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Benue State approves new minimum wage
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has approved the implementation of the new minimum wage for workers in the state. Special Adviser to the governor on labour, Ode Enyi, said the approval was arrived at at the meeting on the new minimum wage and adjustment of salaries held in Makurdi by the negotiation committee. He said that the labour and the government...
Ayade appoints ex-militant, 89 others as special advisers
The Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has approved the appointment of 90 senior special advisers and special advisers. The list included a former militant leader, Benjamin Ene, who was named Special Adviser, Marine Security. Known as G1, Ene was the leader of the members of the defunct Bakassi Strike Force which surrendered their arms to the Nigerian military and were granted...
Kidnapping: Katsina imposes curfew on use of motorcycles, tricycles
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has signed an Executive Order prohibiting the use of motorcycles and tricycles between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. across the state. The state Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Alhaji Ahmed El-Marzuq, who announced this on Wednesday in Katsina, said the dusk-to-dawn curfew takes effect from Jan. 20. He explained that motorcycles and tricycles will be...
Lassa fever outbreak: Enugu govt warn residents against bush burning
The Enugu State Government has cautioned the residents of the state of uncontrolled bush burning, saying the fleeing rodents may cause the spread of Lassa fever disease in homes. Dr Boniface Okolo, the Director of Public Health, Enugu State Ministry of Health, made this known in Enugu on Thursday, explaining that fleeing rodents from burning bushes were likely to run into...
Edo Govt will deploy interlocking blocks technology for road projects, says Obaseki
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has assured members of the Interlocking Engineers Association, that interlocking block technology would be deployed in some road projects undertaken by the Edo State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) programme. The governor gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by members of the association led by the Chairman, Ernest Omozee, to the...
Governors looting LG funds will face trial after tenure – Presidency
The Presidency has warned governors hijacking local government funds that they will face trial when their immunity elapses at the end of their tenure. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, made this known in a statement by his spokesman, Edet Etuk. The statement said Sen. Enang spoke on a radio programme where he...
ISWAP release five kidnapped aid workers
Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday. The aid workers were seized along with other passengers in two separate incidents in December when fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) disguised as soldiers intercepted vehicles on highways outside the Borno state capital...
Benue State approves new minimum wage
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has approved the implementation of the new minimum wage for workers in the state. Special Adviser to the governor on labour, Ode Enyi, said the approval was arrived at at the meeting on the new minimum wage and adjustment of salaries held in Makurdi by the negotiation committee. He said that the labour and the government...
Lassa fever outbreak: Enugu govt warn residents against bush burning
The Enugu State Government has cautioned the residents of the state of uncontrolled bush burning, saying the fleeing rodents may cause the spread of Lassa fever disease in homes. Dr Boniface Okolo, the Director of Public Health, Enugu State Ministry of Health, made this known in Enugu on Thursday, explaining that fleeing rodents from burning bushes were likely to run into...
Edo Govt will deploy interlocking blocks technology for road projects, says Obaseki
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has assured members of the Interlocking Engineers Association, that interlocking block technology would be deployed in some road projects undertaken by the Edo State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) programme. The governor gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by members of the association led by the Chairman, Ernest Omozee, to the...
