NCPC Prepares For 2024 Pilgrimage, Open Bids For Air Carriers, Ground Handlers

Preparatory for the 2024 pilgrimage exercise to Israel and Jordan, the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC has opened bid for air carriers and ground handlers as a prequalification process for their participation in the 2024 pilgrimage exercise. According to a release issued by

JUST IN: UK Begins Dependants’ Ban On Migrant Caregivers, Health Workers Today

The United Kingdom (UK) has begun the implementation of the dependants’ ban on migrant caregivers and health workers. In a post on its X handle on Monday, the UK Home Office said the move is part of plans to cut migration. From today,

SSANU, NASU Declare 7 Days Warning Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the

FDA to Finally Outlaw Soda Ingredient Prohibited Around The World

By MIKE MCRAE, SCIENCE alert An ingredient once commonly used in citrus-flavored sodas to keep the tangy taste mixed thoroughly through the beverage could finally be banned for good across the US. The FDA proposed in November to revoke the registration of a

Texas Parks And Wildlife Votes Unanimously To Swap 43 Contested Acres To Elon Musk’s SpaceX For 477 Acres A Few Miles South

Some of the 43 contested acres are landlocked with no public access but with protected plant and animal species. BY VALERIE GONZALEZ AND  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SpaceX would acquire public land in Texas to expand its rocket-launch facilities under a tentative deal that is moving forward after

Southeast Workers Demand N540,000 New Wage

The South-East chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have proposed N540,000 and N447,000 respectively as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The organised labour of NLC and TUC made the proposal during the South-East Zonal Hearing

North West Governors Shun Public Hearing On Minimum Wage

Governors from the Northwest Zone were conspicuously absent on Thursday at the Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano, the venue of the ongoing public hearing on the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage. Our correspondent who covered the event reports that none of the

Delta Upgrades Orerokpe Technical College To ‘varsity Campus

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on Wednesday, said the Faculty of Management Sciences of the University of Science and Technology, (DSUST), Ozoro, would take off at the Orerokpe Technical College, Orerokpe, Okpe Local Government Area. Governor Oborevwori disclosed this in an

Minimum Wage: NLC Wants N794,000, TUC N447,000 At South West Hearing

The Lagos State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mrs Funmi Sessi, on Thursday proposed N794,000 as minimum wage for the average Nigerian worker. She made the declaration during the South-West Zonal Public Hearing on the National Minimum Wage held in Lagos. The hearing,

Peter Obi Unhappy Over Ukraine’s Food-Aid To Nigeria, Describes It As National Disgrace

– Calls for aggressive investment in agriculture, security, SMEs Chuks Okocha and Sunday Ehigiator, ThisDay The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has described Ukraine’s donation of 25,000 tons of wheat to Nigeria as a “national disgrace,”