There is grumbling among airlines participating in the 2024 Hajj following the delay in payment of air fare by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) as contained in the contract signed with them. It was gathered that the development is threatening the return airlift of pilgrims after the completion of the 2024 Hajj exercise, [&helli...
•Former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele A prosecution witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele yesterday told the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja that he was forced to part with $600,000 (N216 million at the time) before being paid for a contract he handled for the apex […]
The Organised Labour in Kogi State has demanded the immediate implementation of N35,000 wage award for workers in the state. Addressing the May Day rally yesterday in Lokoja, the Kogi State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Gabriel Amari, said the current N30,000 national minimum wage fell short of meeting workers’ basic needs in view [...
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...
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