The federal government has approved a pay increase of between 25 per cent and 35 per cent for civil servants. A statement signed by Head of Press, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Emmanuel Njoku, said the increase is on the remaining six consolidated salary structures and it is effect from January 1, 2024….
The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company (KRPC) says the refinery will become operational by the end of 2024. Managing director of KRPC, Mustafa Sugungun, disclosed this on Monday when members of the senate ad hoc committee on petroleum downstream led by Ifeanyi Ubah, paid an oversight visit to the refinery. Sugungun said the 110,000-barrel-per-day refinery…
A federal high court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo has fixed May 30, 2024, to rule on the bail application filed by the detained President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo. Bodejo through his team of lawyers, led by Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), had appealed to the court to grant him…
UNICEF’s Child Protection Specialist, Dr. Wilfred Mamah, has appealed to the Kaduna state government for more funding for the implementation of the child right protection law. Mamah made the appeal at the weekend in an interview with journalists in Kaduna during the training of lawyers for the implementation of the law. Kaduna state passed the…
The American International School Abuja (AISA) has refunded to government coffers, the fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, immediate-past governor of Kogi state. Bello was said to have paid $760,910 in advance as fees for five of his children. The fees were allegedly paid from the coffers of the Kogi state government. The…
By Callistus Agwaza, in Jalingo The Chairman of Jalingo Local Government Area of Taraba state, Dr. Jauro Hassan, says attention should be focused on the development of the grassroots as panacea for improving the living condition of the people. He stated this at the inauguration of supervisory councilors on Saturday in Jalingo, the Taraba state…
