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President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, endorsed N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. Buhari said this while receiving the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The report was submitted by the committee’s chairman, Amal Pepple. Buhari has also promised to send a bill to the National Assembly to effect the change from N18,000 to N30,000. Earlier, the tripartite committee on the review of the National Minimum Wage had submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari, recommending N30,000 as the country’s new national minimum wage. Submitting the report, Ama Pepple, the…

Voice of Nigeria (VON) Journalist, Temitope Mustapha, recounts her near-death ordeal in the hands of miscreants in Kaduna. Her Story: MY EXPERIENCE IN KADUNA CRISES. Passing through Kaduna State on Sunday, October 21, 2018, to connect to Kano State for a two-day Media Dialogue on Equity for the Girl Child Education, I never thought would end up bloody for me. About 4.35 p.m, two times this gentleman who was in the same car with me woke me up and said “Madam, stay awake,” I replied him, see I had written stories previous nights before I embarked on this journey. Again,…

Prince of Wales, Charles and his wife, Princess Camilla who are in the country on a three-day tour met President Muhammadu Buhari few hours ago in a closed-door meeting. A report monitored from The Vanguard indicated that the meeting was held in the Buhari’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Prince Charles and his wife touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 1:34 p.m. and were immediately driven to the Presidential Villa. The Prince, during his visit in the country, is expected to engage in peace-building activities including addressing the farmers–herders clashes. The visit was aimed…

Basil herbal plant whose leaves are commonly used in culinary purpose. Basil or Ocimum basilicum is member of Lamiaceae or mint family. The name basil refers to a Greek word basilikohn which means royal, reflecting the ancient culture of Greek people who consider the herb as noble and sacred plant. In India, basil is a symbol of hospitality while in Italy basil is the symbol of love. While the word ocinum also derived from Greek word which means smell. Basil is annual and shrub plant whose nativity is in Asia, Africa and in other tropical, subtropical country. It was brought…

Tiwa Savage has become the first Nigerian and African female artiste to win the MTV Europe Music Awards in the Best African Act category. The ‘Lova Lova’ crooner snatched the record-breaking award at the 2018 MTV EMAs held on Sunday at the Bilbao Exhibition Center, Bilbao, Spain. In attendance were stars like Nicki Minaj, Camila Cabello, and a host of others. The host for the night was actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld. With her win, Tiwa becomes the fourth Nigerian to have won Best African Act category. 2Baba won in 2005, D’banj in 2007 and 2012 and Davido in 2017.…

Failure of the Federal Government and the Organised Labour to reach a truce may eventually result in the different labour unions in the country calling their members to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike said to begin from 12 a.m. on Tuesday, November 6. Already, the Minimum Wage Committee is divided over N24,000 and N30,000 as both figures have been sent to President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration. Consequently, talks between the government, organised labour and private sector were in the afternoon deadlocked on the minimum wage. Another round of meeting resolve the impasse as a means of averting the impending…

“Nigeria has no leader,” tweeted by Femi Fani-Kayode, a one-time Minister of Aviation, has elicited jeers and cheers from some Nigerians. Fani-Kayode, a pub;ic commentator and critic in his Twitter handle on Monday remarked that “The crown of a leader is integrity, his stronghold is impartiality and his wealth is the welfare of the citizens,” which is a covert inference to the certificate saga woven around President Muhammadu Buhari. Replying Fani-Kayode’s statement, Oyedollar Victor penned “Cause when Nigerians voted you and your cohorts and entrusted you with the commonwealth of our great nation Nigeria, you squandered almost everything and now…

A new, foreign coach has been unveiled for Akwa United FC in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom State. He is Rafael Everton, a Brazilian and former coach of FC Ifeanyiuba of Nnewi. Everton, who signed a year’s contract and whose last job was with Abia Warriors FC of Umuahia replaced Abdul Maikaba. The Club chairman and Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Udom Emmanuel on Sports, Mr Paul Bassey told newsmen at the unveiling ceremony in Uyo on Monday that Everton fitted into the plans and vision of the club. Bassey said that other coaches were also interviewed for the job but the…

Former Jamaican sprinter and 100-metre world-record holder, Usain Bolt, has finally quit football for Rugby. The eight-time Olympic champion stated that he has accepted a $3 million deal to play rugby for the Wallabies after negotiations to play football for A-League club, Central Coast Mariners, broke down, according to SportingLife. . “I think I’ll be good at rugby,” Bolt said. “Holding the ball while running will be much easier than dribbling it at my feet.” Meanwhile, Michael Cheika, the Wallabies coach, confirmed that the 32-year-old might just be the answer to his team’s recent poor form. Cheika said: “Usain has…

Seventy-nine school students were Monday kidnapped in an English-speaking region of Cameroon where separatists are fighting an armed campaign for independence, a government source said. The students were abducted along with their principal, a teacher and a driver, the official said, as a source at the school confirmed the kidnapping of the pupils. They were enrolled at the Presbyterian Secondary School in Bamenda, capital of Cameroon’s Northwest Region — one of two regions hit by attacks by Anglophone militants that have met with a brutal crackdown by the authorities. “The search for the hostages has been launched — every man…