The first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Toni Morrison has died during a brief illness. She was 88. Toni Morrison passed away on Monday and surrounded by family and friends. She was an American novelist, essayist, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University. Born in Ohio on February 18, 1931, Morrison…
Ross Perot, US Billionaire and Ex-Presidential Candidate Dies at 89
US billionaire, Ross Perot is dead. He died at his home in Dallas this Tuesday. The billionaire who twice ran for president as an independent candidate in the 1992campaign and in 1996, as a third-party candidate died after battling with leukemia for five months. Perot was born in June 27, 1930, in Texarkana, Texas, and…
Buhari Signs New Minimum Wage Act
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the National Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act, 2019. The president advised all employers of labour across the country to pay workers a minimum of N30, 000 monthly wages. The new national minimum wage bill was passed and submitted to the president by the National Assembly before they…
Buhari Warns Developers as More Buildings Collapse in Lagos
President, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over persistent building collapse across the country, warning that those responsible for professional negligence, leading to the collapse of buildings would face the wrath of the law. He gave the warning when he received the leadership of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, NIQS, led by Obafemi Onashile, at…
MPC Cuts Monetary Policy Rate to 13.5%
The Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reduced the Monetary Policy Rate, MPR, by 50 basis points to 13.50 per cent from 14 per cent. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this on Tuesday at a press conference to mark the end of a two-day MPC meeting held in Abuja.…
Why We Introduced Biometric Clearance system – DG, NYSC
Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Maj. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, has said that the corps has introduced a biometric clearance system to eradicate corruption and compromise by officials and corps members. The DG disclosed this on Monday during a leadership and anti-corruption sensitisation workshop in Abuja, with the aim to raise officials that…
Herdsmen Gun Down LG Secretary in Enugu
Herdsmen on Wednesday shot dead the secretary of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. The secretary, Nnamdi Ogueche was killed along Olo town in Ezeagu Local Government Area of the state. Ogueche was said to have gone for a peace talk between communities and the herdsmen that have been threatening parts of Uzo-Uwani when…
Viagra Energy Drink Banned in Zambia
Regulatory authorities in Zambia have banned an energy drink after a laboratory results showed it hidden content and possible negative effect. Laboratory tests showed that the drink contained the active ingredient of the anti-impotence drug, Viagra. The SX Energy Natural Power drink, reports say, is produced by Revin Zambia and exported around the region up to…
Man Found Dead by Ojodu Berger
A young man who was later identified as Makinde Taiwo Rotimi was found dead in the early hours of Wednesday by the gate of the Lagos State Public Works Corporation in the Berger Ojodu area of Lagos, along Lagos Ibadan Expressway. Identification card of an institution of higher learning in Lagos was found on him but…
Okoroji Congratulates Sanwo-Olu, Ihedioha
Chairman of Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, Tony Okoroji, has sent a congratulatory message to governors-elect of Lagos and Imo states, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and Emeka Ihedioha respectively. In the message sent on behalf of the members, affiliates, board and management of COSON, Okoroji, who is also a former president of the Performing Musicians Association of…
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