The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has expressed deep concern over Nigerians’ severe economic hardships. His comments came during a ceremony for the distribution of free fertiliser to 52,800 smallholder farmers across Kano State’s 44 local government areas on Thursday. Addressing the gathering at the Government House, alongside the newly appointed second-class Emirs…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has explained why Labour settled for #70,000 minimum wage with government Speaking to journalists, Ajaero said Organised Labour rejected a proposal by President Bola Tinubu to pay ₦250,000 minimum wage and increase petrol prices. “Accepting ₦70,000 was the best way to save Nigerians from further…
Hoodlums who kidnapped 11 passengers at the Amechi-Idodo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki federal highway have made a demand of 30 million naira for their release Sources say the victims, including tertiary institution students, were abducted on Tuesday while returning to Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. They left Awka, Anambra State capital, before they were intercepted…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has named the 12.5 kilometres Kemta-Idi Aba-Somorin Road in Abeokuta after the Noble Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Abiodun, who spoke at a reception organised by the state government to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Noble Laureate, at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, said the naming of the road…
Some unknown Gunmen on Thursday attacked the convoy of APC governorship candidate in Edo state Senator Monday Okpebholo killing three policemen The incident happened when the senator in company of the reinstated deputy governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, arrived Benin City from Abuja. According to reports the clash occurred in the afternoon, shortly after…
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday pledged to give up 50 per cent of their salaries for six months to address the hunger across the country. During the session presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu amended the motion, urging his colleagues to sacrifice 50% of their salaries. He made…
Nigeria’s Upper lawmaking arm, the Senate has stepped down a bill seeking to establish the South-South Development Commission The bill sponsored by Sen. Asuquo Ekpeyong representing Cross River South failed to scale second reading after a voice vote where lawmakers unanimously declined to give backing to the bill. In a debate, the lawmakers argued about…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has pegged 140 as a cut-off mark for admission into the university. The board also fixed 100 as the minimum cut-off point mark for admission into polytechnics and colleges of education. JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede announced this on Thursday in Abuja at the 2024 Policy meeting of…
The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has accepted 16 years as the admission age into tertiary institutions for the 2024/2025 academic session. Mamman who had earlier pegged the admission age of undergraduates to 18, however made a u-turn after protests from stakeholders at the 2024 policy meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…
The Minister of Information Mohammed Idris says the Federal Government and the leadership of the Organised Labour have agreed on ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The minister said the agreement was reached at a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade…
