By Lydia Ngwakwe The Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory Agency (LSMTL) says it will partner the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) to improve engineering education and building safety in the state. The General Manager, LSMTL, Mrs Olayinka Abdul, made the assertion when a delegation led byContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, says he is exploring new collaborations to accelerate the country’s drive for blue hydrogen investment and development. He said in a statement, on Thursday, that he held insightful discussion with Mr Joseph McMonigle, Secretary-General of International EnergyContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu on Thursday increased the Federal Government’s offer on the national minimum wage from N62,000 to N70,000, with an assurance that it will be reviewed after three years, instead of five years. Tinubu said he had to intervene in the negotiations, knowing the economic challengesContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja called for the enhancement of the economic value of bilateral relations between Nigeria and partner nations. The president spoke when he received Letters of Credence from the Ambassadors of Portugal, Jorge Adao Martins Dos Santos; the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,Continue Reading
By Victor Okoye The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan-Enoh, on Thursday said that the Federal Government had approved more than N12 billion as the budget for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Paris Olympics, which is its 33rdContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko The new N70,000 minimum wage adopted by the Federal Government after consultation with the Organised Labour on Thursday will be reviewed after three years. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, said this while addressing State House correspondents. He disclosed this afterContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, said he was leveraging new opportunities for climate finance and de-risking platforms. Ngelale said that this was aimed at boosting renewable energy technology manufacturing in Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, he saidContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday charged African leaders to combat exploitation of the continent’s solid minerals. The President said this when he received a delegation of African Ministers of Solid Minerals under the auspices of African Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG). The group was led to theContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs Didi Walson-Jack as the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, with effect from Aug. 14. The President, in a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday, said Walson-Jack was appointed asContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Students loans is a tool to fighting poverty in the country, President Bola Tinubu says on Wednesday at the inauguration of the scheme. Tinubu said the scheme also aligned with his administration’s commitment to inclusiveness, adding that it would be sufficiently funded. “Democracy is allContinue Reading
