Citizens have said they are expecting more developmental projects and programmes from governors following the increases in the fiscal estimates proposed for the 2025 by various state governments. Analysis shows that 32 of the 36 governors have proposed a total sum of N21.9 trillion in the appropriation bills presented to their state assemblies...
•Naira notes A total sum of ₦1.727 trillion, being November 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue, has been shared to the Federal Government, States and the Local Government Councils. The revenue was shared at the December 2024 meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) held in Abuja, reports Channels TV. This was disclosed in a...
•Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi The federal government says many states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will comply with the new national minimum wage by January 2025. Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, stated this at the ministry’s headquarters, Abuja, when he received a delegation of ...
A total of 32 out of 36 states and the FCT attracted zero capital importation (foreign investment) in the first 9 months of 2024 up from 27 states in the whole of 2023, it has been revealed. This is according to the latest Capital Importation data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for the […]
•Some Nigerian governors A total of 29 state governors spent N1.994 trillion on recurrent expenditures, including refreshments, sitting allowances, travelling, and utilities in the first nine months of 2024, findings have shown. It was also gathered that the states obtained a N533.29bn loan, while it spent N658.93bn to service its debts owed t...
•Nigerian workers Workers in Kaduna, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, and Cross River states yesterday commenced a one-week warning strike to demand the implementation of the new national minimum wage and consequential adjustments. In Nasarawa State, public offices, including the State House of Assembly, courts, and ministries, were shut down, reports Daily ...
•Nigerian workers Barring any last-minute change of plan, the workers in the Federal Capital Territory, Cross River, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Kaduna and Zamfara states may down tools today following the failure of the state authorities to negotiate the payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage. Though the implementation panels set up by the concerned s...
The Kaduna, Nasarawa, Cross River and Katsina state governments yesterday activated their conflict resolution machinery to help avert the strike called for tomorrow by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in parts of the country over non-implementation of the new minimum wage. Top government officials in the states launched into long hours of mee...
The remaining states yet to implement the N70,000 minimum wage for workers are making last-minute moves to ensure the Nigeria Labour Congress does not embark on strike on Monday, December 1. The states yet to approve the monthly wage are Katsina, Cross River and Zamfara, after the Imo State Government sanctioned the implementation of the [&hel...
•General Yakubu Gowon (retrd) Former Nigerian Head of State General Yakubu Gowon today dwelt on the historical considerations that led to his support for state creation in Nigeria, saying that it was to ease the fear of the northern region’s dominance given its size and population. In a speech delivered during a courtesy visit by […]...
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