Ghandi Laoye, a former pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God who was recently installed as the new Soun of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, has commenced his traditional rites. He arrived in Ogbomoso early Friday morning in a private chopper and will spend seven days in seclusion before being bestowed with the staff of…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, signed the Medical Residency Training Law 2024, making it the first state in Nigeria with such beneficial law for resident doctors. The executive bill sent to the Bayelsa State House of Assembly provides for funding support for resident doctors to specialise in specific fields. The governor…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “ensure that his government’s proposed bill on new minimum wage for Nigerian workers is entirely consistent and compatible with Nigeria’s international obligations to promote and advance the right of workers to an adequate living wage”. The president in his Democracy Day Speech…
“These projects constitute a coherent and strategic suite of investments anchored in the Assured Prosperity agenda of our government.”
“The lesson from Osun is simple. Parties may nominate candidates, but the people decide who leads them.
Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved a wide-ranging increase in allowances and welfare benefits for civil servants, a move expected to significantly raise take-home pay and improve morale across the public service. The announcement was made in Abuja by Didi Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, following approval by the Federal Executive Council….
By Etete Enideneze Federal Government’s policies on polytechnics, monotechnics and the diplomas awarded, have continued to fuel discrimination against the institutions and the large number of graduates they turn out annually. A new policy directive requiring HND graduates to present certificate of one-year Industrial Training (IT) before deployment for the mandatory National Youth Service Corps…
The former United States President, Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to carry out the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history” if elected as president in the 2024 presidential polls. Trump made the announcement in New Hampshire ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in the US, India Today reported on Wednesday. He said, “I will…
“You must come home having beaten the entire West African zone. You’re not just representing Bayelsa or Nigeria—you’re representing West Africa in this female continental engagement. That is my charge to you.”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, have made a plea to disband the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, claiming bias in the ongoing case to challenge the results of the gubernatorial election that took place on November 11, 2023. In a letter addressed to the President of the Court…
