President Bola Tinubu has approved seventy thousand naira, as the new minimum wage, for workers in the country. President Tinubu announced the minimum wage during a meeting, with leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, and Trade Union Congress TUC, at the presidential villa today.The Presidential aide,Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement. Recall that,…
President Bola Tinubu has forwarded to the Senate for consideration and approval the injection of N6.2 trillion into the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget . Tinubu made the request via a letter read on the floor of the Senate by its President, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Wednesday. He specifically sought the withdrawal of N3.2 trillion…
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to save lives by providing alternative power to teaching hospitals, medical centres and universities in the country, owing to the epileptic power supply across the country. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion on urgent public importance moved by the member representing…
A two-storey building in the 2:2 axis of Kubwa district of Abuja has collaped on Saturday morning. Reports indicated that two persons have been rescued while a resident was still believed to be trapped as at the time of this report. First responders comprising personnel of the Federal Fire Service, (FFS), FCT Fire Service and…
The FCT police command said it has sent the middle-age man, Shuaibu Alhaji Yushau,who on Monday morning contemplated suicide by climbing a high broadband mast at Katampe, Abuja, to the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) for further mental assessment and evaluation. The spokesman of the command SP Josephine Adeh revealed this in a statement Tuesday.She described…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has created the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development. No minister has been announced yet for the new ministry. The President announced the creation of the ministry on Tuesday, July 9, at the State House, while inaugurating the Renewed Hope livestock Reform Implementation Committee. Present at the Inauguration were the Vice President, …
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has said that it will embark on a nationwide industrial action tomorrow, Thursday, July 4, along with sister union, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities Associated Institutions if the four months salaries withheld by government were not paid to members. In a communique issued at the end…
The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to investigate the reported stagnation of promotion in civil service between 2013 and 2023, in a move aimed at ensuring efficient and effective public service delivery. The House took the decision sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by the member representing Ijumu/Kabba-Bunu Federal Constituency,…
The Federal Government has warned that unauthorised disclosure or leakage of official documents, capable of impacting the country negatively, is a punishable offence. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja, at a workshop organised by the Bureau for Public Service Reforms in collaboration with the Office…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has expressed sadness over the lingering delay on the part of President Bola Tinubu in concluding the new national minimum wage and making the final figure known to workers. The trade union said the President was supposed to have concluded all needed consultations with the necessary stakeholders…
