litre.…