Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 06/09/2024 - 20:21
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LABOUR Unions have warned Nigerian governors who are unable to meet their civic obligations and pay workers the new minimum wage to do the honourable thing and resign from office.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 06/09/2024 - 08:33
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Ayo Akinfe
[1] If you ask me, the three most significant events in the history of mankind are the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution and World War Two. They altered the production process to such an extent that humanity changed forever
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 06/08/2024 - 06:49
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NEGOTIATORS looking to resolve the intractable matter of a new Nigerian minimum wage have once more been unable to reach an agreement with organised labour asking for a monthly sum of N250,000 ($170) and the federal government offering N62,000 ($42).
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 06/08/2024 - 06:28
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Ayo Akinfe
[1] World War Two is one of my greatest passions ever. I forever marvel at the way it transformed industrial production, unleashed an unprecedented wave of human ingenuity, led to the integration of women into the global workforce and mechanised virtually everything we do
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 06/07/2024 - 22:39
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NIGERIA'S chances of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup are now hanging by a thread after the Super Eagles could only manage a 1-1 draw with South Africa's Bafana Bafana in Uyo tonight giving them a pathetic three points from a possible nine.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 06/07/2024 - 22:19
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NIGERIA'S 36 state governors have rejected a proposal from the federal government to increase the country's minimum wage to N60,000 (£41) per annum from the current N30,000 saying they will not be able to afford it.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 06/07/2024 - 17:44
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INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) officials have predicted that Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow to reach $1.85tn by 2029 in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms from the current $1.365trn as a result of consistent economic growth.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:27
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Ayo Akinfe
[1] I spent yesterday June 6 celebrating the D-Day 80th anniversary. In an unprecedented act of bravery, courage, valour, creativity, audacity and initiative, some 150,000 men were landed on an 80km stretch of land off the Normandy coast of France within 24 hours in 1944
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/06/2024 - 21:30
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MEMBERS of the House of Representatives have approved a bill creating a new state in the southeast geo-political zone to be known as Orlu State that would bring the total number of federating units in the nation to 37.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 06/06/2024 - 14:08
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Ayo Akinfe
[1] I have been following these D-Day celebrations religiously and am moved to tears by the history being made here. There are only 23 British D-Day veterans left alive and the sad reality is that this will be the last such parade for them as the youngest among them is 98
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