Aborted salary hike for Tinubu, others: Nigerians lash at RMAFC for being insensitive to struggling masses

By Juliet Jacob Ochenje Nigerians have condemned the attempt by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salaries of President Bola Tinubu, his vice, Sen. Kashim Shettima, National Assembly members and the judiciary by 114 percent. The news of the planned hike broke on Wednesday, with the commission saying it was…

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De-risking Capital Essential for Scaling Up Development Finance, Adesina tells OPEC Fund 

By Gom Mirian The President of African Development Bank (AFDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has called for innovative approaches to project planning and project de-risking to increase private sector participation in sustainable development. Adesina made the request on Wednesday during a global meeting in Vienna, Austria, with representatives from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund…

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FG to constitute mobile courts to enforce sanitary law

[ad_1] The Federal Government is set to commence the enforcement of the sanitary law with the constitution of mobile courts to try offenders. The Registrar of the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON), Dr Yakubu Baba, disclosed this when he visited the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said the enforcement exercise would…

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Bill Gates’ Visit And What It Portends For Nigeria

Bill Gates’ visit to Nigeria is deliberately strategic to spur the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu into fixing the gaps hampering Human Capital Development for the country, Africa Health Report’s Editor, Adesuwa Tsan, writes. Ever seen a country notorious for breaking its own promises on economic prosperity? Well, welcome to Nigeria where human and…

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NLC shuts Chinese company over worker’s death, maltreatment

[ad_1] The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday shut down a Chinese company, Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group Corporation, over what it described as dehumanising condition of Nigerian workers in the company. The union arrived at the company located at the new headquarters of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Lugbe, Abuja as early…

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Explosion hits Paris, 16 injured

[ad_1] A strong explosion hit a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, leaving at least 16 people injured and igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over city monuments and prompted the evacuation of surrounding buildings, police said. The cause of the blast was not immediately known. The facade of a building in the…

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Hold Tinubu accountable, IPC tells media, CSOs

[ad_1] The International Press Centre (IPC) has charged the media and civil society organisations (CSOs) to hold President Bola Ahmed Tinubu accountable on his campaign promises. The IPC Executive Director, Mr Lanre Arongudade, gave the charge on Wednesday in Abuja at the stakeholders’ round table on accountability, incorporating the public presentation of independently compiled campaign…

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10 Nigerians, 15 other African startups get $4m Google fund

[ad_1] Ten Nigerians have been selected alongside 15 other African Startups to receive $4m Google for Startups’ Black Founders Fund (BFF). Of the 25 African startups selected, 72percent are led or co-founded by women, highlighting the role women play in shaping Africa’s startup ecosystem. Each of the selected startup will receive up to $150,000 in…

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