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The Kano state government has stopped the payment of N30,000 minimum wage to its workers, reverting to N18,000 — the previous wage scale. Following pressure from organised labour, President Muhammadu Buhari in April 2019 signed the new minimum wage act into law, which stipulates N30,000 as the minimum wage. But Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, spokesperson to Abdullahi […]
The Nigeria labour congress says it will not accept any adjustment in price of electricity in the country irrespective of the band or category of customer. Speaking on Tuesday during an interview in Owerri, vice chairman of the NLC Joe Ajero, maintained that it is unacceptable to adjust tariff when there has been no improvement […]
The Management of First City Monument Bank has appointed Yemisi Edun as the Acting Managing director of the bank. According to reports, the bank made this decision on Wednesday in a board meeting following the voluntary leave taken by Adam Nuru, the Managing Director to ensure sanctity in the investigation of his alleged unprofessional extra-marital […]
The Leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it is awaiting the release of the N40 billion earned allowance the Federal Government promised the union, 12 days after it called off the nine-month strike. ASUU called of its strike on December 23, 2020, after a new deal with the government team, […]
Nigerians are more worried over insecurity, unemployment, poverty, corruption and high cost of living than they are of the COVID-19 pandemic which has killed over 1,300 people in the last nine months, a poll says. The poll, which was conducted by Infotrak Research and Consulting, shows that only seven per cent of respondents expressed worry […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that some foreign entities including human right groups such as Amnesty International and the International Criminal Court were being used to frustrate Nigeria’s efforts to deal with the Boko Haram menace. The Minister of Information and Culture said this on Monday at a media […]
As Nigeria battles the second wave of the corona virus pandemic, Information Minster, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government has no plan to impose a fresh lockdown on Nigeria. Mohammed, who spoke at a conference in Lagos Monday, appealed to Nigerians to adhere to all protocols outlined by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. […]
Prophet T. B. Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations has denied saying Senator Orji Kalu would be Nigeria’s next president. Joshua was reported to have said over the weekend during a church service that President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor would be a former governor from the southern part of the country who […]
The Nigerian Medical Association has called on the Federal Government to come up with new policies that will help to reduce the spread of the virus as the nation grapples with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Professor Uja, the Chairman of the association in an interview on Monday in Abuja also said the […]
The House of Representatives is mulling prisons terms will for cultivators, sellers and smokers of cannabis otherwise called Indian Hemp in Nigeria. This is contained in a new bill currently before the House for consideration. The draft is seeking to amend the contemporary Indian Hemp Act to provide for stiffer punitive measures against promoters of […]
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