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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the ministry is committed to the promotion of workers, declaring that it will now become an annual ritual. He said the ministry has promoted over 32, 000 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Fire Service, and the Nigerian Correctional Service, […]
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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, says the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage will arrive at a figure by Friday. Uzodimma, who is the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this after the committee’s five-hour meeting on Thursday. Addressing the press after the meeting, […]
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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has approved a bill seeking improved salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits for the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola; and other judicial office holders in Nigeria by 300 per cent, as the bill scaled third reading on Wednesday. The approval followed the adoption of a report by […]
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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Government has issued quit notices to businesses occupying all public parks and gardens in the state. The move aims to reclaim these spaces for public use, fostering relaxation and ecological balance. Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in commemoration of World Environment Day, the State Commissioner for Environment, […]
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Thursday, June 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has said that the Obidient Movement is beyond a political party and cannot be cubby hole into one. He said the membership of the Obidient Movement cuts across the political parties, sex, tribe, religion, or geopolitical area, adding that […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
…To Seek Seek N100 Billion Naira Compensation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by the recent demolition of her structures and properties valued several Billions at its Corporate headquarters in Enugu by the governor Peter Mbah led government despite a Court Order, Ohha Microfinance bank, has begun move to drag the state to Court over the action, […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed President Bola Tinubu’s administration for allegedly reintroducing fuel subsidy payment through the backdoor and telling Nigerians otherwise. Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, disclosed this in a statement uploaded on his X on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. It is […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ad hoc committee set up by the Kaduna State House of Assembly to investigate all finances, loans and contracts awarded under the former governor, Nasir El-Rufai has submitted its report to the House. Presenting the report during plenary on Wednesday, the chairman of the ad hoc committee, Henry Zacharia, said that […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into the alleged spending of the frontier exploration fund by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). These areas include regions like Anambra, Dahomey, Bida, Sokoto, Chad, and Benue where hydrocarbon exploration is yet to occur or remains undeveloped. The PIA further stated that […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kano State High Court on Wednesday granted an order to serve the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, and other defendants in a high-profile bribery and corruption case through substituted means. A 10-count charge was brought against Ganduje, his wife Hafsat Umar, and several associates, by the […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to redirect the focus of its negotiation with labour, from fixing a minimum wage, to fixing a realistic living wage in line with current market realities. The motion was moved during a session at the National Assembly on Wednesday. The Minority Leader, […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has refuted claims concerning the alleged kidnapping of a Lagos Divisional Police Officer. In a statement uploaded on his official X handle on Wednesday, Hundeyin stated that the DPO in question is safely at his office and effectively carrying out his duties […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, on Wednesday had called out the chairman of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia, over fraud and sent netizens on social media glued online as they observe the situation. It is worth recalling that before now, both Femi Otedola and Jim Ovia have been at loggerheads over an alleged multi […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following a review meeting held with stakeholders, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), said it has extended voters’ registration for Edo and Ondo States respectively. Registration was earlier slated to end on the 5th of June, 2024 in the two states. However, a statement by the commission said following appeals by stakeholders, the […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Organised Labour has vowed to reject any lean addition to the ₦60,000 offer by the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage. The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday, hours after the Organised Labour comprising the TUC and […]
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress has disclosed that the ongoing nationwide strike will continue despite the agreement signed with the Federal Government at Monday’s meeting. The congress, in a post on X, on Tuesday said the industrial action which has grounded the nation’s economy will continue until Tuesday’s meeting of organs of the […]
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has cautioned the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), against disrupting the ongoing transportation of Nigeria pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. The Assistant Director, Public Affairs, NAHCON, Mrs Fatima Usara, gave the advice in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Usara also empahaised the need for the NLC […]
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Monday, June 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of efforts to ensure that young people have practical information on menstrual health and hygiene, WaterAid Nigeria in partnership with her implementing partner in Enugu State, South Saharan Social Development Organization SSDO and the state government have carried out a training on production of sanitary pads for students of Iva […]
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Monday, June 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says, in the national interest, it is ready to offer higher than N60,000 national minimum wage it earlier proposed to the tripartite committee deliberating on the issue. The government decision was disclosed at a meeting of the committee convened Monday night by the Secretary to the Government of the […]
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Monday, June 3rd, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the nationwide strike by the Organised Labour over a new minimum wage for workers paralyse economic activities in Nigeria, the Federal Government has invited labour leaders to a meeting in Abuja, the country’s political capital. The meeting, which is presently ongoing, has the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe […]
