Immigration officers in Ado-Ekiti left a man battered and hospitalised after a misunderstanding with one of them. The young man identified as Omoboriowo Emmanuel suffered a neck fracture, broken ankle, femur, toes and a dislocated arm after the encounter. The 28-year-old man while speaking with newsmen lamented how processing an international passport rapidly turned into a near death experience. On Thursday September 9, 2021, a 28-year-old Omoboriowo Emmanuel who hail from Ijero-Ekiti, like every other law-abiding citizen of Ekiti State, in the company of his fiancé (Tomilola) visited the Immigration Office situated at Odo-Ado in Ado-Ekiti to apply for international…
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A bill for a law to impose and charge Value Added Tax (VAT) on certain goods and services, provide for administration of the tax and for related purposes scaled second reading at Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday. Mr Deji Adeyemo, clerk of the Assembly, read the bill for the first time during plenary session in Abeokuta, while the Majority Leader, Mr Yusuf Sherif, moved the motion for the second reading which was seconded by Mr Ganiyu Oyedeji, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported. While opening debate on the bill, Mr Olakunle Sobukanla, the chairman, House Committee on…
The employment landscape is constantly shifting. While agricultural jobs played a big role in the 19th century, a large portion of U.S. jobs today are in administration, sales, or transportation. So how can job seekers identify the fastest growing jobs of the future? The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects there will be 11.9 million new jobs created from 2020 to 2030, an overall growth rate of 7.7%. However, some jobs have a growth rate that far exceeds this level. In this graphic, we use BLS data to show the fastest growing jobs—and fastest declining jobs—and how much they…
In 2010, Idris Ayodeji Bello gave up his lucrative job at a major oil company in Texas to return home to Nigeria. Bello believed that Nigeria’s tech sector was poised to explode, so he and three partners established Wennovation Hub, a tech hub to support entrepreneurs and test innovative ideas. “Our goal was figuring out how we could turn all these ideas into corporations,” he told Rest of World. In 2012, Bello and his partners, then in their early 30s, took a bigger risk. They raided their pension funds to create the LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund 1, an angel investment fund…
Today, more than 10 percent of all global marriages occur among first or second cousins. While cousin-marriages are common practice in some societies, unions between close relatives are discouraged in others. In a new study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and the University of Chicago investigated how common close parental relatedness was in our ancestors. The researchers re-analyzed previously published DNA data from ancient humans that lived during the last 45,000 years to find out how closely related their parents were. The results were surprising: Ancient humans rarely chose their cousins as mates.…
Hundred days after imposing a national Twitter ban in Nigeria, Many small businesses have collapsed and there are huge job losses in the country, according to Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, the president of National Association of Telecoms Subscribers of Nigeria (NATCOMs). The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration announced it would reverse course after having reached an agreement with the social media company on a number of issues. However, in recent days the administration seems to continue the ban until the end of the year, despite initially signaling the reversal was imminent. The delay will continue to silence the voices of millions of Nigeria’s Twitter…
The leadership transition period at Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) ended at the weekend in Port Harcourt with the former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Tony Attah handing over the symbolic Key to NLNG to his successor, Dr. Philip Mshelbila. At a farewell and welcome ceremony held in honour of the executives, the NLNG Key changed hands, marking the ceremonial commencement of Dr. Mshelbila’s tenure. The ceremony was graced by Executive Governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike; Executive Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki; the Executive Secretary NCDMB, Simbi Wabote; NLNG Board Chairman, HM (Dr.) Edmund Daukoru; NLNG Board members;…
The United Arab Emirates on Monday designated six Nigerians as financiers of Boko Haram and other criminal activities. The decision was made when the Emirate federal cabinet met in the capital Abu Dhabi on Monday, according to state-run WAM news agency. The UAE Cabinet on Monday issued Resolution No 83 of 2021, designating a total of 38 individuals and 15 entities on its approved list of persons and organisations supporting Boko Haram and other terrorist cause. Nigerians on the UAE’s terrorism list were Abdurrahaman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo…
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Monday gave some startling insight into the salary structure prevailing in the Nigerian judiciary. She said the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), who is the head of the judiciary in Nigeria, as at today takes home N279, 497 as monthly salary, an equivalent of $680. Other justices on the Supreme Court bench go home with the sum of N206,425 or $502. She said as President of the Court of Appeal, she receives the sum of N206,425 or $502. Other justices on the bench of the Court of Appeal, go home…
The Edo State Government has barred unvaccinated civil servants from work. The government also barred all those who are yet to take COVID vaccine from accessing public places Governor Godwin Obaseki had initially said from middle of September, unvaccinated persons would be denied access to banks, government offices, worship and event centres. This had generated an outrage as a group went to court, seeking to restrain the government from carrying out its threat but the governor stood his ground. On Tuesday, the Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Health, Osamwonyi Irowa, said with effect from September 15, 2021, the state…
