JUST IN: Nigerian Government Increases Minimum Wage Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Government Increases Minimum Wage The Edo State Government has increased the minimum wage for workers in the state from N30,000 to N40,000. This was confirmed in a statement released on Tuesday by Governor Godwin Obaseki. Obaseki also announced the reduction of working days from five to three, as residents continue to battle with the effect of the petrol subsidy removal. He assured that his administration would stand with workers “in these very challenging times”. Obaseki also said his administration would do all within its power to…
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Bankers Arrested For Stealing Customer’s N20 Million The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned two bankers, Freeman Austin Jacob and Umar Abdullahi and two others – Ahmed Bashir and Abdulhakim Musa (aka Gandu) before Justice Simon Akpah Amobeda of the Federal High Court, Kano on a three count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The defendants allegedly conspired among themselves to produce an ATM card in the name of one Sani Muntari and used same to steal the sum of N20 million from his bank. The defendants perpetrated the fraud by using the SIM card of the account…
Emefiele, Malami, Others Lands In Fresh Trouble Over Missing 48million Crude Oil Barrels The House of Representatives committee investigating the allegedly missing 48million barrels of crude oil has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to explain the missing N32.5billion, said to have been paid to two companies – Messrs GSCL Consulting and Biz Plus without formal documentation. The lawmakers also summoned the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Abubakar Malami, the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, the Auditor General of the Federation, Adolphus Aghughu, the Managing Directors of Exxon…
BREAKING: NLC, TUC Suspend Strike Information reaching Naija News House says that NLC, TUC Suspend Strike THE Organised Labour made up of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday agreed to suspend its planned strike scheduled to begin tomorrow to enable further negotiations with the Federal Government. This was part of the resolutions reached at the end of the meeting late yesterday evening. Monday’s meeting and resolution were attended and signed by Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President; Festus Osifo, President, TUC; Nuhu Torò, Secretary General, TUC; Joseph Ajaero, President,…
BREAKING: Nigerian Government Moves To Jail Nollywood Star, Iyabo Ojo The Lagos state government has told Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, to pay a total sum of N18,640,092.00 as personal income tax within seven days. Iyabo Ojo, according to the Lagos government, owes N7,376,000.00 in taxes for the year 2022 and N11,264,092 in back taxes for the 2021 tax year. The actress was given a seven-day deadline to make good on her debt or face penalties. Iyabo Ojo responded to the letter by criticising the method used to determine the tax amount. The actress hinted that she would not pay and…
Your Law Degree Is Useless; Throw It Into Dustbin – Atiku Mocks Keyamo The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has made mockery of the immediate past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo’s law degree, following the defeat he (Keyamo) suffered at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Phrank Shaibu, Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku, stated this in Abuja, while asking Keyamo to throw his law degree into the dustbin as it was nothing but useless. Recall that Keyamo had, before the 2023 general elections, written a petition to the…
Fuel Subsidy: Oshiomhole Rules Out Return To Old Price, As TUC Reveals New Pump Price Former governor of Edo State and currently a Senator-elect, Adams Oshiomhole has ruled out the possibility of the Federal Government reversing the current Petroleum pump price from the N488 and N557 per litre to N194. Oshiomhole, who spoke while featuring on Channels Television on Sunday, said the 2023 budget does not provide for fuel subsidy beyond May 31st. Backing the decision of President Bola Tinubu who announced the removal on Monday last week, Oshiomhole said it was a move other presidential candidates may have made…
Fuel Subsidy Removal: Tinubu Moves To Review Minimum Wage, Consider TUC’ Demands The Nigerian Government will consider the list of demands from the Trade Union Congress (TUC) which includes minimum wage, a government spokesperson, Dele Alake, said on Sunday. Representatives of the government met with representatives of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Sunday over the workers union’s demand that the fuel subsidy removal as announced by President Bola Tinubu last Monday should be reverted. The fuel subsidy removal has seen hikes in the pump prices of premium motor spirit, otherwise called petrol, rise to…
Woman’s Car Catches Fire While Leaving Her Kids Inside A woman in the US state of Florida has been charged with aggravated child abuse and arson after allegedly leaving her children inside her car which caught on fire as she was in a store attempting to shoplift merchandise. ???????????? Alicia Moore, 24, parked her car in the lot of a Dillard’s department store in Oviedo, Fla., on May 26, leaving her children inside, according to a probable cause affidavit for her arrest published by the Oveida Police Department. ???????? While inside Dillard’s, members of the store’s loss prevention team saw…
Ayodele Speaks On Oyedepo, Enenche, Others Being Fake The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has cautioned Nigerians from referring to Bishop Oyedepo, Pastor Paul Enenche, and other pastors that supported the candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, Peter Obi, as “fake”. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele asked Nigerians not to blame the pastors because they want a change in the country. He made it known that they didn’t give any prophecies; rather, what they did to support Peter Obi were declarations and prayers. The cleric…