National Minimum Wage: Impracticable and unfair; commendation for National Assembly
RECENTLY, it was reported that a bill seeking to remove the negotiation on minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list had passed its second reading at the House of Representatives. In the wake of this report, major news headlines reflected the reaction of the federating states and the Nigeria Labour Congress […]
Only two policemen were killed in Cross River – PPRO
…say they have launched a manhunt for the culprits By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The Cross River State Police Command has disclosed that only two police officers were killed on Wednesday in Obubra and not six as been circulated in some sections of the media. The Ugly incident Vanguard gathered occurred along Obubra axis of the […]
Youngest Hong Kong protester sentenced for rioting
A Hong Kong teenager became the youngest person so far to plead guilty to rioting during 2019’s huge pro-democracy protests on Wednesday, as he admitted throwing a petrol bomb at police when aged just 14. The judge accepted advice from the city’s correctional services and sent the 16-year-old boy to a detention centre, an alternative […]
On Buhari’s ‘body language’ and students’ abduction
By Segun Ige Kinesics is a field in the communication firmament that specialises in “body language”. Body language involves the use of the eye contact, hand gesture, body movement, and what have you, in establishing, reinforcing and reiterating meanings between two or more parties, which wouldn’t have been ordinarily expressed verbally or orally. It is […]
Witness reveals in court how N74bn recovered by Maina was used to finance 2012 Budget
Ngozika Ihuoma, first defence witness (DW1), on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that N74 billion recovered by defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT) was used by the Federal Government to finance 2012 Budget. Ihuoma, a management consultant, whose firm, Crincad & Cari Nigeria Ltd was contracted by the PRTT for consultancy service, told […]
Non-payment of utility bills: Reps push for direct deductions from MDAs accounts
Following alleged evasion of payment of utility bills such as water and electricity by the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of government, House of Representatives, Tuesday, called for direct deductions from their respective accounts.
