LABOUR WAITS FOR TINUBU ON MINIMUM WAGE

Organised Labour may settle for N100,000 minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage commences daily meetings for five days to reach a consensus. Multiple sources in the labour movement said on Tuesday that the union leaders were willing to review their demand from N494,000 to N100,000, following the criticism and controversy that…

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COWS ARE NOT NIGERIANS, AKPABIO

During a heated Senate session on Wednesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio made a striking statement, declaring, “Cows are not citizens of Nigeria,” while addressing a senator’s controversial remarks regarding the ongoing farmer-herder clashes in the country. The remark came amid discussions surrounding the proposed National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission bill, which aims to control…

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OBASANJO A TIMELESS STATESMAN, MONARCH

The Olowu of Kuta, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama (CON) has described former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as a timeless statesman whose presence will be felt many years after his generation. Oba Makama, who congratulated Chief Obasanjo for enjoying a healthily long life, asserted that God purposely…

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EMEFIELE TO FORFEIT ANOTHER #11.14B

A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an order for the interim forfeiture of property valued at N11.14 billion allegedly linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Trial judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, granted the order following an-ex parte application filed and argued by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…

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‘PDP NOT IN MERGER TALKS’

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it is not in merger talks with any political party ahead of the 2027 elections. It will be recalled that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, had a private meeting in Abuja on May 13,…

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