Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, on Wednesday, urged the organised labour to be considerate and patriotic in their demands regarding the current negotiation for a new national minimum wage. Onyejeocha stated this in a statement by the Ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Olajide Oshundun, in Abuja. Onyejeocha said that the Federal Government had consistently taken steps to secure a fair and realistic wage for Nigerian workers. The Minister, therefore, urged labour to recognise that the nation’s economy is still on the path of recovery from the effect of the pandemic and other economic distress.…
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Paris Saint-Germain have not paid Kylian Mbappe his wages for April as well as a mega-bucks bonus amid a financial dispute between the club and the player as he prepares to leave the French champions, sources close to the talks told AFP on Wednesday. PSG’s decision to withhold Mbappe’s salary is related to an agreement between the two parties made last year, at the start of the season, when the player accepted to waive part of a bonus due to him, the source said. However, the source stated the talks between the club and the France captain were “relaxed” and…
Paris Saint-Germain have not paid Kylian Mbappe his wages for April as well as a mega-bucks bonus amid a financial dispute between the club and the player as he prepares to leave the French champions, sources close to the talks told AFP on Wednesday. PSG’s decision to withhold Mbappe’s salary is related to an agreement between the two parties made last year, at the start of the season, when the player accepted to waive part of a bonus due to him, the source said. However, the source stated the talks between the club and the France captain were “relaxed” and…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, approved the extension of free train rides on the Abuja Rail Mass Transit, aka Metro Rail, for the next six months until December. President Tinubu gave the approval while delivering his address at the inauguration of the operations of the Abuja metro rail in Abuja. Recall that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had earlier announced free train rides for two months, to ease the burden of commuting for residents of the FCT. But the President appealed for the extension to offer hope to the people of the FCT and give them reasons to celebrate “Our…
by Paul Mumeh Hate or love him, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani; former Governor of Enugu State does not pretend to be who he is not. He takes his stand based on personal convictions and holds on tenaciously to it no matter whose ox is gored. It does not bother him even if he stands alone . Nnamani sauntered into the murky waters of Nigerian politics albeit strangely, arguably though against all known political traditions. He entered the game without a financier or godfather. He had practiced his trade [medicine] successfully as a medical Doctor in the United States of America where…
Members of the joint session of the National Assembly sang the old national anthem, ‘Nigeria, we hail thee’ for the first time at the marking the Silver Jubilee of Nigeria’s 4th Republic. The singing commenced after the President signed the National Anthem bill 2024 into law, and spoke to the members of the National Assembly. The Senate and the House of Representatives had previously passed the legislation to replace the national anthem from “Arise, O Compatriots” to “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” at separate sittings. Here are the stanza of Nigeria We Hail Thee: Nigeria, we hail thee, Our own dear…
President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau, has bemoaned the role of some lawyers and the courts in the conflicting injunctions regarding the Kano Emirate crisis. Two courts in Kano State have issued conflicting interim injunctions on the Kano Emirate tussle. Justice S. A. Amobeda of the Federal High Court in Kano on Tuesday ordered the eviction of the reinstated emir, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II from Gidan Rumfa palace. However, Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu of Kano State High Court issued a separate order, restraining the police, the State Security Services (SSS) and the Nigerian Army from evicting, harassing…
By Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja Hon Abas Momoh Jega, a former commissioner of works during the tenure of Professor Osariemen Osunbor as Governor in Edo State and one of the strong People’s Democratic Party’s leader in the state has resigned from the party. Hon. Jege, also a former member of the state House of Assembly, in his letter of resignation said “deceit and total disregard have become the current order of the day within the party, I found it extremely difficult to continue to belong to such an assemblage of persons.” In his letter addressed to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ward…
…says Gov Otti providing visionary leadership in Abia … By Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja Former Edo State deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Wednesday, commended the efforts of the President Bola Tinubu-led government in tackling security challenges in the country. Speaking with journalists shortly after he was confirmed as Patron of the Edo State Journalists Forum, Abuja, Shaibu said in terms of security, the performance of the present administration in the country was relative. According him, the situation is not as bad as it used to be, noting, “I can bet that it’s gradually stabilising. I can tell you that the…
Some Nigerians have expressed outrage over the bill President Bola Tinubu signed into law on Wednesday morning. The bill, which was simultaneously introduced in the Senate and the House of Representatives last week, received an accelerated consideration and passage. The speed with which both chambers of the National Assembly considered and passed the bill at a time Nigerians are facing more pressing issues occasioned by rising inflation and security challenges, has been criticised. While launching the National Anthem at the National Assembly, Tinubu commended the lawmakers. “Please, let’s continue to collaborate and build our country. We have no other institutions…