President Bola Tinubu may, next week, announce a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, dropped the hint of the expected wage award in Abuja. Osifo disclosed this while speaking on the outcome of the union’s Tuesday meeting with the federal government on the fuel subsidy removal. “Minister of labour told …

Samuel Chukwueze made his first start for seven-time European champions AC Milan as they were held to a goalless draw by a defensively solid Newcastle United on matchday one of the UEFA Champions League played at the San Siro Stadium on Tuesday evening.The Super Eagles forward was deployed as a right winger by Stefano Pioli in his 4-3-3 set-up.Chukwueze was …

Key stakeholders and policy leaders in Africa’s Oil and Gas, and other related sectors have stressed the need for the continent to look within for solutions to its problems in the face of global economic challenges. The stakeholders who gathered at the third edition of the African Local Content Roundtable holding in Abuja between October 25 and 26 2023 with …

The three time African champion, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have maintained their 40th position in the latest FIFA world ranking released by the world’s football governing body on Thursday, October 26, 2023. The Super Eagles had dropped one spot from 39th to 40th position in the previous ranking released on September 21 despite trashing São Tomé and Principe 6-0 …

The chairman of Oyo state Water Corporation, Hon. Elias Adeojo, weekend stated that the state government is working out modalities on how to improve its Water Supply Project, especially in the area of provision of adequate potable water. Hon. Adeojo who said this during his tour of the corporation’s facilities across the state declared that the tour is aimed at …

If some Nigerians were sad about the kind of nominees President Bola Tinubu picked for his cabinet, many more were heavy-hearted over the portfolios assigned to the ministers. The composition of the cabinet was a mis-match in relation to some of the ministers’ educational and professional attainments and development, and experiences on the job over the years.Hence Nigerians deployed words, such …

An IT expert and emerging renewable energy proponent Osunleke Akinwumi Opeyemi,  has urged government at all levels to take alternative energy solutions seriously.  Opeyemi made the call Tuesday while speaking exclusively to Blueprint on the recent national grid collapse which affected the entire 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He expressed worry that the grid has collapsed multiple …

The people of Effium in Ohaukwu local government of Ebonyi state under the aegis, Concerned Indigenous People of Effium (CIPE), have called on the governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Francis Nwifuru, not to take sides in the lingering communal clashes between them and their Ezza counterpart who they claim were settlers. The group in the same breadth, accused the governor …

The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division Nigerian Army/ Land Component Commander, Joint Task Force, South South, Operation DELTA SAFE, Major General Jamal Abdussalam has reiterated the need for a realistic and battle-focused training to effectively combat the security challenges within 6 Division Area of Responsibility (AOR). According to Acting Deputy Director 6 Division Army Public Relations Major Danjuma Jonah …

Just a few hours after the Lagos Assembly called on State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to direct release of funds for his overseas treatment, the boy whose intestine went missing in the process of surgery, Adebola Akin-Bright, has died at LASUTH. Adebola Akin-Bright, according to The Nation, died on Tuesday evening after he developed complications at the Lagos State University Teaching …