Director-General of the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria, Ajayi Kadri, says the organised private sector accepted the Federal Government’s proposal of N60,000 new minimum wage. Ajayi made this confirmation while speaking on a Channels TV interview programme in Abuja on Saturday. He said ongoing negotiations between the government, the private sector and labour were focused on establishing a minimum wage, which represents the lowest amount that can be paid to any worker in the country and not a living wage. He noted that both labour and private businesses have been facing significant economic challenges, making it extremely difficult for them to…
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A Nigerian medical doctor, Rose Agwu, has cried out for help after soldiers invaded her home in Abia State and arrested her 15-year-old brother and sister. Agwu, who resides near Obikabia Junction in the Aba area of the state, said the soldiers broke into her home and took away her siblings, sparing only her 72-year-old father at about 5 am on Friday. She revealed this in a series of posts on her X handle on Friday morning. According to Agwu, her siblings were taken without any information on their whereabouts or the reason for their arrest. She stated, “Around 5…
Former US President, Barack Obama has penned a tribute to celebrate the times and legacies of mother-in-law, Marian Robinson. PUNCH Online earlier reported the deceased’s daughter announced her death late Friday night. She passed away at the age of 86. Meanwhile, Barack Obama, via his Medium account, also shared a statement to reflect on the deceased life and times and legacy. Posted late Friday night, it was titled, “Statement on the Passing of Mrs. Marian Robinson from Barack and Michelle Obama, Craig and Kelly Robinson, and their children.” Obama described the deceased as a mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother, who became…
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, said yesterday that he might consider reapplying for his American Green Card which he destroyed in protest against Donald Trump’s emergence as American president. His declaration followed the conviction of Trump in New York on Thursday on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. Soyinka had made a show of his aversion to Trump’s emergence as the 45th U.S. President on January 20, 2017 by destroying his Green Card, the permanent resident card that allows one to live and work permanently in the United States. In a statement reacting to the conviction of the former…
The quest of Ogun State to be an oil producing State would soon materialize as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), is set to begin oil and gas exploration in the Gateway State. Stakeholders in the oil industry, including the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, Managing Director, SHELL Petroleum Development Company Ltd, Mr. Osagie Okubor; Chief Executive, Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe and the Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mr Mele Kyari, stormed Ogun State yesterday on plans by the Federal Government to start oil exploration in the state. They were…
…cites ‘refocused priorities, economic devts’ as reasons Kimberly-Clark, makers of Huggies, says it plans to stop local manufacturing and sales in Nigeria after 14 years of doing business in the country. The American multinational corporation announced the development in a statement on Friday. The company said the decision was made owing to its recently refocused corporate priorities globally as well as economic trends in the country. The company said, “Kimberly-Clark today announces it has made the difficult decision to exit its business in Nigeria after almost 15 years, due to recently refocused company strategic priorities globally as well as economic…
Agency Report Donald Trump’s campaign said Friday it had raised nearly $53 million in online small-dollar donations after he was convicted in his New York hush money trial, boasting that the verdict had galvanized his support “like never before.” The record haul was equivalent to more than $2 million raised per hour, it said.Senior campaign aides Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said in statements that more than a third of the total came from new donors to the campaign and hailed an “outpouring of support from patriots across our country.” Calling the Thursday court decision a “sham trial verdict” the…
.Industrial action not solution, labour must show understanding – Minister. Fuel scarcity, blackout loom as NUPENG, PENGASSAN vow to join strike The Federal Government has pleaded with Organised Labour to reconsider its decision to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday, June 3, 2024, in protest against the government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. The interest of the masses should be the top priority of Organised Labour, the Federal Government stressed. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH. While describing the Nigeria Labour Congress and…
Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been released after spending 27 months in detention at the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory . Kyari was detained after he was arrested on February 14, 2022, by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for alleged involvement with an international drug cartel. Kyari was arraigned on March 7, 2022 alongside four members of the Police Intelligence Response Team—Sunday Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba, and John Nuhu Two suspected drug traffickers, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, who were arrested at Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, were…
Organised labour, on Friday, declared a nationwide indefinite strike over Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja. He said the strike would commence midnight on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Earlier on Friday, talks on minimum wage between the Federal Government and organised labour became deadlocked when the government refused to shift grounds on the N60,000 it proposed during the last meeting. NLC and TUC had given a May 31, 2024 ultimatum on the new minimum wage. On Tuesday, negotiations between…