Some serving members of the National Youth Service Corps have urged President Bola Tinubu to consider an upward review of the allowances being paid to corp members serving in the 36 states of the federation. This is just as they lamented that the high cost of commodities occasioned by the high cost of living has forced them to resort to menial jobs to make ends meet. The corpers, in an open letter under the aegis of Concerned Corp Members, addressed to the President noted that the high cost of commodities and the rising cost of living have forced them to…
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The Federal Government has inaugurated the Nigeria Communications Satellite (Limited) NigComSat Accelerator Programme to boost Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and address security challenges. The programme, which was aimed at getting start-ups to adopt space technology to solve critical national challenges, attracted participants from the six geopolitical zones of the country. According to the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NigComSat, Mrs. Jane Egerton-Idehen, the programme was among others packaged to move the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Digital economy sector’s contributions to the country’s GDP from 17.8 per cent to 22 per cent. Mrs Egerton-Idehen said NigComSat…
A Professor of Microbiology, Moses Efuntoye, has cautioned against the indiscriminate use of herbal products, warning that many of these products are reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant organisms that pose great danger to human health. The professor lamented that the global economic downturn and the increased medical costs are forcing many Nigerians to embrace the use of herbal concoctions. PUNCH Healthwise had reported how rising drug prices and a dire economic crisis are making Nigerians resort to herbal medicines as an alternative treatment regimen. The report titled; ‘Rising drug prices push Nigerians to dangerous herbal cocktails’, chronicled how some Nigerians have embraced…
The Federal Government has banned the exportation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas, in a bid to increase its volume domestically to warrant a crash in price. It stated on Thursday that LPG producers in Nigeria and key stakeholders in the industry had been told to stop exporting the commodity out of Nigeria, following the recent jump in the cost of cooking gas. Findings showed that the cost of refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of cooking gas in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and some other states had climbed to about N18,000. It was specifically N17,500 in Abuja on Thursday, a…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said his administration would be reducing public servants working days as part of plans to cushion the cost of living crisis in the country. “We want to start with our public servants, immediately from next week, Civil servants from the lower level will be working like three times a week and level 15-17 can work four times in a week,” Sanwo-Olu said during the ongoing media parley on economic hardship. On the rising cost of food, he added that his administration would open more markets where Lagosians can buy food items at…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Thursday, cautioned President Bola Tinubu against listening to Vice President Kashim Shettima and Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s statement describing the recent protests against hardship as sponsored. He informed Tinubu that Shettima and Akapbio were deceiving him because Nigerians were suffering and this informed their decision to storm the streets to express their grievances. In a statement signed by his spokesman, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele berated the duo for being insensitive with the feelings of Nigerians and reducing their grievances to mere political talks when the government is supposed to be…
The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, has warned those he described as “evil people” calling for a coup in Nigeria due to the current economic hardship in the country. Musa warned that the law will come for those calling for a coup in the country over the current economic realities. He spoke after inaugurating the main entrance of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army and Officers Transit Accommodation, at the Division Headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, has warned those he described as “evil people” calling for a coup…
Some parts of the Federal Capital Territory experienced the first rain in 2024 in the early morning of Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports the light rain which started half an hour into the new day, about 12.30am., lasted about 25 minutes, stopping at 12.55am. The unexpected rain which was devoid of lightning, heavy winds and thunderstorms was witnessed at Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, Garki in Abuja Municipal Area Council. The rain was also witnessed in Dutse, Zuba, Bwari, Gwagwalada and Mararaba. Residents of the areas expressed mixed feelings over the rain. Mrs Anna Jonah, a resident of Kubwa…
The Association of Bureau De’Change Operators of Nigeria has concluded plans to automate its trading operations to eliminate the activities of market speculators and street traders. This was as the association backed the recent clampdown by the government on persons selling and buying foreign currencies on the streets. Since the year started, Nigeria’s local currency has depreciated severely, sliding down to N1,900 on Wednesday owing to low liquidity and surging demand for the US dollar. The ABCON President, Aminu Gwadabe, speaking in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday, said the association has developed an automation platform, which, if okayed…
A fun-seeking Lagos-based prophet, Oriyomi Remilekun, was said to have drowned during a beach hangout in the Ajah area of the state to celebrate this year’s Valentine’s Day. A news correspondent learned that the deceased led some youths of his white garment church to the Avista Beach situated in the area on Saturday, February 17, to commemorate the Day. A source privy to the incident told our correspondent that the picnic which lasted through the evening had ended when the whereabouts of the late Oriyomi became unknown. The colleagues were said to have immediately launched a search for him but…