THE Federal Government has assured the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the entire workforce that the new national minimum wage will commence, latest by end of September this year. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, had declared on Monday that the Federal Government would announce the new minimum wage before the end […]
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At least 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a fresh Boko Haram attack on a military base in the country’s northeast, military sources told AFP Thursday, the third assault on three different bases in less than a month. On Wednesday evening, heavily armed jihadists riding in trucks stormed and looted weapons and vehicles from a […]
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to appear before it over the freezing of the Benue State Government accounts. The vacation judge, Justice Babatunde Quadri, gave the order after listening to submissions by counsel to Benue State Government, Mr. Emeka Etiaba, SAN. Other defendants in the […]
Continue ReadingThe British High Commission has reacted to Tuesday’s development at the National Assembly, saying it would only accept a democratic process that recognises the rights of Nigerians to participate in election process. It said in a statement by a spokesperson for the UK Embassy in Abuja, Joe Abuku, on Tuesday that : “We are aware […]
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The National Assembly will reconvene on Tuesday, August 14. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yussuff Lasun, announced this on Thursday. He said that the agenda will primarily be the presidential budget request to fund INEC’s operations for the 2019 polls. The National Assembly had been on recess since July 24, and […]
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The Senator representing Bauchi Central, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isah Hamma Misau, has dismissed the allegation by All Progressives Congress, APC National leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the National Assembly was planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, as “empty talk.” Missau, in […]
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For some time now, the news media in Nigeria had been agog with stories about the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun’s alleged NYSC forged certificate. Since the news broke in one of the popular online media in Nigeria, a disproportionate percentage of our media space had been devoted to the stories concerning this matter […]
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Benue State Commissioner for Finance, Hon. David Olofu on Thursday declared that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has unfrozen the state accounts. He said on Thursday that the affected banks had late on Wednesday informed him of the directives vacating the earlier order. The Chief Press Secretary to the state Governor, Terver Akase […]
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Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday claimed that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has achieved more with 60 percent less resources than previous governments of the country. Osinbajo, who is in acting capacity following President Buhari’s 10-day holiday in London, said the present administration places priority on matters concerning the common man. Though there […]
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– blames FG for continuous herdsmen rampage – condemns National Assembly invasion Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said it is no credit to the Federal Government that herdsmen rampage continues with careless abandon and without an effective solution in Nigeria, even as he condemned the rampage at the National Assembly on Tuesday, describing it as an […]
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