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JUSUN Issues 21-Day Ultimatum Over Minimum Wage Implementation, Threatens Nationwide Strike
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has issued a 21-day ultimatum for the commencement of an industrial action over the non-implementation of the new national minimum wage and judiciary financial autonomy. In a communiqué released at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Abuja, JUSUN commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for signing the new minimum...
Edo IRS Boss Urges Companies, Residents To Pay Their Taxes
Oladele Bankole-Balogun, the Executive Chairman of the Edo State Internal Revenue Service, has urged businesses doing business in the state to pay taxes so that Governor Monday Okpehbolo can fulfill his five-point agenda. This was stated in a press statement released on Friday by the head of EIRS Corporate Communications, Courage Eboigbe. According to Eboigbe, the chairman made the call during...
Police Arrest 31 Suspects, Recover N1bn In Stolen Items In Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory's (FCT) Police Command reported that it had apprehended 31 suspects and retrieved more than N1 billion worth of public property in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr. Olatunji Disu, said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. He said 16 of the suspects had been charged to court for...
Atiku Blasts Tinubu For Prioritizing Opposition Over Corruption
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate and former vice president, has charged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration is not truly combating corruption but is instead using state apparatus to target political opposition. In a statement posted on his official Facebook page, Atiku condemned the recent arrest of Professor Usman Yusuf, a vocal social critic, suggesting...
PSC Moves To Retire Police Officers Over 60 Amid Ongoing IG Tenure Dispute
The immediate retirement of all senior police officers who have served more than 35 years or who are older than 60 has been mandated by the Police Service Commission. The directive follows controversy over the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun after he clocked 60 years. The police and the Attorney General of the Federation have, however, said...
FG Delivers 2.1 Million Bags Of Fertilizer To Farmers To Boost Farming
Senator Abubakar Kyari, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, has stated that the Ministry has given more than 2.1 million bags of fertilizer to farmers and food aid to communities affected by flooding in an effort to increase food production. The Minister also emphasized the need for Nigeria’s agriculture sector to shift from merely feeding the population to generating...
PDP Governors Hold Closed-Door Meeting In Delta
In Asaba, the capital of Delta State, twelve governors running on the Peoples Democratic Party platform are presently meeting behind closed doors. PUNCH Online has learned that the emergency meeting is unrelated to the party’s crisis. It was also gathered that the governors, who arrived at the government house in Asaba last night, have been in the meeting since then. Journalists are...
NBA Calls For Imo High Court Shutdown Over Safety Concerns
Due to safety concerns, attorneys in Owerri, Imo State, have demanded that operations at the Justice Oputa High Court be suspended for one week. The Chairman of the Owerri branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Barrister Chris Ihentuge, on Friday, addressed his colleagues and litigants at the court, citing concerns about vibrations during court sittings. The court, built under former Governor...
Corps Members Set To Get N77,000 Monthly From February, Says NYSC DG
Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, the National Youth Service Corps' (NYSC) director-general, has declared that corps members will start receiving a new N77,000 monthly allowance in February 2025. Speaking on Thursday to the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II corps members in Katsina, Ahmed confirmed that the increment has been included in the 2025 Federal Government budget and will take effect once...
NIS Foils Trafficking Plot, Rescues 21 Minors On Route To Niger Republic
The Nigeria Immigration Service in Yobe State has apprehended 21 minors at a checkpoint, believed to be victims of human trafficking. The children, aged 7 to 15, were discovered in a Toyota Hiace bus (registration number 10B-87GM) at the Geidam control point in Dunari, near the border with the Niger Republic. In a statement on Thursday, the Command said, “The bus...
