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Minimum Wage: Governors Hold Emergency Meeting
Governors of the 36 states of Nigeria have fixed an emergency meeting for today, Wednesday, over the proposed new minimum wage. This comes a few hours after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Tuesday stepped down the memo on minimum wage. Recall that the 36 governors had earlier rejected the proposed N62,000 by the federal government, stating that some states would...
Drug Abuse: Peter Obi Urges Stringent Punishment For Traffickers
As the world marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has called for more concerted efforts towards preventing drug abuse and guiding those weighed down by addiction. Obi stressed that the government must seek to save the nation from the menace of drug abuse and illicit...
Court Orders Emefiele To Forfeit $1.42m Corrupt Proceeds
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the final forfeiture of $1.426 million linked to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji of the High Court gave the verdict of the final forfeiture of the funds to the Federal Government. The forfeiture followed an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
Senate Says It Never Proposed New Aircraft For President Tinubu, VP Shettima
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied claims that the 10th Senate was proposing the procurement of new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Akpabio who addressed journalists in Maiduguri, described the claims as false. According to a Tuesday statement by his media aide, Jackson Udom, the Senate President was in Borno State to pay a condolence...
Nnamdi Kanu Heads To Appeal Court, Challenges Jurisdiction Of Abuja FHC
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on Tuesday headed to the Abuja Division of the Appeal Court over the decision of the Abuja Federal High Court (FHC) refusing his application challenging the court’s jurisdiction to entertain his trial. The appeal document, referenced as Charge No. FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, states as follows: "Appellant being dissatisfied with the Ruling...
Global, Continental PR Leaders Arrive Nigeria Ahead of NIPR Diamond Anniversary Celebration
Ahead of event marking the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations' 60th anniversary celebration, top authorities in the public relations profession have arrived Nigeria from across the world. They include, Prof. Justin Green, the President of Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, world's major PR and communication management body representing over 360,000 practitioners and academics around the world, Mr....
Call For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release: Deputy Speaker Commends Aguocha, 49 Reps For Queuing Behind Him
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has welcomed the recent call by about 50 members of the House of Representatives led by Hon. Obi Aguocha to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Kalu Nnamdi. It will be recalled that the lawmakers reportedly led by the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia...
FAAN Introduces Armed Unit At Airports To Tackle Thuggery, Extortion
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has launched an armed Aviation Security unit at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Disclosing this via his X page, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo said the armed unit was launched to address touting and illegal activities at airports. Keyamo said the unit has been mandated to arrest and...
No Cholera Outbreak In Bauchi – Commissioner
The Bauchi State Government has said that despite being on the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) watch list, the state has not recorded any cases of cholera in 2024. The Commissioner of Health, Dr Adamu Umar Sambo, in a telephone conversation with DAILY POST said although the NCDC announced that Bauchi is among the states that recorded cholera this...
Tinubu’s Student Loan, Coastal Highway Project Were My Ideas – Sowore
The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has revealed that the Student Loan initiative and Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project commenced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration were his ideas. Sowore stated this in an interview with Seun Okinbaloye on the latest episode of his Podcast. He noted that some of his ideas were being stolen by the...
