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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed state councils to await directive to engage state governors who fail to meet the Dec. 31 deadline implementation of the minimum wage. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba said this in a New Year message on Tuesday in Abuja. “We use this medium to implore states that are yet to implement the new national minimum wage including the states that are yet to begin negotiation with labour on the consequential wage adjustment to speedily do the needful. “In tandem with our position as adopted and communicated after a stakeholders’ meeting on Dec. 11,…
Nigerian artistes, Grammy nominee Burna Boy and Mavin Records new sensation Rema have made former US President Barack Obama’s list of ‘Favourite Music of 2019’. Sixth on the 35-song list is Burna Boy’s Anybody and 26th is Rema’s, Iron Man. In listing his favourite songs for this year, Obama is continuing an annual tradition. He had earlier released his favourite books and movies for the year and a shortlist of TV shows that he enjoyed. Obama took to Twitter today to unveil his songs of the year. From the list, the former president has a diversified taste, listening to music…
My Dear Compatriots, NIGERIA’S DECADE Today marks a new decade. It is a time of hope, optimism and fresh possibilities. We look forward as a nation to the 2020s as the opportunity to build on the foundations we have laid together on security, diversification of our economy and taking on the curse of corruption. These are the pledges on which I have been twice elected President and remain the framework for a stable, sustainable and more prosperous future. Elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. I salute the commitment of the millions who voted in peace last February and of…
Permit me to indulge in this end-of-the-year humbug. I have read some prophecies for the year 2020 by men who arrogate to themselves the title “man of God’’. Well, since I am not born of Satan, I believe I am a craft of that supreme intelligent being. But let me say upfront, the ‘’spirit’’ which dwells in me is not the same as that which resides in these ‘’ men of God’’. So, please indulge me if my prophecies go to a different tangent. First, I have studied the 2020 prophecies of Primate Elijah Ayodele, founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday said the 2020 Appropriation Bill termed ‘Budget of Growth’ which was signed into law, provided for the aggregate expenditure of N187.8 billion. Akeredolu made this known in Akure during the signing of the 2020 Appropriation Bill into law. He explained that the amount was divided into N10.50 billion representing 5.6 per cent for debt servicing; N14.18 billion representing 7.6 per cent as statutory transfers to Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC) and Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS). “The share of Independent Revenue to Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC)…
Popular online news medium, Daily Nigerian has unveiled the Penlight Center for New Media and Innovation, targeted at equipping young Nigerians with the necessary skills and resources in using Social Media for activism and positive cause. The launching held at the PRNigeria Centre, Kano, is geared towards the engagement of individuals in the areas of social media, Investigative journalism, publication, and media interface. Speaking at the ceremony, the founder of the centre and publisher of Daily Nigerian, Jaafar Jaafar, stated that the beneficiaries of the training will be groomed in areas of social justice, transparency, accountability, research, and training. He…
One of the major indications of the dysfunctional nature of the Nigerian social and political ecosystem is what can be best summarized in pidgin English as the “Na my brother dey there” syndrome. It is the politics of proximity by another name, the thinking by an average Nigerian that he or she is much safer, better off psychologically and in a better position to gain access to opportunities, and even exercise power and influence, only when in the company of a kinsman, or surrounded by kinsmen or when someone of the same ethnic group or who speaks the same language…
Three men, Omotosho Aliu, 52; Oyelowo Akande, 56 and Taiwo Abayomi, 52, on Tuesday, appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged conspiracy. The defendants, whose addresses are unknown, are facing a one-count charge of conspiracy. The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale told the court that the defendants and others at large, committed the offence on Nov. 21, at about 3:05 pm. in Oye-Ekiti. He said that the defendants conspired among themselves to commit a felony, to wit, armed robbery on United Bank of Africa (UBA), Oye-Ekiti branch. Akinwale said that the defendants were arrested based on the information…
Two traffic officers and a policeman lost their lives in Apapa, Lagos since the Federal Government commenced an initiative to restore smooth traffic in the area. Mr Kayode Opeifa, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Apapa Restoration of Law and Order in Apapa, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Lagos. Opeifa was speaking when he paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos Office of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that several people, including himself, had at one time or the other sustained various degrees of injuries in the course of trying to bring sanity to Apapa,…
A Plateau High Court on Tuesday declared that Former Governor of Plateau, Jonah Jang, has a case to answer in an alleged N6.3 billion money Laundering filed against him and one Yusuf Pam, Former Cashier, by EFCC. Justice Daniel Longji, the presiding Judge, State High Court IV, who is retiring on Tuesday, Dec. 31, made the declaration in his ruling on a No case submission made by Jang and Pam through their counsels. The duo had submitted that EFCC, the prosecution agency, must prove their 17 count charge of money laundering labeled against them and so made a no-case submission.…