TINUBU APPROVES ₦‎70,000 MINIMUM WAGE, TO REVIEW WAGES EVERY THREE YEARS President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers with promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years. President Tinubu also promised to find ways to assist the private sector and the sub-nationals to pay the minimum wage. President Tinubu announced the decisions at …

TINUBU HAS RESOLVED TO BE TINUBU HAS RESOLVED TO BE A ONE-TERM PRESIDENT – LUKMANA former National Vice Chairman (North-west) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has said the actions of President Bola Tinubu have suggested that he is not interested in serving a second term as Nigeria’s leader.The former APC chieftain added that both President Tinubu and the APC are …

JUDGE WALKS OUT AS EFCC, YAHAYA BELLO’S LAWYERS CLASH IN COURTJUDGES WALKS OUT AS EFCC, YAHAYA BELLO’S LAWYERS CLASH IN COURTThe planned arraignment of Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi State, on alleged N82 billion fraud charges took a heated turn on Wednesday as two senior advocates engaged in a verbal clash during the proceedings.The two lawyers involved were Abdulwahab …

SCIENTISTS FIND SCIENTISTS FIND UNDERGROUND CAVE ON MOONScientists have confirmed an underground cave on the moon not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago and suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts.An Italian-led team of scientists on Monday said there is evidence of a sizeable cave, accessible from the deepest known pit …

COURT REINSTATES PHILIP SHAIBU ACOURT REINSTATES PHILIP SHAIBU AS EDO DEPUTY GOVERNORA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday morning, reinstated Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State, following his earlier impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly.The Court presided over by Hon. Justice James Omotosho held that the removal of the Plaintiff, …

akpabio RESHUFFLES AKPABIO RESHUFFLES SENATE COMMITTEESSenate President Godswill Akpabio has carried out a minor shake-up of the standing committees of the upper legislative chamber.Akpabio made the changes on Wednesday after Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno South, was removed as the chief whip and replaced with Tahir Monguno, the senator representing Borno North.As part of the reshuffle, Akpabio appointed Musa Mustapha, …

BILL FOR SIX-YEAR TENURE FOR PRESIDENT, GOVS PASSES FIRST READING IN HOUSE OF REPS House of Representatives has passed through the first reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to provide for a single term of six years for the offices of the president, state governors and local government area chairman. The proposed legislation is sponsored by the …

PRESIDENT TINUBU ANNOUNCE MINIMUM WAGE FIGURES TODAY The long-awaited national minimum wage announcement is expected today, Thursday, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu meets with organised labour at the Presidential Villa. The meeting, a continuation of last week’s discussion, will see the President and labour leaders finalize negotiations on the new minimum wage. While the Federal Government has proposed N62,000, labour …

YAHAYA BELLO’S  ARRAIGNMENT TODAY MAY STALL AS EX-GOV WANTS APPEAL COURT TO VACATE ARREST WARRANT The arraignment of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, over the alleged N80 billion money laundering charges made against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), scheduled for today may be stalled again, as Justice Emeka Nwite of the …

OHANAEZE REJECTS TINUBU’S MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK, SAYS IT’S REINTRODUCTION OF RUGA The apex Igbo socio-cultural youth organisation, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has rejected the proposed creation of the Ministry of Livestock by the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government Speaking to journalists in Enugu, Enugu State capital on Monday, the National President General of OYC, Igboayaka Igboayaka, asked President Tinubu to …

PDP GOVERNORS MEET IN ENUGU Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will be meeting in Enugu. The governors are Sheyin Makinde of Oyo, Umo Eno of Akwa-Ibom, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, Agbu Kefas of Taraba and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara States. Others were …

QUIETLY LEAVE APGA, DON’T DESTROY OUR PARTY – CHEKWAS OKORIE TELLS GOV SOLUDO The founder and pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chekwas Okorie, has told Governor Chukwuma Soludo to quietly leave the party if he so wishes. Chekwas said he has uncovered a strategy by the Anambra State Governor to destroy the party, on whose …

36 STATES, 774 LGS SHARE N10.13TRN IN SIX MONTHS – NBS REPORT Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that five states which include some Niger Delta states and the country’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos State, received the largest allocations from the federal government from January to May 2024. The NBS report further revealed that the 36 …

GOV SANWO-OLU SPLASHES N100,000 BONUS TO EACH CORPS MEMBER IN LAGOS The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday splurged a whopping N427.7 million on 4,277 corps members serving in the State a whopping. Sanwo-Olu said each corps member would receive N100,000. He also announced a donation of N100 million to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and support staff. …

POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS NEW VATICAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, a significant diplomatic role within the Catholic Church. The announcement was made on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, highlighting the Irish archbishop’s extensive experience in the region. “Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty has been appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria,” …