The Primate of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, The Most Rev. Henry C. Ndukuba, has advised the Federal Government to be considerate while labor should be reasonable in determining the minimum wage for workers. He tasked both parties with ensuring that the new minimum wage reflects the inflation rates and economic reality in the country. Primate Ndukuba stated this on Sunday at the Cathedral Church of Advent Life Camp, Abuja, while addressing journalists during his episcopal visit to mark the 2024 day of Pentecost. The Day of Pentecost marks 50 days after the Easter Day celebration and brings an…
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the country will hold a general election on July 4. “I spoke with His Majesty the King to request the dissolution of parliament. The king has granted this request and we will have a general election on July 4,” Sunak said at 10 Downing Street. The prime minister’s announcement came after new figures showed that the country’s inflation rate had fallen sharply to 2.3 per cent, its lowest level in nearly three years. The ruling Conservative Party considers this a heartening achievement. The prime minister’s five pledges in January 2023 included halving inflation,…
The Kano State House of Assembly has dissolved all five emirate councils in the state, saying Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has the sole power to appoint new Emirs. This was a sequel to deliberations on the floor of the house during plenary on Thursday. The Kano State Emirate Council Amendment Bill was considered on the floor of the house after scaling second and third readings on Thursday morning. Earlier, the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Muhammad Bello Butu Butu, explained that repealing the law would revive the lost glory of Kano as the division of Kano Emirate to five reduced the capacity…
The Federal Government has alerted the public to the outbreak of poison in animals at Mandate Cattle Market in Kwara. Mr Temitope Fashedemi, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Fashedemi said the poisonous outbreak was uncovered at Mandate Cattle Market, near the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies Adewole, Ilorin, Kwara. He explained that preliminary investigation revealed that the animals grazed on the forage fumigated with organophosphate chemicals prior to the incident. “The Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development explained that the incident resulted…
Date: 2024-May -23 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/iJoYQvNk5Pc?si=5Pq15NZa9Unbj3cl 🎯TOPIC: ROLE MODEL ✝️ TEXT: Philippians 3: 17-21(NKJV) 3:17. Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern. 3:18. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ: 3:19. whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame — who set their mind on earthly things. 3:20. For our citizenship is in heaven, from…
The Executive Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, says he acted based on approvals during his time as the accountant-general of Rivers state. Governor Fubara spoke on Tuesday while inaugurating Egbeda internal roads in the state. Early this month, Governor Fubara said a judicial panel of inquiry will be set up to investigate the management of the state’s resources and affairs under Nyesom Wike, his successor and current minister of the federal capital territory (FCT). Governor Fubara was the accountant-general under Former Governor of the State and now FCT Minister, Barrister Nysome Wike. Governor Fubara was the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the appointment of Assistant Corps Marshal Mohammed Shehu as the Corps Marshal/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). The appointment is for an initial period of four years with effect from 20th May, 2024 in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act establishing the Commission. President Tinubu tasks the appointee to bring his wealth of experience to bear in his new assignment. Segun Imohiosen Director, Information & Public Relations for: Secretary to the Government of the Federation
One person on a Singapore Airlines flight died and dozens of others were injured when the plane traveling from London to Singapore “encountered sudden extreme turbulence,” the airline said Tuesday. Flight SQ321 from London’s Heathrow Airport was diverted to Bangkok and touched down at 3:45 p.m. local time Tuesday at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the carrier said in a statement posted to its Facebook page. Emergency medics assess and treat people affected by severe turbulence on board Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321, in a triage area at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, May 21, 2024, after the flight from London to Singapore was diverted…
The Federal Government has proposed to pay N54,000 as minimum wage, as the Tripartite Committee on the New Minimum Wage returned to the negotiation table after the Organised Labour pulled out of the negotiations last week. At the reconvened meeting this week, the Federal Government made a fresh proposal to pay N54,000 as against the initial N48,000 it proposed during the last sitting. However, a reliable source at the meeting told Channels TV’s labour correspondent that the Organised Labour refused the new proposal, as it is a far cry from the N615,000 proposed by both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and…
The Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, broke silence on a recent unrest involving soldiers and some civilians at Banex Plaza in the Wuse of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Army spokesman, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the plaza was shut after the incident on Saturday, May 18, 2024, to probe the “cruel treatment” meted out to “unarmed soldiers” by some persons at the trade plaza. He said the attack on the soldiers was “entirely unwarranted and unjustifiable”. The Army said a “meeting was convened with the management of Banex Plaza to identify and apprehend the perpetrators of the heinous act…