You can’t make decent life in journalism – Osinbajo

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo Monday said journalists in the country with the poor remuneration cannot live a decent life. . From Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Guest Speaker, Mr Tony Elumelu and the Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Jalal Arabi during the End of the Year Seminar of the State House House Press Corps with the Theme “Journalists and Retirement Plan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday (18/12/17)
The Vice President also lamented that the private sector in the country does not respect the national minimum wage. He spoke on Monday in Abuja during an end-of-year seminar of the State House Press Corps with the theme: ‘Journalists and Retirement Plans’. The Vice President said that although remunerations were generally poor in the country, including his own and that of the President, the case of journalists was unique because many media owners are making the revenues but simply refuse to pay journalists better as and when due. He noted that while he earns about N1.5m as Vice-President, President Muhammadu Buhari earns about N1.75 million, which was not commensurate with the offices they occupy. The Vice President recalled his brief

Worst US train accidents

Here is a look at the worst train disasters in the United States, after Monday’s deadly accident in Washington state. “Multiple” people were killed when the Amtrak passenger train derailed, sending cars flying off a bridge and onto a busy interstate, officials said. The train, which was carrying 78 passengers and five crew, was part of a newly expanded faster rail service along the route linking Seattle and Portland, Oregon — featuring new locomotives. / AFP PHOTO – 1972, Chicago: 45 dead – The worst rail accident over the past 40 years or so goes back to October 1972 when two suburban trains collided in Chicago, leaving 45 dead and more than 330 injured. – 1993, Alabama, 44 dead – In September 1993, 44 people died near Saraland in the southern state of Alabama when a train derailed as it crossed a bridge over the Mobile River. – 2008, Chatsworth: 25 dead – The worst accident over the past decade took place on September 12, 2008, when a commuter train with 222 passengers on

Nigeria should not be allowed to disintegrate during – Zik’s wife

Prof. Uche Azikiwe, Wife of Nigeria’s First President Nnamdi Azikiwe, has urged Nigerians to remain united in honour of the memories of the nation’s founding fathers. Pro Uche Azikiwe Azikiwe made the plea on Monday at the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo LGA of Ebonyi during the institution’s 2nd Convocation Lecture with the theme, ‘National Reconciliation and the Role of Universities’. According to the nation’s former First Lady, Azikiwe and his contemporaries, Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello and others, sacrificed a lot for the unity of the

NEMA receives another 167 Nigerians from Libya

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday received 167 stranded Nigerians from Libya, bringing the total number of Nigerians brought back to the country in the last four days to 532. Another 142 Libya returnees arrive Nigeria Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with Registration Number 5A-DMH, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 7:47 p.m. The returnees were assisted back to Nigeria by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU). They comprised of 21 adult females, 145 adult males and one child. The Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihajja, who received the returnees confirmed that

ANAMBRA FUEL CRISIS UPDATE

                        

Odi massacre: Anyone with tribal marks on their chest was slaughtered, corpses littered everywhere –Bolou, former Bayelsa commissioner

Over 18 years ago, precisely on November 20, 1999, the Nigerian military, acting on the orders of then President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, invaded Odi, a predominantly Ijaw community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, and wreaked monumental havoc on the community.

The attack, which many observers have described as a pogrom, came at a time when there was conflict in the oil-rich Niger Delta region over widespread agitations for oil resources control and environmental protection.

My husband did chores, some neighbours thought I charmed him – Lagos State Acting Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture

Adebimpe Akinsola was once a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly before she later became the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts, and Culture. Subsequently, she was appointed as the acting commissioner for the ministry. In this interview, she about her career and family

25 sexual things to know before Christmas

Funmi Akingbade

Thirteen: Never forget that marital sex boosts self-esteem in both the wife and husband at every stage of their career, business or endeavours. Boosting self-esteem is one of the 237 reasons people have sex, as observed by the University of Texas researchers and published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour. That finding makes sense to Gina Ogden, PhD, a sex, marriage and family therapist in Cambridge, although she finds that those who already have self-esteem say they sometimes have sex to feel even better. “One of the reasons people say they have sex is to feel good about themselves,” she says. “Great sex begins with self-esteem, and it raises it. If the sex is loving, connected and what you want, it raises it.”

Reveled: What I did to enlarge my bum –Seyi Shay

Sultry Nigerian singer, Seyi Shay, broke the Internet when a picture of her dressed in a transparent outfit surfaced on the web.  It was obvious the singer wasn’t wearing panties under the dress. The picture caused so much ruckus even amongst fellow celebs who were aghast that the singer could wear such outfit in public.

But it is so apparent that Seyi doesn’t care whose ox is gored as she told Saturday Beats recently she was so proud and comfortable wearing the outfit.

Don’t free me, prison inmate begs court

There was a mild drama at Ekwulobia prisons in Anambra State on Friday when an inmate, Tobias Mbaekwe, who was granted amnesty by Chief Judge of Anambra State, Justice Peter Umeadi, on health grounds, declined the pardon.

Mbaekwe, from Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state, was among 13 others freed in the exercise.