Ramon Nasir, the Head of Media and External Relations of the United Bank for Africa, UBA, has lost his mother, Mrs. Musiliat Falade. Mrs Falade died on Thursday morning at Duchess International Hospital, Lagos, after a brief illness. Until her demise, Mrs. Falade was Iya-Oba of Imasayi Kingdom, Yewa, Ogun State, South-west Nigeria. A brief statement by the family signed ... Read More »

..NO CONSTRUCTION WORK AFTER 7PM AND ON SUNDAYS … NO SLEEPING IN BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION The Lagos state Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has directed that property owners and developers all over the State must ensure that all relevant professionals such as Structural/Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineers and Architects in the built environment are fully engaged in ... Read More »

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has it can comfortably handle the conduct of local government elections if the responsibility falls on it. The chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu said this on Thursday, July 25, when he appeared before the joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters on preparations for the upcoming governorship elections in ... Read More »

The House of Representatives has called for the suspension of the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority (NMDPRA) pending conclusive investigations into the allegations against the Authority. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Hon. Esosa Iyawe on the House’s urgent need to address the outage resulting from what he called ... Read More »

Engr. Abiodun is a member of professional bodies, including Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE 2027). He has served the country in various capacities. In an interview with NewsThumb Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Sotayo Olayinka, a few days ago at his office in Abuja, he discussed several issues related to the power sector in Nigeria. Experts… Can we meet you, Sir? ... Read More »

Don’t be fooled: the malcontents planning to stage nationwide protests are supporters of Peter Obi, the failed presidential candidate of the Labour Party. And he should be held responsible for whatever crisis emanates from the action. The protest planners are also the same people who were instigated by IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu to launch the destructive ENDSARS protest in Nigeria ... Read More »

Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading institution in sustainable finance, was one of the participants in the launch of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) Impact Board, a dedicated platform for listing sustainability instruments to integrate sustainability into the core of Nigeria’s capital market. The event, marked by the attendance of high-profile stakeholders, including the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, and the ... Read More »

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero on Thursday gave reasons why the Organised Labour accepted the proposal of N70,000 minimum wage from President Bola Tinubu. Ajaero, who spoke to State House reporters after the meeting with the President, said the unions agreed to the offer because of other incentives attached. He said another reason for accepting the ... Read More »

In a landmark development, the Federal Government and Organised Labour have agreed on a new national minimum wage of N70,000, a significant increase from the current N30,000. The newly agreed minimum wage was reached on Thursday when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with the leadership of the organized Labour, led by presidents of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the ... Read More »

With a signal from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Student Loan Scheme, one of the cardinal programmes of the administration, commenced yesterday. The N32 billion made available for the programme will be given as loans to successful applicants. According to the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) – the agency running the scheme, 103,000 successful applications were received. It said 164,000 ... Read More »