The Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarification at a meeting with the Inter Party Advisory Council ,IPAC, in Abuja, following the agitation for the conduct of fresh elections in the FCT. According to the INEC Chairman, the tenure of office of the elected officers begins on the date of taking the oath […]
According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu is willing to provide the needed support to ensure that Nigerians are relieved of hardship, Tinubu also approved the delivery of a ₦50,000 uplift grant each to 100,000 families per state for three months. Tinubu emphasised the urgency of boosting food production, noting that the […]
The names were submitted to the Senate at the resumption of a new legislative session . The nominees are; Retired Deputy Inspector General of Police ,DIG, Hashim Argungu ,Chairman,, Chief Onyema Uche ,Secretary, and Retired DIG Taiwo Lakanu ,member, of the PSC respectively. Tinubu had sacked retired Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, as the […]
The Forum paid respects to the immediate past Chairman, the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, and extended their courtesies to his family while appreciating the past Chairman for the solid foundation he laid by putting the Forum in good stead.All member Governors were commended for their support and commitment to the “Asaba Declaration,” which was […]
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Tinubu at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The minister said a memo on the report of the new minimum wage was presented to the council […]
NUJ, in a 17-paragraph communique issued at the end of its quarterly meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, stressed the need for the government to look into the recommendation of joint labour on the issue of the minimum wage. NUJ President, Chris Isiguzo, who addressed newsmen, said the Federal Government approved N62,000 minimum wage […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]