...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
There’s nothing worse than feeling like everyone around you is coughing, sneezing, and sniffling and catching a cold is inevitable. You may rely on a few strategies to avoid getting sick or to treat a cold once you’re ill because you’re still following advice you’ve absorbed over the years from your parents, grandparents, or other fonts of folk wisdom. […]
The government of Ireland has perfected plans to entice Nigerians and other foreign workers with work permits. The potential beneficiaries are those with critical skills who require permission to work in the country. According to the Citizens Information Board, the scheme under the name ‘Critical Skills Employment Permit’ applies to countries outside the European Economic […]
Against the backdrop of the promise made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his New Year address that his administration will implement a “national living wage” this year, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has raised a team to negotiate with the government. The subsisting minimum wage, negotiated in 2018, expires in April 2024. Each agreed […]
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has expressed concern over the electricity load rejection by power distribution companies despite the blackout witnessed in many parts of Nigeria. It threatened to enforce appropriate regulatory actions against Discos that fail to meet the key performance targets for electricity offtake, stressing that the disparity between available power capacity and customer […]
Despite Lagos having the highest internally generated revenue in the country, PUNCH Healthwise investigations show its oldest hospital is still operating in old structures and facilities decades after establishment, JANET OGUNDEPO reports One would not expect to see within the premises of the oldest General Hospital in Lagos State, the sight of an elderly patient […]
