The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday, underscored the importance of professionalism and competence among election personnel for the success of elections. Yakubu conveyed this in an address honoring the former Director General of The Electoral Institute, the late Prof. Abubakar Momoh, in Abuja ahead of the Edo and Ondo off-cycle governorship elections …

The organised labour has vowed to reject any ₦62,000 or N100,000 minimum wage proposal for Nigerian workers by the federal government. In an interview on Channels Television on Monday, the Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Chris Onyeka, described such a proposal as a “starvation wage”. Onyeka insisted that labour won’t accept the latest government’s offer of …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has explained that, in sponsoring the Rivers International Marathon 2024, lots of challenges were overcome to ensure it was successfully hosted to open up the economy of the state to global investment opportunities. Fubara also said that his administration was already committed to youth development by expanding the space and exposing them to a …

The Oyo state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Mrs. Toyin Balogun has vowed that the state government will not shy away from prosecuting perpetrators of Sexual and Gender- Based Violence (SGBV). The Commissioner made this known during a day stakeholders sensitisation meeting on SGBV and COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Project (CoPREP) held at Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovative …

Super Falcons head coach Randy Waldrum has identified the need for his team to improve on their finishing before the 2024 Olympic Games. The nine-time African champions will compete in the women’s football event at Paris 2024 after a 16-year hiatus. Waldrum’s side scored once over two legs in their fourth round qualifying tie against the Banyana Banyana of South …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has said that his government would immortalise the late Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Mr. Paul Omotosho, in recognition of his numerous contributions to the development of the state. Oyebanji made the pledge in Ado-Ekiti while receiving representatives of the Forum of State Chairmen of the APC who were …

The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare has disclosed that the state’s monthly rental scheme would be enforced before the end of 2024 or early next year. During a recent press briefing of the state Real Estate Regulatory Authority in Ikeja, she said: “We all see what is being done in other climes, rents are collected …

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, issued a directive to the Ministry of Power to deal decisively with saboteurs working against the improvement of power supply and vandalising its facilities across the country. The Minister of Power, Mr. Bayo Adelabu, made disclosed this in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital while inspecting Ayede sub-regional station in Ibadan as part of his working …

Nigerian singer Divine Ikubor (also known as Rema) has vowed to win the Grammys this year. Despite not being nominated at the 2024 Grammys, Rema during his visit to billionaire businessman, Tony Elumelu at his Lagos mansion, claimed that he would clinch the Grammys this year. The ‘Calm Down’ crooner, who interacted with the family of the billionaire and presented …

The Ogun State Government has issued a stern warning to miscreants defacing the median along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway with faeces. Residents and pedestrians along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have decried the continuous open defecation on the reconstructed drainage system. The trend was said to have become rampant as pedestrians who cross the expressway were forced to cover their noses. The state …