World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General and former Nigeria’s Foreign and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during the press conference of the G20 High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) during the G20 finance ministers and central bankers meeting in Venice on July 9, 2021. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation […]
Read moreThe Federal Government on Thursday announced that a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on April 1, 2024. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, made this announcement, saying that the current N30,000 minimum wage would expire at the end of March 2024. “Certainly, there is a new wage regime that […]
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— The Vice President, Senator Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, GCON — The Senate President, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON — The Right Honourable Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas — APC National Chairman, His Excellency, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje — Executive Governors here present — Distinguished Leaders and Members of the National Assembly — Secretary to the Government of the […]
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Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr Betta Edu, to release details of how the sum of N535.8 million was expended on feeding school children during the COVID-19 lockdown. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directed the minister and the ministry to furnish […]
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• Directs banks to issue old notes There are indications that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has discreetly redeployed top officials in the apex bank as part of moves to reinvigorate the institution. The Guardian on Monday, reported that the CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso has taken ownership of the ‘housecleaning’ and commenced a broad […]
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The Pan Yoruba socio-cultural and political group, Afenifere has stressed the need for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to restructure Nigeria into a true federation where all the component units will coexist harmoniously and live side by side under the rule of law. It called on the Federal Government to harmonise the report of the 2014 […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right) presenting 2024 appropriation bill to joint National Assembly members at the Complex in Abuja …yesterday. PHOTO: PHILIP OJISUA • Earmarks N9.92tr for non-debt recurrent expenditure • N8.25tr for debt service, N8.7tr for capital expenditure • PDP asks N’Assembly to reject ‘deceptive’ proposal • As Akpabio, Abbas, Ibrahim, Adeola, others laud […]
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• Tinubu, others head to Dubai as stakeholders demand results Nigeria and other African countries, especially those with fossil fuel-backed economies trooping to the United Arab Emirates for the 28th Conference of Parties may need to present a united front that would address the gaps in the global push for net-zero amidst rising geopolitical tension […]
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• Lament lack of members’ access to palliatives • Seek FG’s payment of N25,000 monthly grant Retirees, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), yesterday, expressed their anguish over the recent removal of fuel subsidy, which they claimed, had brought about untold hardship and suffering for them. The pensioners, while urging the […]
Read moreThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that all applications for admission to first-degree programmes, national diplomas, and others must be processed only through it. The examination body made this announcement in a short statement titled “Cessation Of Illegal/Irregular Admission” on its X account on Wednesday. According to JAMB, no institution should sell […]
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