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FIFA has hinted that the 2023 Women’s World Cup may not be shown on Major European countries’ TV stations. FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, while speaking on Monday said the European broadcasters have offered unreasonable prices for media rights of broadcasting the tournament. Infantino threatened a television blackout of the Women’s World Cup in European countries unless broadcasters improve their offers for rights. Infantino had in October criticized broadcasters who he said had offered “100 times less” to screen the Women’s World Cup compared to the men’s tournament.Less than three months before the start of the tournament in Australia and New…

Sodiq Mojibola Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured Lagos State residents of cost-efficient transportation through the introduction of electric buses. The governor stated that the new electric buses which can travel at 280km at full charge will reduce the emissions of carbon which are environmental hazards. Sanwo-Olu added that introduction of the first set of electric buses set-off his plan to modernise the state through enhancement of operation in all sectors. “Our new electric buses will not only reduce carbon emissions but will also increase efficiency. This means that Lagosians can say goodbye to high fuel costs and hello…

The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has shed light on his reported arrest in London’s Heathrow Airport during the last Easter Holidays. Obi spoke during an Arise News interview on Monday. The LP Presidential candidate in the last election disclosed that he was questioned for 20 minutes and  was allowed to go . Obi also spoke on the charge of treason raised against him by the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammad. He said “I was stopped for a routine immigration check in the UK because it appears that my identity was duplicated by…

By Dr. Gbenga Adeoye Let me start with three proverbs, if they don’t want you in a city, do not raise song. If you do, nobody will join you to sing it. Tax is not something people enjoy to pay especially when they cannot see corresponding benefits; Hence, making it difficult is like someone not wanted in a city raising songs.(Yoruba Proverb) The second proverb is that a man they want to roast as suya that rub palm oil on his body and then stand beside fire thereby making the work of those who want to roast him easy. When…

The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, on Monday shocked  representatives of President Muhammadu Buhari as they led  workers to  celebrat  Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi at the Eagle Square gathering of the May Day celebration. PLATFORM TIMES President Buhari was  represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha. Other  senior officials of the Federal Government present at the ongoing celebrations were the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Alhaji Mohammed Bello, women affairs, Mrs Paullen Tallen; and Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige among top members of the ruling…

A suspected human trafficking has been arrested for attempting to take two underage girls out of the country, The suspect was nabbed by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) operatives attached to the Alimosho Passport Office,Lagos state . The Passport Control Officer (PCO), Mrs. Ayoola Malaolu,Confirmed the arrest of the suspected trafficker. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the alleged trafficker had taken the girls to the passport office claiming they were her daughters in a bid to procure international passports for them. But, she was busted when she could not reconcile the woman’s age with those of the two girls she claimed…

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday, says his administration has paid workers’ salaries up to date. The governor also said his government has cleared the seven months’ salary arrears owed by the previous administration of Segun Mimiko . Akeredolu said this during the Workers’ Day celebration held in the state on Monday. He commended the state civil servants for their resilience and dedication to service. The governor said the dedication of the civil servants to service had engendered optimum service delivery to the people of the state. According to him, the leadership of organised labour in the…

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde on Monday, kept mum over the request if the workers in the state for a new minimum wage . The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Oyo State, Kayode Martins, had demanded a new wage structure for workers to meet up with the current economic challenges in the country . Martins made this call during his speech at this year’s Workers Day, held at Adamasingba Lekan Salami stadium in Ibadan, the state capital, urging the government to look into it and make the necessary amendments. Martins also lamented that N30,000 minimum wage which ought…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The Chairman of the Delta state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Chief Goodluck Ofobruku has said that the massive turnout by the Nigeria Labour Union, and its affiliates have shown that they are appreciative of what the government has done for them. The state NLC Chairman revealed this during the 2023 Workers Day celebration, theme,” Workers Rights and Social-Economic Justice” in Asaba the state capital. He noted that workers are celebrating the state government today ( May 1st, 2023) for what it has been doing for the workers for the past 8 years, and also thanked…

A bus conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to Port Sudan where they will move into Saudi Arabia caught fire in the early hours of Monday. Twenty-six buses conveying the stranded Nigerians left Al Razi around 12:am on Monday for Port Sudan. “One of the buses conveying some 50 Nigerian students from Sudan with a tag number (Katsina 1) heading to Port Sudan as part of the second batch of FGN evacuation got damaged due to excessive heat from one of the vehicle’s tyres. “Dr Hashim Idris Na’Allah, the chairman of the Nigerian Elders’ Forum in Sudan, was…