Fresh Air Pro-Life Empowerment ToTrain 500 Women and Youths

The pet project “Fresh Air Pro-life Empowerment” of Hajiya Lami Umaru Fintiri, wife of the Adamawa state Governor will train five hundred (500) women and youths in the northern part of the state in skill acquisition for them to become self-reliant. Beneficiaries of the second phase of the programme are from Mubi North, Mubi South, Maiha, Michika, and Madagali local governments. Flagging off the training at Sali Isa Bello Hall in Mubi Hajiya Lami Fintiri...

Niger SDGs Trains 500 Youths, Women on Briquettes, Borehole Repairs

The Niger State Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has commenced training of about 500  youths and women in Briquette making and borehole repairs in Bida  Local Government Area of the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Niger State Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) had in July trained about 500 youths and women on Briquette making and borehole repairs in Zone B in Suleja Local Government Area of the state. Gov. Abubakar Bello while launching the...

The People’s Democratic Party Caucus in the House of Representatives has threatened to sue Federal Government over what it described as breached in relation to the FG’s Special Works Project designed to provide 774,000 jobs in the country. A few weeks ago, the caucus rejected the allocation of only 25 slots to members of the House of Representatives as against the 30 slots allocated to the upper chamber members. Also, 30 slots were allocated to...

Governor Bala Apologies Over ‘’ Unmarried Women’’ Special Assistant

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has apologized to women in the state over the “unmarried women” appointment letter that went viral since Thursday. In a press release signed by the Secretary of the State Government Alhaji Sabiu Baba, the governor had approved the appointment of Balaraba Ibrahim, a special assistant on women affairs (unmarried). The letter has trended viral across on cyberspace, attracting bashing and condemnation on the State government. The state governor however in...

NLC Rejects 6% Tenancy, Lease Stamp Duty Agreement

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to reverse the six per cent tenancy and lease stamp duty agreement in the country. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Wabba said that the Congress noted with dismay the new policy by the Federal Government through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) stipulating a six per cent stamp duty fee for every tenancy and lease agreement...

774,000 Jobs: MC Oluomo, Asiwaju Tinubu’s Daughter, 18 Others Inaugurated as Lagos Selection Committee

The Federal Government’s initiative which is meant to create 1000 jobs in 774 local governments across the country has kicked off in Lagos State with the inauguration of 20 members into the selection committee. The 20 members of the selection committee would represent each local government areas in Lagos State. Its Chairman is Alhaji Mutiu Are and Barrister Eleshin Kassim would serve as his deputy. “The programme is aimed at achieving objectives which is centred...

Lagos Begs Doctors to Suspend Strike, Resumes Work

The Lagos State Government has begged the striking doctors, under the aegis of Medical Guild, Lagos to suspend their strike. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, in a statement, assured residents of the state that services to all state-owned health facilities could still be accessed as negotiation is ongoing. The statement reads in part, “It is pertinent to note that the state government expresses extreme disappointment that the Guild continued with their warning...

Health Workers Lodged in Hotels, Fed Three Times Daily

…We didn’t sack health workers, only rotating them. The Lagos State government on Monday evening disclosed how it has addressed the grievances of COVID-19 health workers in the State and expressed disappointment that doctors under the aegis of Medical Guild, proceeded with a three-day warning strike despite resolving most of the issues and deliberating on unresolved ones. The West African Pilot News recalls that medical doctors employed by the State government had said on Sunday...

Foundation Plans 1m Jobs for Nigerians, Africans

An FCT based Empowerment foundation, Ventures Platform (VPF), says plans are in the pipeline to create at least one million jobs for Nigerians and other Africans in three years to reduce the level of unemployment on the continent. Mr. Mimshach Obioha, Executive Director, Ventures Platform Foundation (VPF) said this in Abuja on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to mark the organisation’s fourth anniversary. Obioha said the jobs would be...

FG Directs Senior Officers, Workers on Essential Services to Resume Work

The Federal Government has directed officers on Grade Level 14 and above including those on essential services to resume work on daily basis with effect from Tuesday,  June 2, 2020. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi -Esan, made this known in a statement signed by the Director of Information in her office Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle on Tuesday in Abuja. “To this effect, concerned officers are hereby directed to...

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