Month: March 2024

High cost of beverages: Households go into local production

A typical average Nigerian household consumes beverages (chocolate powdered drink) daily. However, the continuous increase in the price of goods and services, which is affecting all and sundry, is also affecting the beverage sector. Today, the sight of different brands of beverages greet you, as you visit the market, but the prices are no no-go […]

WhatsApp introduces new feature to identify end-to-end encrypted chats

WhatsApp, the Meta-owned social messaging platform, is releasing a new feature to indicate when chats are end-to-end encrypted. According to WaBetaInfo, the messaging app is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.24.6.11. This feature is currently available to some beta testers, and it is rolling out […]

Niger state to produce 300,000 tons of paddy rice annually for Lagos Rice Mill

The Niger State Government has signed an agreement with the Lagos State Rice Mill and Lagos Commodity Future Exchange to produce 300,000 tons of paddy rice annually on 50,000 hectares of farmlands across the North Central state. The agreement is part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently signed by the Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, […]

Jakande Estate Ajah: Lagos issues notice to quit to illegal occupants

The Lagos State Government has directed occupants of shanties and all illegal structures erected around the jakande Estate and Mayegun axis, Ajah Lagos to quit immediately or have the structures demolished any moment. The Special Adviser to the Governor on eGIS and Urban Development, Dr. Olajide Babatunde, gave the directive on Sunday, during an inspection […]

NLC’s proposal of N485,000 minimum wage unrealistic – Labour chieftain

Isa Tijjani, a former Vice-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said that incessant strike by the labour unions posed a significant threat to the nation’s economy. Tijjani said this at a news conference on Saturday in Kano. According to him, there are alternatives to strike, and urged labour unions to explore them in […]

Nigerians should embrace humour to cope with hardship – Prof of psychiatry

A professor of psychiatry at the University of Jos, Plateau State, and President of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Taiwo Obindo, speaks to VICTORIA EDEME on the effects of economic hardship and insecurity on people’s mental health What are your thoughts on the current economic hardship being faced by Nigerians today? It is a known […]

Approve salaries commensurate with cost of living — NLC tells govt

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called on the government to approve a new minimum wage that is commensurate with the cost of living in the country. While insisting on a living wage for workers in the country, the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in his speech at the 11th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the […]

Japa: FG bans leave absence for health workers

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa, on Saturday disclosed that the federal government had directed that health workers going abroad for greener pastures, must resign their appointment, before embarking on such a journey. The Minister, who disclosed on Saturday during his visit to the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, said the […]

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