Ondo State needs N45 billion to pay the new N30, 000 minimum wage to its workers, it has been learnt. This represents 20 percent increase in the current wage bill of workers in the state which stands at about N36 billion. Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Pastor Emmanuel Igbasan declared this in an interview, […]
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Ondo State Government has dispelled the rumours making the rounds that Governor Oluwarotimi is ill and hospitalised. Dismissing the rumours, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo, said in Akure the state capital, that the Governor who has been outside the state for some weeks on annual vacation, is in Abuja attending […]
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Popular social media activist, Segun Awosanya, otherwise known as Segalink, has clashed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the failure of the EFCC to go after All Progressives Congress stalwart, Bola Tinubu, despite picture evidence of bullion vans laden with cash at Tinubu’s Bourdillon, Ikoyi home. Trouble started when the EFCC posted a […]
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The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has faulted the style of President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption, which it noted, allows “corruption to happen before sending the EFCC or the ICPC after the culprits.” It, therefore, recommended that the audit system be digitised to check corruption and the drudgery associated with tons of papers. Chairman […]
Read moreBy Malcolm Little Black I long for an ideal world Where darkness will never fall, Kindness will fill every word And Love the foundation of every wall… I know it’s a lofty dream But has a dreamer no right to dream? I long for a beautiful world Where the earthworm will feel safe to crawl, […]
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seeks more collaboration By Martins Fasusi The Chairman Okitipupa Local Government in Ondo State, Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, has commended the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, for it efforts on qualitative health services delivery. He gave the commendation at Ikoya Comprehensive Health Centre during the association’s free medical mission as part of activities lined up for the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a new set of aides for his wife, Aisha. The appointments are with immediate effect. The appointments were announced in a statement issued on Wednesday by her Director of Information, Suleiman Haruna. The appointees are Dr. Mairo Almakura, Special Assistant (African First Ladies Peace Mission); Muhammed Albishir, […]
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• Leadership accused of sharing 100 job slots• Aggrieved lawmakers vow showdown• Commission cautions against police jobs Anger and suspicion are brewing in the Senate. These have been provoked by some members of the upper legislative chamber using their official positions to allegedly get job slots from government agencies. Already, the Senate committee charged with […]
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continues negotiation with FG today Both sides yield grounds towards healthy resolution Talks between the Federal Government and Labour will continue today over the consequential adjustment of the new N30,00 minimum wage. However, dousing the tension that had been gripping the industrial sector over allegedly impending total strike by workers with effect from today, Labour […]
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Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has confirmed that she was the one speaking angrily in a video that went viral after she was allegedly denied access to an apartment at the presidential villa by the family of her husband’s nephew, Alhaji Mamman Daura. “I was the one in that video and the person you […]
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