President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day broadcast of 12 June 2024, did Ibadan incalculable dishonour. The speech celebrated the heroes of Nigeria’s 25 years of civil rule with a very scant mention of Ibadan’s fight against the tyranny of military rule. Was it an institutional slight on the city of Ogunmola, the great warrior? The angry spirits of Ibadan dead must …

President Bola Tinubu, this morning, said that he would soon send an executive bill to the National Assembly in line with the negotiated and agreed national minimum wage. Although he did not name the figure, the Federal Government and organised private sector had settled for N62,ooo following protracted negotiations, by organised labour said it stand by its revised figure of …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the Singaporean business conglomerate, the Tolaram, for believing in Nigeria and having absolute faith in her economy. Tolaram, which partnered Nigeria to build the Lekki Free Trade Zone and the country’s first deep sea port, has acquired Diageo’s 58.02 per cent shareholding in Guinness Nigeria Plc. According to an announcement at the Nigerian Exchange …

Ex-aides of the former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun have called on President Bola Tinubu to persuade the incumbent governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun to pay their severance gratuity denied them since 2019 when the Amosun administration exited office. They lamented that, in spite of the humongous amount accruing to Ogun State under the Tinubu-led administration and the charge of …

Joseph Odidi Itotoh, the legendary educationist who raised my generation at the famous Immaculate Conception College (ICC), Benin City, was notable as a thoroughbred teacher, an uncompromising disciplinarian and a school administrator par excellence. He received us, enthusiastic little boys, into the luminous premises of the institution in September 1975. He would subsequently guide us with paternal commitment through five …

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to enforcing insurance policy for mine workers in Nigeria. Representing President Bola Tinubu on a condolence visit to Niger State Governor, Hon. Umar Bago, in Minna, the state capital, Alake conveyed the President’s sympathies following the recent mine pit collapse in Galadima Kogo, Shiroro Local …

Organised labour may settle for N100,000 minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage commences daily meetings for five days to reach a consensus. Multiple sources in the labour movement told The PUNCH on Tuesday that the union leaders were willing to review their demand from N494,000 to N100,000, following the criticism and controversy that trailed their proposal …

Notwithstanding that one year is too short to assess a four-year tenure, President Bola Tinubu has shocked bookmakers with the huge and remarkable ground his solutionist administration has covered, showing unwavering commitment to fostering a conducive environment to long-term local and foreign investments. This vision is evidenced by a raft of bold reforms to make Nigeria a more attractive destination …

In Africa, when a man loses his virility, he is subject of scorn, ridicule and disdain. Male impotence or infertility is not only disdained but tabooed. In a continent where child-making is almost an obsession, Africa couched a number of hurtful epithets for one who loses his virile member. Failure to get this critical member standing up leaves sour overtones …

It is a puzzle that the Bola Tinubu administration has dragged the 36 state governments to court to compel them to respect the autonomy of the 774 Local Government Councils, often touted, though erroneously, as the third tier of government and the government that is closest to the grassroots. That Tinubu has seemingly chosen the path of strengthening the existing …