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Labour to govs on minimum wage: Retrieve Nigeria from state of resentment, misery

24 June 2024

It also reiterated that the position taken by President Tinubu on the two proposals before him from the final report of the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage would determine its next line of action. Recall that the government team and organized private sector had made an offer of N62,000 on the last day […]

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Tinubu orders sanctions for civil servants collecting salaries after relocating abroad

23 June 2024

President Bola Tinubu has directed that all civil servants drawing salaries from the government after relocating abroad should be made to refund the money. The President also directed that the supervisors and department heads of the culprits must also be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud under their watch. Tinubu’ gave the directive on […]

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Presidential Jets gulp N14.77bn in 11 months – State House Report

23 June 2024

The Federal Government, under the administration of President Bola Tinubu, disbursed a total sum of N14.77bn for the repair and maintenance of the presidential air fleet in 11 months, Sunday PUNCH can confirm. The payments, made in 11 tranches between 16th July 2023 and 25th May 2024, were processed through the State House headquarters transit […]

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Gov Alia attributes success in Benue to Tinubu – ‘He has good intention’

22 June 2024

Alia disclosed this during his thank you tour to Makurdi/Guma Federal Constituency held in Makurdi the state capital. According to him,  every achievement he recorded was the handiwork of President Tinubu. He said both the construction of roads and underpass, payment of salaries, pensions and gratuities, remodeling of the Assembly Complex, State Secretariat, were possible […]

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Kano govt kicks as court removes Sanusi as Emir

21 June 2024

It also asked Ado Bayero to vacate the Gidan Nassarawa mini palace, where he had been living after his removal, for demolition. Aminu Babba-Dan’agundi, who holds the title of Sarkin Dawaki Babba, had, through his counsel, Ibrahim Aliyu-Nasarawa, filed a motion dated May 23, in which he asked the court to restrain the Kano State […]

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‘Rivers Is Peaceful And Safe’, Says Fubara Despite Security Concerns

21 June 2024

The governor was there to inspect the progress of work on the 14.6 km Omodu-Eberi road project. According to him, the state is not under siege contrary to perceptions formed from reports of protests and the police takeover of council secretariats. During the visit, the governor was welcomed by excited residents and led by the […]

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Food Security : Governor Adeleke Receives Report, Sets up Implementation Committee

21 June 2024

This is contained in a statement from the spokesperson to the Governor, Olawale Rasheed. According to the statement, Committee chairman and the Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon Tola Faseru who submitted the report to Governor Adeleke at the Government House, said the report considered the pressing challenges of food security to make far reaching recommendations. The […]

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Nigerians not only ones facing poverty -Tinubu

18 June 2024

While admitting that there are poverty and suffering in the land, Tinubu said the challenges must be tackled and one of the ways of tackling them is to eliminate banditry and terrorism so that farmers cab return to the farm. According to a statement on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Ajuri […]

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Tinubu to send supplementary budget to NASS by July

18 June 2024

This was made known by the Chambers spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu in a chat with The Punch, where he noted that the supplementary budget is still being computed by the executive and would be sent to the National Assembly after its July 2 resumption. He said, “The budget would be sent any time we resume after […]

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Local Council Chairmen battle Rivers Governor, say they cannot be replaced

17 June 2024

Relying on a recent ruling of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, the Chairperson of Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Samuel Nwanosike, has said Governor Siminalayi Fubara lacks the power to constitute caretaker committees for local government councils in the state. The tenure of the elected council officials in the 23 local government areas […]

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