COP28: Okonjo-Iweala urges FG to grab investments from climate funds

World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General and former Nigeria’s Foreign and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during the press conference of the G20 High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) during the G20 finance ministers and central bankers meeting in Venice on July 9, 2021. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation […]

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New minimum wage to commence April 2024, says FG

The Federal Government on Thursday announced that a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on April 1, 2024. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, made this announcement, saying that the current N30,000 minimum wage would expire at the end of March 2024. “Certainly, there is a new wage regime that […]

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Akeredolu’s signature not forged – Ondo Govt

Ondo State Government on Thursday dissociated itself from some documents bearing the allegedly forged signature of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. It said that the governor still treats files. Two documents trending on social media were said to have been forged by some unscrupulous persons to syphon funds from the state’s treasury. But the Information and Orientation […]

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PDP governor will bring succor to Ondo people – Party

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State vowed on Thursday that it “shall once again bring succour to the people by electing a PDP Governor at the November 16, 2024 Gubernatorial elections.” The vow was made by the party’s leaders in Ondo South Senatorial District of the state who also resolved to work towards […]

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President Tinubu’s full 2024 Budget Speech at National Assembly

— The Vice President, Senator Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, GCON — The Senate President, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON — The Right Honourable Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas — APC National Chairman, His Excellency, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje — Executive Governors here present — Distinguished Leaders and Members of the National Assembly — Secretary to the Government of the […]

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Aid entering Gaza amid pause ‘not even enough for triage’: UN

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid wait to cross from the southern Gaza Strip into the northern Gaza Strip along Salah Al Din road in the central Gaza Strip, November 25, 2023. Mohammed Saber, EPA-EFE. The United Nations welcomed on Tuesday the increase in aid deliveries into Gaza afforded by a temporary truce but warned it was not […]

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