Teleology has formally taken over control of Nigeria’s troubled telecommunication company, 9mobile, by appointing a new board of directors, headed by 54 year-old Nasiru Ado Bayero. Stephane Beuvelet will serve as the acting managing director, according to a statement by Mohammed Edewor, a new non-executive director of the new 9Mobile. The appointment of the board […]
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Kingsley Moghalu, presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), says there will be “massive” inflation if a minimum wage of over N30,000 is approved. Organised labour is agitating for an increment of the present N18,000 minimum wage to N30,000, and a proposal to the effect has been submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari. Commenting on the development […]
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Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo says the approval of N5.8 billion emergency food intervention fund for the north-east was within his constitutional authority. The house of representatives had indicted the governing board of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) chaired by Osinbajo over what it described as an “illegal approval”. In a statement released on […]
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Presidency has described as unbelievable and unfortunate that attack on TraderMoni scheme which is designed to assist traders. The presidency said that the attack on the programmes was an attack on the hardworking petty traders and Nigerians in general. Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the […]
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari will soon review the report of the minimum wage tripartite committee that was submitted to him on Tuesday. Speaking with state house correspondents after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, the minister said the president will make his decision known […]
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The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday announced minor changes in the leadership of four standing committees. By this development, Sen. Lawal Gumau (APC-Bauchi), who was elected into the Senate in August, is now the Chairman of the Committee on Federal Character. Gumau took over from Sen. Tijani Kaura (APC-Zamfara North), who has […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the N30,000 minimum wage recommended by the tripartite committee. He said this while receiving the report of the tripartite committee on the review of the minimum wage, at the presidential villa in Abuja. Earlier, Amma Pepple, chairman of the committee, submitted a report on the agreement with labour to […]
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Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the federal government has saved over N17 billion from foreign trips, sitting allowances and souvenirs. Mohammed disclosed this at a forum organised by NAN in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the present administration introduced an efficiency unit in the ministry of finance to ensure that the resources […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Monday ordered the arrest of officials of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) for allegedly removing a transformer bought and installed by members of Ihovbor Community in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the State. The Governor gave the order while receiving members of Ihovbor Community led by Chief Tony Otakpolor, […]
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The Special Adviser to the President on National Social Welfare Programme, Maryam Uwais, on Monday said the federal government feeds pupils with 6 million eggs and 594 cows weekly under its Home Grown School feeding programme. Mrs Uwais disclosed this in Abuja, when she received a delegation from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on […]
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