Nigeria’s First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has emphasized the need for greater attention on mental health issues, especially in the work environment. She raised the issue on Thursday as Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the Mental Health Awareness Day. This year’s theme centres on “It’s Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace”. Describing it as timely, she said one’s mental wellbeing can be affected especially in times like this when most people feel dissatisfied at the work place for several reasons. According to her, emotions bottled up is the beginning of mental health issues and challenges…
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced three Internet fraudsters – AbdulFatai Ismail Alade (aka Hismaheel Asiwaju), Audu Ishida and Elisha Smith for fraud. They were prosecuted by Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on separate one-count charges bordering on impersonation and money laundering. This was made known by the EFCC in a post on its official X handle on Thursday. According to the post, “they all pleaded “guilty” to their charge when they were read to them, prompting prosecution counsel, M.E Eimonye and M. Lawal to urge the court to…
An appeal has gone to the Federal and State governments to provide more robust welfare packages for teachers. The appeal was made by Rt Rev Isaac Oluyamo, the Diocesan Bishop of Ijesa North Anglican Diocese in a statement he personally signed at the end of a special programme organised by the Diocese for teachers in Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State. Bishop Oluyamo also suggested that the welfare package could come in the form of car and housing loans for the teachers. The cleric also advocated for special allowances to be given to teachers in appreciation of the vital role they play in…
Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has declared that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike passed through him. Amaechi, who said he doesn’t like to mention Wike’s name, noted that the FCT Minister passed through him when he was governor of the state. Speaking with Ebere TV, the former Minister of Transportation, said Wike was his Chief of Staff as governor. He said: “When I became governor, Wike became Chief of Staff – but, I don’t like calling his name. Name any Rivers politician that didn’t pass through me. “I joined politics at the age…
Special Assistant to Ondo State Governor, Adeboye Taofiq Ewenla, who was sacked by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for allegedly demanding a N30 million bribe, has denied his involvement. According to Ewenla, who admitted to demanding the money, the fund was not meant for him but to be paid into the coffers of the state government. The Special Assistant was on Wednesday dismissed from his position by Aiyedatiwa following a leaked phone conversation when he demanded that some timber traders in the state should pay the sum of N30 million before they will be allowed to operate in the forest reserves. Ewenla,…
France head coach, Didier Deschamps, has opened up on his decision to leave Kylian Mbappe out of the France squad, amid talk of pressure from Real Madrid. Mbappe, who only joined the LaLiga giants this summer, is not in Les Bleus squad for the latest round of UEFA Nations League fixtures. This has led to criticisms in his homeland, as the 25-year-old played in the 2-0 win over Villarreal, despite apparently nursing a knock. But Deschamps has insisted that the decision not to select Mbappe was entirely his. He told reporters ahead of the game with Israel on Thursday: “Mbappe…
Hugo Viana will push for Sporting CP manager, Ruben Amorim, to replace Pep Guardiola if he becomes the director of football at Manchester City. With Txiki Begiristain set to step down after 12 years, Viana is the top candidate to replace him. It is even believed City have begun talks with him. According to Record, Viana will seek to bring Amorim with him to the Premier League. Guardiola’s current deal with the Etihad club will expire at the end of the season. So far, there is no indication from him or the club as to whether he will extend his…
New Barcelona goalkeeper, Woijiech Szczesny, has insisted that he will not stop smoking any time soon. Szczesny recently came out of retirement to sign a short-term deal with the LaLiga giants, following a serious injury to Marc-Andre ter Stegen In an interview with Mundo Deportivo, the former Poland international spoke about his lifestyle choices. “Smoking? There are aspects of my personal life that I don’t change, and it’s nobody’s business if I smoke. “If anyone thinks they can change my personal life, try again, it has never worked!” He added: “I don’t smoke in front of kids, I don’t give…
Newcastle United legend, Alan Shearer has suggested that the likes of Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez made ‘local lad’ Connor Gallagher to leave Chelsea in the summer transfer window. Gallagher was one of Chelsea’s best players last season. However, some fans were left shocked that the Blues sold him to Spanish LaLiga side Atletico Madrid. But Shearer believes both Caicedo and Fernandez played a key role in Gallagher’s decision to leave the Premier League west London club because the duo are always ahead of him. “The issue Gallagher had was when Chelsea started paying the vast amounts of money for…
Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi has approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage. Special adviser to the Governor on salary and pension, and committee member for the minimum wage implementation. Hon. Bashir Ado disclosed this on Saturday while responding to a question from newsmen on the government’s plan for the implementation of the minimum wage shortly after casting his vote at Kanya Babba. According to him, “Governor Umar Namadi has already approved the N70,000 as minimum wage; what remains is for the committee to complete its assigned responsibility for the implementation.” He said the committee had completed 90 percent…