Sex workers Amid economic hardship, sex workers are utilising social media platforms to conduct their ‘businesses’, defying stigma and embracing digital hook-ups as a means of survival, GODFREY GEORGE writes Confidence Oge’s room looked unkempt. The online pleasure worker had advertised her services in a TikTok post, calling for men to patronise her online business…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai Kaduna State House of Assembly has recommended that the immediate-past governor of the state, Nasir el-Rufai, be prosecuted for alleged abuse of office and money laundering in his administration. This was following the investigation of the ad-hoc committee set up by the House, led by Henry Zacharia. According…
A Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abubakar Mohammed Guri, the DC in office of COMPOL MOPOL, Force Headquarters, Abuja on Monday 3rd June, reportedly slumped and gave up the ghost. Sources said the late DCP who was in his uniform, slumped on his seat in his office and was quickly taken to the Clinic inside…
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Federal Government has said it is ready to pay higher than N60,000 as minimum wage, urging organized labour to take the offer. It did not however state the specific amount. The figure was disclosed by the government late Monday after a meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and its…
VAT The Chairman of the Presidential Tax and Fiscal Policy Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has said the proposed plan to increase the Value Added tax rate from 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent will be implemented in phases. This was as he revealed that empirical data had confirmed that less than 10 per cent…
By Henry Umoru & Gift ChapiOdekina The meeting between the leadership of the National Assembly, the Executive Arm of government,  the Organised Labour, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has ended in deadlock after four hours. This was the outcome of the meeting between the National Assembly leadership, the Executive Arm of government and the organised Labour,…
The media office of His Excellency, The Senator, Otunba Engr. Gbenga Daniel, celebrates with His Excellency, Governor Dapo Abiodun, and indeed all Ogun State citizens over the declaration of the state as a frontier state for oil exploration by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). The recognition of Ogun State oil production status by NNPCL…
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 2024 Children’s Day, by hosting a fun-filled event at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, on Monday for the children. UBA partnered with U-Ideals Limited to organise the event which provided the kids a platform to interact with…
Africa’s Global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, joined the rest of the world on Friday, May 24, 2024, to mark this year’s edition of the Africa Day. The celebration which went on concurrently across all of its subsidiaries in Africa as well as in the United Kingdom, France, United States of America and…
The organised labour had once pulled out of the negotiation and rejected two Federal Government offers, the latest being N60,000. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a nationwide strike beginning from Monday, June 3rd, 2024 over the tripartite committee’s inability to agree on a new minimum wage. The…
