•Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno EKERETE UDOH, Uyo reporting Following the submission of the report by the Committee on the Implementation of the New Minimum Wage/Personnel Verification, headed by Akwa Ibom State Head of Service, Elder Effiong Essien, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has authorised the commencement of ...
•Gunmen A female banker, identified simply as Ifeoma, has reportedly been killed by suspected kidnappers in Anambra State, despite her family paying a ransom for her release. The victim was reportedly abducted in Onitsha and held captive for several days before her captors contacted her family to demand a ransom, reports The PUNCH. A family [&...
Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) yesterday cautioned international Oil Companies (IOCs) against flouting the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The HOSTCOM reminded the oil firms of the need to remit three per cent of their annual operating expenditure (OPEX) into the host communities fund to enhance dev...
•Siminalayi Fubara Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has commenced payment of N85,000 new minimum wage to the state workers, fulfilling a promise he made earlier this year. The payment, which began with November salaries, has been widely celebrated by civil servants in the state, reports Nigerian Tribune. Recall that Fubara had announ...
•Mama Taiwo Mama Agatha Taiwo Adebiyi was born as a twin in 1920 amidst the Spanish Flu pandemic. She survived the pandemic but her twin sister was unlucky. Today, she is likely the oldest living retired teacher in Nigeria. She talks about her life story in this interview with Sunday Tribune in her Lagos home. […]
The Gombe State Government says it will begin paying the N70,000 new national minimum wage with effect from this month end (October). The Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Negotiation Committee, Dr Manasseh Daniel Jatau, disclosed this yesterday while briefing newsmen after a meeting with labour leaders in the state, reports Daily Trust. He ...
•Soludo The Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo has announced that his administration will begin payment of the N70, 000 new minimum wage from the end of October, 2024. The governor made the announcement during a parade ceremony to celebrate Nigeria’s sixty fourth Independence Day Celebration held at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, yesterday...
The federal government has announced readiness to begin the new minimum wage payment to civil servants. This development was disclosed by the spokesperson for the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, today, reports Nigerian Tribune. While addressing journalist, he stated that the employees under the federal governmen...
•Governor Alex Otti of Abia State Abia State Government has said it would commence the implementation of the new minimum wage from October 2024. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who disclosed this in Umuahia during a press briefing on the outcome of this week’s Executive Council meeting, said the payment would cut across all [&h...
The federal government has said it will backdate the payment of the new minimum wage of N70,000 to July 29, 2024. The Committee on Consequential Adjustments in Salaries for Civil Servants has reached an agreement to implement the new minimum wage on July 29, 2024. According to Punch, this was stated in a Memorandum of […]
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