Minimum Wage: FEC directs payment on or before 31st December 2019
…okays N1.7 billion for airports’ communication equipment By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday directed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, to effect payment of the new national minimum wage of N30, 000 on or before 31st December 2019. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige disclosed this while […]
Nigerians advised to shun dependence to be developed
By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Nigeria as a country has been advised to devise policies that will shun it from dependence on other nations for sustenance as the major route to development in all sectors. The call was made on Tuesday in Kano by Liliane Binego of the Coventry University Research Centre For Agroecology, Water […]
Hosting 2020 National Sports Festival, proof of FG’s endorsement of Obaseki —President’s aide
Former Edo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, and current Senior Technical Assistant on Print Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Louis Odion, has said that Edo State’s hosting of the 2020 National Sports Festival is a massive endorsement by the Federal Government of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration. Odion said this while addressing journalists […]
Osinbajo receives 2019 compliance report of ease of doing business reforms
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received the 2019 Compliance Report of the Presidential Executive Order 001 on the promotion of transparency and efficiency in the business environment. Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s spokesman, in a statement, said the vice president expressed optimism that the reforms would bring dramatic changes to the […]
WHO advocates domestic funding by African states in fight against malaria
World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on member states across West and Central Africa to enhance domestic financing in the fight against malaria. Dr. Clement Lagula-Peter, Officer-in-Charge of WHO Nigeria, made the call during the re-launch of Malaria Futures for Africa (MalaFA), organised by RMB Partnership to end malaria, on Tuesday in Abuja. Lagula-Peter said […]
175 people apprehended for violation of environmental laws in Ekiti —Commissioner
The Ekiti Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Gbenga Agbeyo, said that 175 people were arrested and prosecuted for allegedly violating environmental laws in the state between January and September 2019. Briefing journalists on activities of his ministry on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, Agbeyo said that the offences included indiscriminate dumping of refuse, open defecation, […]
