Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has announced the implementation of a new minimum wage of N73,000 for workers, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to enhancing the welfare of the state’s citizens. In a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, the announcement was made during the flag-off of the Ondo Central Senatorial District leg of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial campaign in Ondo City on Saturday, ahead…

In a tragic turn of events, former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond passed away on Saturday afternoon at the age of 69 after reportedly suffering a heart attack during a trip to North Macedonia. The veteran politician collapsed during lunch at a conference, where eyewitnesses said desperate attempts to resuscitate him by medical teams were ultimately unsuccessful. His sudden death has sent shockwaves through the political landscape of Scotland…

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State on Saturday distributed gratuity cheques of N3.5 billion to the state’s retirees on a day they were marking this year’s edition of Pensioners’ Day. At the ceremony, which was marked at the Great Eagle Hall, Ikere Road, Ado Ekiti, over 500 pensioners benefitted from the latest tranche of payment with N2.3 billion gratuity paid to state pensioners while local government pensioners got N1.2 billion…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) councillorship candidate for Abeokuta South Local Government, Adeleke Adeyinka was assassinated by some yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Saturday. According to sources, who craved anonymity, the incident occurred at about 2 p.m. in the Jide Jones area of Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The sources said the assailants arrived in a tinted car, after which one of them stepped out, shot Adeyinka at a close range, and…

The daughter of the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Kolo Mele Kyari is dead. 25-year-old Fatima died after a protracted illness. Her death, according to the Presidency occurred on Friday. A statement by Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga said, “Kyari’s daughter, Fatima died Friday at the age of 25 after protracted illness.” The Presidency in separate statements by President Bola Tinubu and…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said the government will continue to deepen bilateral relations with other regions of the world to enhance development and foster economic growth for all residents.. The governor spoke during a courtesy visit by the Prime Minister of Grenada, Hon. Dickon Mitchell, at the Lagos House, Marina, on Friday. The prime minister was accompanied by members of his family and the Chairman of Dangote…

In line with the United Nations (UN) recommendation that its member states earmark four to six percent of their GDP or 15 to 20 percent of public expenditure (annual budget) to fund education, Nigerian state governors have committed to setting aside 15 percent of their annual budgets to fund the education sector. This is part of the decisions reached as the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) hosted its first international conference…

The Federal Government (FG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Plan International to advance the critical goals of promoting gender equality, safeguarding the rights of the girl child, and implementing impactful initiatives for sustainable change. Omolara Esan, the Information and Public Relations Officer of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, disclosed in a statement that the MoU was signed by the Ministry State Minister, Ayodele Olawande, in Abuja.…

The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, on Friday, demanded greater investment in the education and health of the girl-child, not as a favour but as a human right to sustainable development. She spoke during the commemoration of the International Day of the Girl Child for 2024. The theme for the International Day of the Girl Child 2024 is: “Girls’ Vision for the Future.”According to her, girls were showing…

Nigerians on Friday woke to a dramatic video post by Isaac Fayose, a younger brother of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, in which he declared himself the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In the video, which is trending virally, Isaac also announced the suspension of some senior chieftains of the party, notably the party’s presidential candidate in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku…

Virginia McCullough, 36, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Johnson at the Chelmsford Crown Court, England, for the brutal murders of her parents, Lois and John McCullough. According to the BBC, Virginia lived with the bodies of her parents for four years after killing them in their family home. She poisoned her father, John, and then stabbed her mother, Lois, to death in June 2019. Prosecutor Lisa Wilding…

45-year-old Oludayo Adeagbo, a Nigerian, has been convicted for engaging in a multimillion-dollar business email compromise (BEC) scheme and consequently sentenced to seven years in prison in the United States. Disclosing this, the US Department of Justice in a release from Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri, said Adeagbo was involved in multiple cyber-enabled BEC schemes in an attempt to steal more than $3m from victim entities in Texas.…