Author: Dave Oludare Oso

The Federal Government has warned private-sector employers in the country over failure to pay the N70,000 minimum wage.The government stated that defaulters of the newly established minimum wage risk potential imprisonment.John Nyamali, Director of Employment and Wages of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, who represented the Permanent Secretary made the announcement during the 13th Annual General Meeting of the Employers Association for Private Employment Agencies of Nigeria, held in Ikeja, Lagos.He said, “The minimum wage is now a law, and as a result, it is a punishable crime for any employer to pay less than N70,000 to any of…

Ahead of the Edo State governorship election, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, and the chairman of the party, Dr Tony Aziegbemi were the only ones out of the 18 political parties participating in next week’s election that refused to sign the peace accord organized by the Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, Wednesday.The remaining 17 parties signed the peace accord.Former Head of State, Abubakar, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and the Convener of the National Peace Committee (NPC), Bishop Matthew Kukah, among…

Legendary Italian soccer player, Salvatore ‘Toto’ Schillaci has died, aged 59.A statement by the Palermo hospital where he was being treated for colon cancer disclosed this on Wednesday.Schillaci was diagnosed with colon cancer and was admitted to Palermo Civico Hospital in September. Schillaci rose to international fame at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he starred for the national team, nicknamed Azzurri, scoring six goals to win the golden boot. Italy finished third in the tournament, but Schillaci’s personal efforts were rewarded, beating Lothar Matthäus and Diego Maradona to win the golden ball as the tournament’s best player. He…

Scion of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Seun has knocked President Bola Tinubu over his decision to remove fuel subsidy. Speaking during a recent Instagram Live session, the outraged singer asked, he said contrary to the President’s claim that the removal of fuel subsidy was a “tough” decision he made for the overall interest of the country, it was a “wicked decision” that undermined the welfare of Nigerians. Kuti also slammed the Presidency over the decision to buy a $150 million jet while the educational sector is underfunded, arguing that the money spent on acquiring a new jet for the…

The world richest man, Elon Musk, mostly reputed for his electric cars and microblogging site, X (formerly known as Twitter) is at it again. This time he has, through his company, Neuralink invented a device that will enable those who have lost their eyes and optic nerve to see again. The device called Blindsight will also enable those who are blind from birth to see for the very first time. The business mogul announced this on Tuesday on his social media platform.The device will enable even those who have lost both eyes and optic nerves to see. He wrote ”Blindsight,…

Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has left the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja after voluntarily turning himself in, without being interrogated.The EFCC had preferred 19 charges against the former Kogi governor, alongside his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Suliman, and Abdulsalam Hudu, for money laundering offences totalling N80,246,470,088.88.After he (Bello) refused to honour several invitations from the EFCC and many attempts to arrest him proved unsuccessful, the commission declared him wanted.The ex-governor thereafter fell completely out of public radar, prompting insinuations that he had fled the country.However, in a somewhat shocking scenario, Bello…

Contrary to reports that President Bola Tinubu directed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso to resign from his position before departing for China, the Presidency has debunked the reports, saying no such thing happened. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who dismissed the reports on his official X handle on Tuesday, described the report as a “bundle of lies.”“It’s all lies. President Tinubu has not asked Yemi Cardoso to resign,” Onanuga said while dismissing the report. The report claimed that President Tinubu issued the directive to Cardoso before departing…

More succour has come the way of the victims of the recent flood tragedy in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in northern Nigeria with the United Nations announcing the donation of $6 million.UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohammed Fall in a statement on Tuesday, said a joint mission comprising UN agencies and NGOs, alongside the Nigeria Red Cross Society, visited the beleaguered capital city weekend.The flood was caused by an overflow in the Alau Dam located just over 10 miles to the south of MaiduguriThe UN official said the team met with some of the victims, many of whom…

Members of the House of Representatives have demanded that global billionaires and multinational companies pay some taxes to support African countries battling climate change impacts, particularly victims of the recent flooding in the Nigerian states of Borno and Zamfara.Making the call at the ongoing special sitting of the Committees of the Pan-African Parliament in South Africa, the Deputy Speaker and leader of the Nigerian delegation to the forum, Benjamin Kalu, advocated a global climate tax to support climate adaptation in the world’s most vulnerable regions, especially Africa.He was reacting to a paper titled “The impact of climate change and Africa’s…

ays after an assassin attempted to kill former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate and his Democratic counterpart, Vice President Kamala Harris have resumed their campaigns.Trump on Tuesday, travelled to Michigan two days after a failed assassination attempt against him was foiled at his golf course in Florida.Meanwhile, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) will host Vice President Harris in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania for an interview on Tuesday.The event and another interview with Hispanic media, recorded Monday and set to air Tuesday, will be the first time Harris will have an opportunity to react in-person to…