Category: Breaking News
Breaking News: Reps seek 6-year tenure for president, rotation among zones
10 Jun 2024
Several members of the House of Representatives are attempting to make changes to the 1999 Constitution to allow for the Presidency to be rotated among the nation’s six geopolitical zones. They also want an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a single tenure of six years for the President and Governors of the Federal […]
Continue ReadingSERAP sues Tinubu, demands details of Obasanjo, Buhari, others’ loans
09 Jun 2024
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has taken legal action against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The organisation described the move as necessary so as to ensure financial transparency. The lawsuit demands the publication of detailed spending reports and agreements related to loans acquired by the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, […]
Continue ReadingMinimum wage: Resign if you can’t pay, labour tackles govs
09 Jun 2024
Organised Labour on Saturday tackled the state governors, accusing them of acting in bad faith towards the new minimum wage negotiations ongoing in the country. Recall that the governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum rejected the proposed N60,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers. In a statement issued on Friday by the Director […]
Continue ReadingMinimum Wage: FG offers N62K, labour requests N250K
09 Jun 2024
The Federal Government has increased its offer for a new national minimum wage to ₦62,000, while organized labour has reduced its demand from ₦494,000 to ₦250,000. This development follows the submission of the cost implications of the new minimum wage by the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to President Bola Tinubu. A source confirmed this […]
Continue ReadingMinimum wage: Don’t plunge nation into monumental crisis, Labour tells govs
08 Jun 2024
Organised Labour has rejected claims by state governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, that they cannot afford N60,000 minimum wage, urging the governors not to plunge the country into a monumental crisis. Speaking on behalf of Labour, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, accused the governors of lying with their resources, contending […]
Continue ReadingPresidency denies N105,000 pay as Labour awaits Tinubu’s offer
07 Jun 2024
The Presidency on Thursday denied reports that the Federal Government was proposing N105,000 as the new minimum wage. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the report as false. The report followed the presentation of the cost implications of implementing a new national minimum wage to President Bola Tinubu […]
Continue ReadingKaduna Assembly recommends el-Rufai’s prosecution for abuse of office, money laundering
05 Jun 2024
Kaduna State House of Assembly has recommended that the immediate-past governor of the state, Nasir el-Rufai, be prosecuted for alleged abuse of office and money laundering in his administration. This was following the investigation of the ad-hoc committee set up by the House, led by Henry Zacharia. According to the report submitted by Zacharia on […]
Continue ReadingStrike continues pending Tuesday review meeting -NLC
04 Jun 2024
The Nigeria Labour Congress has has disclosed that the ongoing nationwide strike will continue despite the agreement signed with the Federal Government at Monday’s meeting. The congress, in a post on X, on Tuesday said the industrial action which has grounded the nation’s economy will continue until Tuesday’s meeting of organs of the union where […]
Continue ReadingFG offers to pay more than N60,000 as minimum wage 3rd June 2024
03 Jun 2024
The Federal Government has agreed to pay more than the N60,000 it initially proposed as new minimum wage. The decision was taken at a meeting the government had with labour leaders on Monday night in Abuja to address the dispute over the national minimum wage in response to the nationwide strike declared by the organised […]
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