FULL LIST: CBN Speaks On Plans To Revoke The Following Banks’ Licence The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it has no plans to revoke the licences of Unity, Polaris, and Keystone banks. This statement came in response to online reports suggesting that these banks’ licences would be terminated following the recent revocation of Heritage Bank’s licence. In a post on its social media pages on Tuesday, the CBN dismissed these claims, stating, “The content is fake and not from the CBN.” On June 4, the CBN revoked the banking licence of Heritage Bank due to the bank’s…
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Strike: Full List Of Agreements Between Tinubu’s Govt And Labour Leaders The federal government and labour unions held a crucial meeting on Monday, June 3rd, at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, in Abuja. The purpose of the meeting was to address the ongoing strike action concerning the new minimum wage and the hike in electricity tariffs. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed the outcomes via the ministry’s X handle (formerly known as Twitter). According to the statement, the following agreements were reached: 1. Commitment to Higher Minimum Wage:…
Tension As Woman Cuts Husband’s Maπhood A woman, Habiba Ibrahim, has reportedly cut the manh00d of his 40-year-old husband, Salisu Idris, while he was asleep. Habiba, who is newlywed, was said to have been arrested by the police. The incident happened on May 26 after he returned from the early morning prayers. Idris, who is a commercial motorcycle rider and resident of Kudan in Kaduna State, was said to be lying on his bed when his wife suddenly jumped on him with a sharp knife and almost cut off his manh00d. However, his neighbours came to his rescue when they…
Over 60,000 Nigerian Muslim Pilgrims In Danger Over NLC Strike, Says MURIC The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has lamented that the plane sent to airlift pilgrims from Nigeria to Saudi Arabia was forced to return to Jedda airport in Saudi Arabia empty by the striking aviation workers. MURIC in a statement in a statement signed by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, raised the alarm over the effect of the strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on thousands of Nigerian pilgrims and the airlifting operation of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON). He urged the NLC to immediately call…
IGP Egbetokun Bows To Pressure, Makes U-turn Over State Police The Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, says the force will abide by whatever decision the Federal Government takes on the issue of state police. Egbetokun disclosed this on Monday in Lagos State, through the Coordinating Deputy Inspector-General of Police, South-West, Mr Abiodun Alabi, who was on a working visit to the state. He said the force decided to explain its stand in view of the many opinions and views the matter had generated. The police chief advised officers and men to continue in their jobs as stipulated by the Nigerian…
FG, NLC, TUC Reach Agreement On New Minimum Wage The federal government and organised labour have agreed on the fixing of a new minimum wage that is above N60,000. The agreement was reached at the end of a meeting held on Monday between leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and representatives of the federal government. The meeting was called by the federal government after labour commenced an indefinite nationwide strike to demand a living wage. George Akume, the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), who read the resolutions reached at the end…
BREAKING: Labour Suspends Strike The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, have suspended the nationwide strike. This is to give room for uninterrupted meetings with the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage. This was confirmed by TUC chairman, Festus Osifo on Tuesday. Ibom Focus had reported that Labour leaders had a meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume, and other government officials on Monday and reached a resolution that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was committed to a new minimum wage higher than N60,000.
41-year-old Newspaper Shows How History Is Repeated In Kano Emirate Crisis A 41-year-old newspaper headline has shown that the crisis over the Kano emirate system is a repetition of an earlier crisis recorded over four decades ago. The state House of Assembly, on 14 May, repealed the Kano State Emirate Council Law 2019, which Governor Abba Yusuf signed the following day. The development led to the scrapping of the state’s five emirate councils created under the repealed law in 2019, the deposition of their emirs and the reinstatement of Lamido Sanusi as the sole emir of the state. The four…
Presidency Kick Against NLC, TUC Strike, Says They’re Labour Party Members Trying To Blackmail Presidential aide Bayo Onanuga says many members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliate unions enforcing nationwide strike are “supporters of Peter Obi’s Labour Party,” scheming to blackmail and sabotage President Bola Tinubu’s government. Mr Onanuga, in a post on X, condemned the nationwide strike, which disrupted commercial activities nationwide on Monday. “It appears labour is playing politics by other means,” said Mr Onanuga. “Many of the affiliates of the two central unions, NLC and TUC, are members and supporters of the Labour Party.”…
RCCG Fires Senior Pastor Over Wife’s Birthday Party The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG has reportedly suspended the Senior Pastor of the City of David parish in Victoria Island, Lagos State, Pastor Idowu Iluyomade. It was gathered that the suspension is not unconnected to the public outcry that followed the extravagant birthday party of his wife, Siji Iluyomade. Recall that Siji, on February 18, 2024, got tongues wagging after her colourful 60th birthday which came shortly after the death of former CEO of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, a prominent member of the church. A video clip from the birthday…