The last minimum wage (2)
ON the conviction of an employer under this section for failing to pay to a worker wages not less than the national minimum wage, the court may make an order that the employer convicted shall pay, in addition to any fine, such sum as appears to the court to be due to the worker on account of wages, the wages being calculated on the basis of the national minimum wage : provided that the power to order payment on account of wages under this subsection shall not be in derogation of the right of the worker to recover wages due to him by any other proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, 4.-(1).
Emah Bassey didn’t touch Amanam Nkanga—Ewang
Uyo —A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State, Group Capt. Sam Ewang(retd), has faulted reports that Emah Bassey, a two-term member of the House of Representatives had, penultimate Sunday, attacked the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel, and younger brother to Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga, Mr. Amanam Nkanga.
Deny swearing you won’t contest, Gbagi dares Ogboru
ASABA—FORMER Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, yesterday, challenged the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru, to contradict his assertion that he (Ogboru) swore to him and others in London, about 18 years ago, that he would not contest as governor.
Rivers Polls: We have enough grounds to reverse judgment — Cole
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to remove all candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State from the 2019 general election.
Oba Ewuare cautions politicians against violence, desperation for power
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, yesterday, cautioned politicians to play by the rules, as he kicked against desperation for power and violence ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Ndigbo hold symposia on free, fair election in Enugu
Major Igbo stakeholders after the successful Igbo International Xmas Retreat at Abagana in Anambra State are storming Enugu, the coal city on 16 and 17th of January to witness the symposia on free and fair election in Nigeria and politics without bitterness and rancour, with the theme, “Ndigbo in the geo-politics of Nigeria, the way forward.”
