Alhaji Mogaji Ibrahim-Olaniyan, the National Chairman of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) has called for the adoption of N3 million as minimum wage for the Nigeria Police Force. The PCRC national chairman made the call in an interview with journalists shortly after the inauguration of Kebbi chapter of the committee, on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi. “If the labour is advocating for a minimum wage of N1 million, we advocate N3 million for police constables. “This is because teachers and other workers close by 2:00 p.m. but for the police, it is twenty four seven (24/7). “Going by the Nigerian constitution,…
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…As CBN raises benchmark interest rate to record 22.75% …Forensic analysis fingers $2.4bn false FX claims The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has explained that an estimated sum of N10 trillion naira interventions funded by the CBN by previous administrations has done a great harm to the economy. Speaking during the first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year, Cardoso noted that the interventions dome in time past has two dysfunctions. According to him, the interventions are time wasting and are areas the CBN has no business dealing with since it lacks expertise. He also added…
Anxiety has built up in about 38 agencies of the Federal Government to be scraped, while uncertainties lie before others to be merged, as President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Oronsaye report, a development that would necessitate the merging, subsuming, scraping and relocation of several agencies of government. c c Disclosing the decision of the President, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, speaking to State House Correspondents after Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja said, “So in a very bold move today, this administration, under the leadership of President…
…Says industries in Agbara cluster already reaping benefits The Vice President of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima has stated that the Light Up initiative is a deliberate effort on the part of the Federal government to re-engineer the nation’s economy. This is as the Vice President also affirmed that industries in the Agbara cluster of Ogun State are already reaping the benefits of the initiative. The VP had on October 12, 2023 flagged off the initiative in the South West at the Agbara Industrial Cluster, with stakeholders committing to the successful implementation of the project across the country. The VP recalled…
Ogun state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has approved free surgical services to indigents in the state as a tool to ameliorate the hardship being faced by Nigerians. The Executive Secretary of Ogun State Health Insurance Agency, Dr. Afolabi Dosunmu made this known at the flag-off of registration for the intervention held at the State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta. He said the intervention was a directive given by Governor Dapo Abiodun to provide succour to the people at this difficult time. Dr. Dosunmu said hospitals in the state are ready to carry out the directive of the governor. “The modalities are very…
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has said that it is set to shut down the nation’s seaports in compliance with the nationwide strike notice issued by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) starting from Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th. In a letter written to the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) signed by the Deputy Secretary General of MWUN, Comrade Oniha Erazua, the union sought for provision of adequate security in order to prevent the strike action from being hijacked by hoodlums. The NLC under the leadership of its National President, Comrade Joe Ajaero had…
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has accused International agencies of swaying the Federal Government with policy recommendations that have affected the economy negatively. At a press conference in Abuja on Monday, President of TUC, Festus Osifo lamented that Nigerians have never witnessed this level of hardship before even during military regimes, adding that the problems are not unconnected to the government’s poor patronage of locally made products and services, and lack of capable hands at the helm of affairs. Osifo said, “Nigerians must live to see tomorrow before we can understand how beautiful a government policy is. The national pride…
Defying warnings by the Police and opposition from other groups adverse to the scheduled labour protests against rising economic hardship in the Country, some protesters in Lagos stormed the streets of the metropolis on Monday, decrying the worsening situation in the Country with unbearable rising cost of living. Protesters under human rights groups, the Joint Action Front and the Coalition for Revolution on Monday stormed the streets of Lagos to protest against the hike in prices of food items and the soaring high cost of living in the country. Recall the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, on Sunday…
The Federal Executive Council has adopted the Steve Oronsaye report on the reform of the civil service to cut cost of governance. Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris disclosed this at the end of the council meeting on Monday in Abuja. He said that some Ministries, Departments and Agencies would be scrapped, merged or subsumed into relevant organisations of government. Idris, however, said that the aim was only to cut cost and not throw Nigerians into the labour market. The minister, who said that details of the affected MDAs would be made available soon, disclosed that a committee…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 51 suspected illegal miners and three telecommunication mast vandals in the territory. The NSCDC FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, said this while briefing newsmen of the arrest on Monday at the command’s headquarters. Odumosu said that the three suspected vandals were apprehended by the command’s intelligence and undercover operatives following a security tip-off of the dismantling activity at Giri area of the FCT. According to him, before the decommissioning of a mast, an approval must be obtained from the NSCDC, being the lead agency…