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Labour veterans want Borno governor, Zulum, to fully implement prevailing wage

NewsDeskNgMay 14, 2024May 14, 20240

Ahead of ongoing negotiations for a new national minimum wage, labour veterans in the country, under the aegis of the Labour Veterans and Trade Unionists Assembly (LVTUA), have called on the Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, to fully implement the prevailing 30, 000 naira minimum wage. In a...

Nigerian government to restructure, reform NYSC – Minister reveals

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The Federal Government is to embark on a comprehensive review, restructuring and reform of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to meet the demands of the future. Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Ibrahim stated this at the opening ceremony of the maiden meeting of NYSC management with heads of...

Gov. Umaru Bago – We are seeking FG’s approval to repair Lapai to Gulu, Muye road

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has announced that the state has requested approval from the federal government through the Ministry of Works for permission to reconstruct the Lapai-Gulu-Muye Federal road to ease vehicular movement of goods and services in the state. The Governor stated this during the groundbreaking ceremony...

NLC to FG – Revert to quo before negotiations

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday, insisted that the Federal Government reverse the band A electricity tariff before negotiating with the union. On April 3, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, announced the approval of a new electricity tariff for band A customers. The adjustment was from N68/kwh to...

Enugu Govt. – We’ve taken measures to secure our farmers

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The Enugu State Government said it has taken proactive and tested measures to ensure the security and safety of farmers to boost food sufficiency in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro Industrialisation, Patrick Ubru, made this known in an interview on Monday in Enugu. According to the Commissioner,...

JUST IN: Appeal Court slashes atheist, Mubarak Bala’s 24-year blasphemy sentence

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The Appeal Court sitting in Kano has reduced the 24-year sentence handed to an atheist, Mubarak Bala, to five years. Bala is the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. He was arrested at his residence in Kaduna over alleged blasphemy and incitement. A Kano State High Court had in...

Ajaero leads protest at NERC headquarters in Abuja

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, is currently leading a protest against the recent hike in electricity tariff at the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Workers, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, stormed offices of electricity...

Hundreds of aggrieve NLC members shut down KEDCO, NERC offices in Kano

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in their hundreds, on Monday, stormed the office of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company and shut down its operations in grievance over the recent power tariff hike across the country. The organized Labour also picketed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, in Kano...

NDLEA sets up special squads against open sale, consumption of drugs in FCT

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has inaugurated special squads to curtail open sales and consumption of illicit drugs in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Commander of Narcotics NDLEA, FCT Command, Kabiru Tsakuba, said this in an interview on Monday in Abuja. Tsakuwa said the approach would be...

Nigerians naive to understand Tinubu’s ‘renewed hope’ – Fada Oluoma

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

Famous Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev Fr Chinenye Oluoma has suggested that Nigerians were obviously too naive to understand President Bola Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda. Oluoma, who likened hope to anaesthetics, said anesthetics was meant to numb the pain while the real life saving surgery takes place. In a post on...