February 13, 2024 – Environmental Lagos

Nurses protest move to stop career opportunities abroad

Nurses, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Abuja chapter, have protested against the recently issued verification of certification guidelines by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), alleging that it was meant to kill their training and career opportunities abroad. The nurses and midwives, who gathered at the […]

Minimum wage: Private sector, states fault Labour’s push for N1m

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The organised private sector, Ekiti, Sokoto, and other states have faulted the demand by the Nigeria Labour Congress for N1m minimum wage, stating that it is not realistic. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, in an interview on Arise television on Monday, said the organised Labour might ask for N1m during the minimum wage negotiations with […]

Family seeks whereabouts of missing furniture maker in Lagos

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A 24-year-old man, Omoosumi Samuel, also known as Toby Woods, has been reported missing by his family in the Gbagada area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the furniture maker, who lives with his elder brother, had been missing since last Wednesday, and his whereabouts had since remained unknown till date. PUNCH Metro learnt that efforts […]

Naira reaches all-time low at official market

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The naira fell to a new all-time-low of N1,534/$ on the official Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market on Monday. This indicates a loss of 3.93 per cent fall or N58 from the N1,476.13/$ the national currency closed last week Friday, according to FMDQ Exchange, a platform that publishes official foreign exchange trading in the country. […]

WhatsApp About To Change Forever With Ground-Breaking New Feature

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WhatsApp is about to change. The change will be big and far-reaching, allowing users to send messages from other messaging apps and see them land in your WhatsApp. How cool is that? February 11 update below. This post was first published on February 8, 2024. Last September, lawmakers in the European Union designated Meta, WhatsApp’s […]

HARDSHIP… Families Struggling To Meet Daily Needs

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With food inflation now at 33.98 per cent, food prices have escalated in recent months as most food items have soared between 70 percent and N80 percent in the last six months, LEADERSHIP learnt.This increase, coupled with low disposable income of the people, findings show, have pushed some food items out of the reach of […]