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The Federal Government has again extended an invitation to organised Labour for the continuation of minimum wage negotiations, a source familiar with the matter told our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday. The source noted that Labour would honour the invitation. “A letter has been addressed to Labour by the committee chairman and signed by the […]
Professor Regina Oladokun is the Vice Chair of the National Tuberculosis Programme’s Child TB Steering Committee and the President of the Nigerian Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. In this interview with SADE OGUNTOLA, she discusses the value of early childhood TB diagnosis and treatment as well as the uniqueness of the disease in children. WhAT does […]
David Umahi’s appointment as minister of works by President Bola Tinubu was widely cheered by Nigerians who expected the trained civil engineer to bring his wealth of knowledge to bear on the job. Umahi hasn’t disappointed. In his first year as minister of works, Nigerians attest to significant improvement in the quality and state of […]
On Thursday Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu celebrates the first anniversary of his second and final tenure in office. For many Lagosians, the celebration comes with several bags of feelings and emotions; however, the governor has made it clear that election days are over and it’s time for serious business of governance. Although there are divergent opinions about his performance so far and […]
The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has raised alarm over the rate of reported cases of molestation and harassment of female travellers plying the Lagos-Abidjan trade corridor through the Seme border post. It was alleged that female travellers and traders on the route were being dragged into the bush by some security […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it had reinstated the suspended social investment programme, disclosing the scheme would provide direct payments to 75 million Nigerians in 50 million households to reduce the suffering of citizens, especially vulnerable groups. It stated that the cash transfer programme was overhauled to tackle fraud. The Minister of Finance and […]
When armed okada riders stormed a police station in the Ipaja area of Lagos State on Monday in protest, police officers responded with gunshots. From interviews with multiple sources who witnessed the violence on Tuesday, FIJ has gathered that one of the two persons who were severely injured during the attack has died. According to […]
Despite the prevalence of thyroid disease in Nigeria, awareness of the disease has remained low even as the patients encounter challenges seeking treatment due to the unavailability of proper drugs. This is coming as experts say that about 300 million people live with this condition in the world while two to six million Nigerians are […]
As part of its effort to promote clean cooking energy for families across the country, the Federal Government, FG, yesterday commenced the free distribution of gas cylinders with a target of moving at least one million homes to clean cooking gas by 2030. The programme, which is under the ‘Decade of Gas’ initiative, tagged LPG grassroots […]
ABUJA — Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government and organised labour are heading for a showdown over a new minimum wage as the 6th meeting of the Tripartite Committee on the new National Minimum Wage, NNMW, ended in another stalemate. Organised labour’s negotiating team for the second time in two weeks, however, walked out […]
