The proposed National Minimum Wage of N18,000 Tuesday received the legislative seal of the upper chamber of the National Assembly, as senators unanimously passed the bill “for an Act to Amend the National Minimum Wage Act to Provide for a Revised National Minimum Wage into law.” Subject to the concurrence of the lower legislative […]
Worried by the reports of repression of protesters by government forces in Libya leading to hundreds of deaths, the Nuhu Ribadu Campaign Organisation as well as the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, have called on the Federal Government to immediately evacuate Nigerians from the North African country. A […]
The hide and seek between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and son of the late Head of State, Mohammed Abacha over the governorship slot of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kano State is over. Specifically, INEC told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that indeed, Abacha, is the governorship candidate of […]
Ahead of the April general elections, Igbo leaders have warned that it is dangerous for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, to go into the polls without returning the position of the party’s national chairman to the South East geo-political zone. The Igbo leaders said yesterday that the president […]
The Senate yesterday approved death sentence for terrorists whose acts resulted in the death of Nigerians as it passed the Anti-terrorism Bill 2010. But the anti-money laundering bill failed to scale through as the third reading was shelved till the next legislative day. President Goodluck Jonathan sent three reminders to the National Assembly, urging members […]
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has totally denied reports making the rounds that he and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN’s) presidential flag bearer, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu were on collision course. He said the reports were from cunningly creative writers who, not only wanted to hatch a conflict between them, but preferred […]
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan yesterday made history when he ordered that henceforth, females interested in becoming combatant officers for the Nigerian armed forces should be admitted into the Nigeria Defence Academy. Minister of Defence, Adetokumbo Kayode who made the disclosure at a media briefing in Abuja, said, though the issue had been under consideration by […]
Amid commiserations over the tragedy that occurred at his campaign rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, President Goodluck Jonathan has put planned campaign rallies in some states on hold. Special Adviser to Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro, on Sunday, announced the postponement of the presidential campaign, citing the need to show respect […]
The cloud of uncertainty over participation of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, in the April elections thickened at the weekend with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) saying only the court can determine whether he and those in similar situation would run or not. Feelers from the commission showed that reports […]
ormer President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday in Minna, Niger State, expressed concern for the unity of Nigeria, stating that the country is at its most fragile period and should not be toyed with because of politics. Obasanjo, who was the grand patron at the flag-off of the re-election campaign of the governor of Niger State, Dr. […]
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