Foreign

Taiwan Hospital Fire Killed Nine

Nine people have died in a fire at a hospital in southern Taiwan, according to local media. The fire struck the Pingtung county hospital at around 09:40 local time (01:00 GMT) – just as Typhoon Krathon made landfall to the west, in neighbouring Kaohsiung. The wet and windy weather complicated the fire response, one report […]Continue Reading
Energy

FG Removes VAT on Cooking Gas, Diesel, Others

The Federal Government has announced the provision of new tax reliefs for deep offshore oil and gas production to boost investments in the sector. It also announced that the importation of key energy products and infrastructure, including diesel, feed gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Compressed Natural Gas, electric vehicles, Liquefied Natural Gas infrastructure, and clean Continue Reading
Labour

 Oyo Announces Plan to Recruit 791 Workers

By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State Government has approved the recruitment process of about Seven hundred and Ninety-one (791) officers of various cadres into the mainstream of its civil service. The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Kamoru Aderibigbe made this known in a statement issued in Ibadan.  Alhaji Aderibigbe said the recruitment would encompass Continue Reading
Economy

Makinde Unveils Agenda 2040 for Oyo

By Iyabo Adebisi Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde says his government has taken several actions to lessen the burden of the residents of the state amid economic challenges facing the people. He said through the actions and his administration’s engagements with residents of the state, which enabled them to have inputs in budgets; the […]Continue Reading
Labour

FG Adjusts Minimum Wage Payment Date

The Federal Government through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, NSIWC, has stated that the payment of the new minimum wage will commence from July 2024. The NSIWC Chairman, Ekpo Nta, said this during a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. The commission stated that this was because the date in question was when […]Continue Reading