Getting a dream job brings fulfilment and satisfaction. One could become sad, unproductive, and unfulfilled in a job one doesn’t enjoy. In fact, one can get sacked and become jobless as a result. You tend to grudgingly do a job you are not happy doing or finding fulfilment in. But with purposefulness and focus, you can land that dream job. A human resource manager in a Fintech company, Mr Deji Okunowo, stated that one must be intentional about getting a dream job because it’s a clear path one wants to thread and achieve, noting that starting early was essential to…
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the Police Act Amendment Bill to allow the occupant of the Office of the Inspector General of Police to remain in office until the end of the term stipulated in the letter of appointment. The House decision followed the consideration and approval of President Bola Tinubu’s request, seeking an amendment of the Principal Act, to reflect on the tenure of the IGP. The proposed legislation to amend the Nigeria Police Act 2020 seeks to guarantee the tenure of the IGP and enhance police operations by promoting accountability, modernising policing methods and…
Globally, there is a seeming spike in divorce rates. This trend affects married couples of varying financial and social status. Data analysis of the marriage and divorce rate of Americans presented by a family and divorce law firm, Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, stated that in 2022, the divorce rate per 1,000 women was 16.9 per cent. Data from Nigeria’s Demographic and Health Survey in 2018 revealed that three of every 100 men and women were either divorced or separated. Also, the 2006 National Population Census data recorded that 704,000 Nigerians were divorced with 230,000 males and 474,000 females. Divorce, as defined…
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, vowed to finish the state College of Health Science, while receiving the accreditation team for the school. This is as he said the shortage of quality manpower in the health sector is huge. The visit of the team is coming ahead of the reopening of the institution which has been upgraded into a world-class facility to drive the development of manpower for the state’s health sector. Receiving the team at the Government House, in Benin, Obaseki said the COVID-19 outbreak pushed his administration’s intervention in the healthcare sector, leading to the total…
For some time now, there has been a noticeable change in weather patterns. This can be seen in the increase and irregular amount of rainfall and temperature. Data from America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, revealed that since 1980, the world became hotter at the rate of 0.2oC per decade. Climate scientists predict that if the increase rate continues in the next century, the global temperature would warm to 2oC. Human activities like the burning of coal, fuel and other natural gases are the big contributors to the rising temperature. This has led to constant…
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed the supplementary bill seeking to increase the 2024 Appropriation Act from N28.7tn to N35.06tn. The House had on Wednesday, July 17, passed the N6.2tn extra-budgetary proposal by President Bola Tinubu and on Tuesday, the bill scaled the third reading with Clauses 1 to 13 considered and approved at the Committee of Supply. A breakdown of the proposed N35.06tn for the 2024 fiscal year showed that N1.74tn is earmarked for statutory transfers; N8.27tn for debt service; N11.2tn for recurrent expenditure while N13.77tn is slated as a contribution to the Development Fund for capital…
Nothing ruins an otherwise perfect day like getting stuck in Lagos traffic and running late for daily appointments. With the rainy season upon us, which is usually between April and September, traffic is expected to get worse as flooding and poor drainage might worsen the already bad situation. Road constructions and repairs in traffic-prone areas around the state have also contributed to bottlenecks commuters have to manoeuvre, extending hours spent on the road. But an auto expert and Chief Executive Officer of Autocentric Garage, Yomi Bosude, says planning your journey ahead can help avoid or ease most congestion. Also, the…
Some yet-to-be-identified thugs have beaten a 28-year-old man identified as Kingsley Okoye, to death for allegedly stealing and selling his elder brother’s foreign doors from a construction site. The incident happened in the Okpuno Umuogali community of Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Sunday. The deceased was accused of selling some foreign doors he removed from a yet-to-be-completed building belonging to his elder brother, Joseph Okoye who lives abroad. His brother was said to have invited the thugs to torture him, only for them to beat him to death. An eyewitness and a cousin to…
The authenticity of a document or certificate determines the value attached to it. It also gives confidence and assurance to its owner, who must have gone through a legal process to acquire it. However, some criminally-minded individuals, who lack the patience of running the full legal course of acquiring certificates but seek the benefits attached to possessing them, have devised dubious means to cheat the system. This has resulted in forgeries of different shades. “Anything can be forged, even a court document,” a lawyer and human rights activist, Librous Oshoma, said when asked to comment on the ease of getting…
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, approved the Police Act Amendment Bill to allow the occupant of the Office of the Inspector General of Police to remain in office until the end of the term stipulated in the letter of appointment. The House’s decision followed the consideration and approval of President Bola Tinubu’s request, seeking an amendment to the Principal Act to reflect on the tenure of the IGP. The proposed legislation to amend the Nigeria Police Act 2020 seeks to guarantee the tenure of the IGP and enhance police operations by promoting accountability, modernising policing methods, and fostering a…