STOP COMPLAINING, ENFORCE MINIMUM WAGE COMPLIANCE – SGF TELLS LABOUR The federal government has said that the organised labour has the obligation to enforce compliance to the minimum wage payments by state governments following the inability of some states to pay. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) disclosed this at the end of a two-day Pre-retirement …

JAIL BREAK IN NIGER REPUBLIC AS HUNDREDS OF AL QAEDA, BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS ESCAPE A curfew has been imposed in the restive Tillaberi region of Niger Republic after a mass prison break at the high-security Koutoukale prison, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of the capital, Niamey. The incident occurred on Thursday, according to the interior ministry. This is not the first …

LIST OF STATES RUNNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT CARETAKER COMMITTEES The local government councils in most of the states are currently under the administration of caretaker committees appointed by state governors. The Supreme Court had ruled that all state governors should steer clear from receiving any funds allocated to the 774 local government areas of the country. The supreme court declared that …

OHHA MICROFINANCE BANK PETITIONS GOV MBAH OVER MOVE BY LG OFFICIALS TO DIVERT MONEY COLLECTED FROM IT Recently demolished Ohha Microfinance Bank Limited, Enugu by the state government has petitioned governor Peter Mbah over move by officials of Enugu North Council area of the state to divert 250,000 naira they collected from the bank as levies into their private pockets, …

TINUBU REMOVES BUHARI’S IN-LAW, OTHER OFFICIALS OF NIGERIA’S SECURITY PRINTING COMPANY President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate removal of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc (NSPM), Ahmed Halilu, and four other executives of the company. Mr Halilu, brother to former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, was appointed to the position in September 2022 by ex-President …

BREAD BEYOND REACH, CITIZENS LAMENT Bread is no longer a staple food in Nigeria as it has been priced beyond our reach, multiple citizens who spoke to Daily Trust across various states of the Federation said Wednesday. According to those interviewed by our correspondents in Gombe, Lagos, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, and Taraba, millions of Nigerians are now reeling under the …

25 MUSLIMS ELECTED TO UK PARLIAMENT DESPITE RISING ISLAMOPHOBIA A record-breaking 25 Muslims have been elected to the British Parliament, despite rising Islamophobia in the country. This shows an increase from the 19 Muslim MPs elected in 2019. The successful candidates come from various political parties, with 18 representing the Labour Party, four as independents, two from the Conservative Party, …

A FEMALE HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER HAS BEEN LIVING ABROAD SINCE INAUGURATION – AGGRIEVED LAWMAKERS Some aggrieved lawmakers have tackled a particular House of Representatives member whom they have accused of living abroad since their inauguration. The aggrieved lawmakers have formed a pressure group, codenamed “Novelty Group.” According to Leadership, the group was supposed to hold their inaugural meeting yesterday, …

SOKOTO GOVT STRIPS SULTAN OF POWERS TO APPOINT DISTRICT, VILLAGE HEADS The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has signed the amended Sokoto Local Government and Chieftaincy Law, which effectively strips the Sultan, Sa’ad Abubakar, of the powers to appoint district and village heads in the state. The law was signed by Governor Aliyu on Thursday along with five others after …

CATHOLIC BISHOPS OPPOSE SAMOA AGREEMENT, REQUEST AMENDMENT OR WITHDRAWAL FROM IT The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has urged the Federal Government to immediately propose amendments to the Samoa Agreement or withdraw from it, if such amendments were not accepted. This is contained in a statement titled ‘Threats to the sovereignty and values of Nigeria in the Samoa Agreement’ …

GOVS TO MEET TO REVIEW SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON LG AUTONOMY – SOLUDO Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has revealed that the Nigeria Governors Forum has convened an emergency meeting, to review the decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria granting autonomy to Local Government Councils in the country. Soludo who held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at …

IBORI DESCRIBES SUPREME COURT RULING ON LGCS FINANCIAL AUTONOMY AS ASSAULT ON TRUE FEDERALISM Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, has described the Supreme Court ruling which gave financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Councils, LGCs in Nigeria, as assault on true federalism. Ibori, who made the declaration in a post on his X handle, said the …

SIX TAKEAWAYS FROM SUPREME COURT RULING OB LOCAL GOVT FINANCING The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, July 11, that henceforth, the federal government must directly pay any funds allocated to the local governments in the federation to the local government areas managed by democratically elected officials. In a landmark decision by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the Supreme Court ruled that it …

COURT ORDERS REMAND OF FORMER POWER MINISTER IN PRISON A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, be remanded in Kuje prison in Abuja pending the consideration of his bail application. Justice James Omotosho issued the order on Thursday, July 11, after Mamman was arraigned on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering …

TINUBU, LABOUR LEADERS’ MEETING ON MINIMUM WAGE INCONCLUSIVE The meeting called by President Bola Tinubu to discuss the minimum wage issue ended in an inconclusive note on Thursday. But it afforded parties to the discussions, notably, the President and the organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. an opportunity to engage in a heart-to-heart talk. The …