The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria has urged the federal government to pay N35,000 as March and April wage award to workers. The congress said public workers had not received their March and April pay, despite an agreement with the federal government on the payment, reports The Nation. TUC President Festus Osifo said this […]
Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), yesterday, rejected the federal government’s plan to pay its members half salary for the four months withheld salaries. Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, on Wednesday, revealed that SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) would get half of their withheld salaries if President ...
•IBEDC/UCH Barely 48 hours after the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, restored power to the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Oyo State, after agreeing on a payment package with the hospital’s management, IBEDC has said power may be disconnected from UCH if its terms are not met. UCH, however, urged IBEDC to give it time...
Following reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has cleared all valid foreign exchange backlogs, foreign airlines, yesterday, questioned the claim. President of Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives in Nigeria, AFARN, Mr Kingsley Nwokeoma, who spoke to our correspondent, called for evidence of payment, reports Vanguard. ...
•Embattled former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele The trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, continued today before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja as a forensic analyst confirmed that the documents used to request the payment of $6.2million for foreign election observers...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government has made it known that it will enforce monthly rental payments. In a recent press briefing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Housing, shared exciting news about the upcoming monthly rental system. Set to be implemented by the end of 2024 or early next [&he...
•Godwin Emefiele A deputy director in charge of Branch Operations in the Central Bank of Nigeria, Onyeka Ogbu, today, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama that he was aware of a $6.2 million payment request for international election observers. The former governor of the bank, Godwin Emefiele, is standing trial on [&h...
•Mike Ejiofor A former Director of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mr Mike Ejiofor, in this interview, gives reasons for the escalation of kidnapping in the country, stating interim and long-term measures the government can embrace. Ejiofor, who is also a kidnap victim, reveals why payment of ransom is the only available option to [&hel...
The National Hajj Commission has extended the deadline for payment of 2024 hajj. In a statement today, its Assistant Director on Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara said the new deadline is now January 31, 2024 as against December 31, 2023. “The extension was in response to the heartfelt concerns raised by religious clerics, State Pilgrims’ [&h...
The World Bank has said the Tinubu-led federal government may still be paying for petrol subsidy as fuel prices in Nigeria are currently not cost-reflective. It said Nigerians should pay about N750 per litre as against the current price of N650 in some places. Petrol is already selling at around N690 in Kano and Sokoto, […]