Augustine Ehikioya, Abuja State governors on Tuesday rejected the proposed plan by the Federal Government to extend the repayment period of its budget support to state government from twenty years to thirty years. Based on the extension, state government monthly repayment will
The organised labour and the Federal Government recently agreed on the modalities for the implementation of the new minimum wage at the federal level. The agreement came after a series of meetings, which saw parties issue threats at some point, FRANK IKPEFAN reports
By Tony Akowe, Abuja Nearly 90 million Nigerians are living with extreme poverty, Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has stated. The Minister, who spoke at a budget defense session of the Ministry before the House
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), on Monday, said that the consequential increments in the implementation of the N30,000 Minimum Wage Law would depend on the capacity of each state government. The chairman of the forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi,
Blessing Olaifa, Abuja Northern political leaders have been warned to resist the temptation of holding on to the nation’s Presidency beyond 2023 as such political adventure would be a recipe for chaos and crisis capable of threatening the unity of the country. Sounding
By Ugoji Egbujo …there is an Nkwo Orodo in almost every rural local government area now. Neglected and being deserted. Stampeding the youth into a frenzied rural-urban drift. And ultimately to Abuja and Lagos. Or perhaps even further, into the cold belly
By Timothy Nwachukwu, Awka The immediate past deputy governor of Imo State and an APC Stalwart, Prince Eze Madumere has called on government at all levels to leverage on Nigeria’s growing population by increasing funding for education and technological research as both holds
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu. Professor Iwu was re-arraigned on Thursday before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The anti-graft
President Mohammadu Buhari finally had a bilateral meeting with his Russian counterpart. Vladimir Putin. In an event photos posted by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, he tagged where Nigerian team led my President Buahri himself was
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on his tweet, has confirmed that members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will enjoy the new minimum wage of N30,000. He tweeted reads; “New Minimum Wage: NYSC members to enjoy new minimum
A German Development Agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German for German Agency for International
Nigeria’s heartless President,Bola Ahmed Tinubu finally released all the 114 #EndBadGovernance protesters (minors and adults)
United States based Scientist and Business Woman, Princess Angela Obasi has joined other well meaning
A former member of the House of Representatives Farouk Lawan has regained freedom after serving