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By Halimah Olamide The organised labour has yet again rejected the proposed minimum wage of N54,000 Naira by the Federal Government. President Bola Tinubu had inaugurated a 37-member Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage to come up with a new minimum wage ahead of the expiration of the current N30,000 wage on April 18. The FG had earlier in a meeting this week with the Labour proposed N54,000 as against its previous N48,000 offer. According to information gathered by NPO Reports, the meeting was held behind closed doors in Abuja on Tuesday. The Organised Labour had on Tuesday given the Federal…
By Halimah Olamide A group of Kogi indigenes and concerned Nigerians have staged a peaceful protest in the United Kingdom amidst the ongoing prosecution of embattled ex-Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The group which formed under the auspices of the Alliance For Emancipation and True Change” held the protest on Monday 20th of May. They raised concerns that the Commission, with the handling of the corruption allegations against the former Governor, had given the impression of political persecution to Nigerians and the international community. During the protest, the demonstrators stressed the importance of a fair and just prosecution process, in…
By Halimah Olamide Your hard work and diligence paid off Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has shared images of his daughter Tobi, graduating from the Yale University, United States of America. Commending her on the latest milestone, he wished her all the best. He also expressed his pleasure to have one less of a school fess to pay. He wrote; “Congratulations, my darling Tobi on your graduation from Yale University yesterday. Your hard work and diligence paid off. “Wishing you all the best as you embark on a new chapter of your life and I’m also glad that I…
By Halimah Olamide The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday announced that it has increased the benchmark interest rate to 26.25 per cent. This was disclosed by the Governor of the CBN after a meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the CBN. Cardozo doubles as the Chairman of the MPC which held its 295th MPC meeting held in Abuja. At the March MPC meeting, the benchmark rate had been increased by 200 basis points from 22.75 per cent to 24.75 per cent.
Agency Report A total of 45 people, including 11 children, have been hospitalised for food poisoning in southern Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region, a local rescue organisation said on Tuesday. The victims from Labutta township of Ayeyarwady region fell ill on Monday after eating spicy egg curry, the official said. The affected people included day labourers and their family members. The labourers received the curry at their workplace and brought it home to share with their families, he said. 31 of the victims were discharged from the hospital, the official said
Agency Report A mobile money and bank agent, Mr Fasasi Atanda, says the deadline for the registration of Point of Sales (PoS) with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) is not realistic. Atanda made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. “Currently the CAC portal is very slow because of traffic. “It takes up to three to four days for someone to even access the portal for association we engage an agent that is doing the registration,” he said. According to him, it is possible for everyone to register. He said business…
By Kamil Opeyemi Some protesters who claimed to be retired police officers were at the national Assembly on Tuesday to register their displeasure over their unpaid pensions. The retired officers matched to the National Assembly in Abuja, to protest what they called severe hardships they had faced due to the alleged failure of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) to pay their entitlements. The protesters said they were representatives of various state chapters called on the federal government to remove them from the Contributory Pension Scheme. The retirees, seen with various placards, lamented being denied their money after giving their best…
By Halimah Olamide Air Peace received approval from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and all our Boeing 777 aircraft are certified to operate with EFBs Nigerian airline, Air Peace, has debunked allegations of a safety breach in the United Kingdom, describing it as falsehood. The airline made the clarification in a statement via its X account on Monday. According to the statement, since the beginning of their London flight operations, it has been under intense scrutiny by the relevant authorities. Meanwhile, earlier reports stated that the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA), raised concerns over Air Peace’s compliance…
By Halimah Olamide Pa Suleiman Obasa, father of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, is dead. Pa Obasa died in the early hours of Tuesday at 83. The Speaker made this known in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Eromosele Ebhomele, in Lagos on Tuesday. Obasa described his father as a loving family man and a respected community leader. He said his late father was a successful businessman with business concerns in oil and gas and transportation sectors. Obasa noted that he was also reputed for his success in farming, through which he…
By Halimah Olamide Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sub Sector 3 OPERATION WHIRL STROKE (OPWS), have arrested six kidnappers in Taraba State. According to the army, they acted on a tip-off, after which troops from the 93 Battalion Sub-Sector 3B OPWS, stationed at Forward Operating Base Wukari, carried out a well-planned raid in Chinkai Village of Wukari Local Government Area. This raid led to the apprehension of two individuals identified as Usman Gide Ali, aged 25 and Abdulrahaman Amadu, aged 28. The suspects have been on wanted list of the security agencies for their involvement in multiple kidnappings in…