President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers with promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years. According to a post by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, President Tinubu also promised to find ways to assist the private sector and the sub-nationals to pay the minimum wage. The President announced the decisions at the meeting held with leaders of TUC and NLC on Thursday in Abuja, the second time the parties are meeting in 7 days. The Labour leaders applauded President Tinubu for the fatherly…
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, OON, as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, with effect from August 14, 2024. According to a State House press release signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the incoming HoS, Mrs. Walson-Jack was first appointed as Federal Permanent Secretary in 2017 and has served in several Ministries. Mrs. Walson-Jack will take over from the incumbent Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, CFR, who is due to retire on August 13, 2024. According to Ngelale,…
President Bola Tinubu has officially flagged off the disbursement of student loans to beneficiaries. The President launched the loan disbursements to applicants on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. To signal the launch, President Bola Tinubu presented a cheque to the Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano, Prof Sagir Abbas and some students. This marks the commencement of a landmark policy, which was equally a major campaign promise of President Bola Tinubu. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyer in an interview shortly after the formal launch stated that the student loan scheme will…
The Port Harcourt refinery currently undergoing test run in anticipation of commencement of commercial refining of crude oil is facing some setbacks due to deliberate sabotage and acts of vandalism, which are currently hindering commemce to start production. The Port Harcourt Refining Company announced on Wednesday that some vandals have been arrested while carrying out a night operation at the Refinery complex. Some of the suspects were caught with various items like Motorised Valva (MOV), termination cable assembly and copper cables. Other items such as hack saws, pliers used for cutting cables and rubbing used to shroud stolen materials and…
…says directive will position Nigeria as critical metals leader President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has instructed the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development to only issue mining licenses if they are tied to local value addition. This is to ensure that young Nigerians are actively engaged in economic activities, acquiring skills and contributing to the overall development of the economy. The President gave the directive on Wednesday during the opening session of the African Natural Resources & Energy Investment Summit, 2024, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. President Tinubu, who was represented at the event by his deputy, Vice…
President Bola Tinubu has wrote to the national assembly seeking an amendment to the 2024 Appropriation Act. The president has requested that the national assembly increase the 2024 appropriation act by N6.2 trillion. The request from the President was contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. If the 2024 appropriation act is amended by the lawmakers as requested by the president, it would mean that the 2024 budget would increase to N34.9 trillion from the initial N28.7 trillion that was passed by national assembly in December 2023 and signed…
The senator representing Borno South in Senate, Ali Ndume has been removed as the Chief Whip of the Senate by the upper chamber. His removal followed a letter by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday asking the controversial Senator to resign from the party and vacate his position as the Chief Whip of the Senate. The letter from the APC was sent to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, which he read on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. In the letter signed by the National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje and the National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, nominated…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the impeachment of Philip Shaibu as Deputy Governor of Edo State by the Edo State House of Assembly. Philip Shaibu was impeached in April by the Edo Assembly following months of face-off with his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki, but the federal high court has now ruled that the move was illegal. Justice James Omotosho of the Abuja Federal High Court in his ruling ordered the reinstatement of Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State and said that the impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly was illegal and…
Stiffer measures to cut raw mineral exports and boost value addition topped talks among African ministers of mining at the Ministerial Roundtable held yesterday to flag off the annual Africa Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS) in Abuja. The measures include an upward review of licence fees, royalties and charges, support for indigenous miners, and value addition as a condition for licences. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, who chairs the African Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG), urged member-countries to ensure control of their mineral resources, leveraging the global shift to green energy to maximize the benefits…
By Tunde Rahman Governors have been acting tongue-in-cheek in their reactions to last Thursday’s verdict of the Supreme Court, which stripped them of their suffocating grip over the money meant for local governments in the country. As a collective, the governors unreservedly endorsed the judgement. Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRazak AbdulRahman, who spoke on behalf of the governors, said the forum welcomed the apex court’s ruling granting financial autonomy to the councils, describing the verdict as a relief from the burden on the governors. Addressing State House Correspondents on the matter after a meeting…