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Defence minister, Bashir Magashi (right) at the 2023 budget defense on Thursday at the National Assembly Photo: Sylvanus Tyoakaa
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Organised labour demands N250, 000 as minimum wage, may resume strike Tuesday
The organised labour has vowed to reject any ₦62,000 or ₦100,000 minimum wage proposal for Nigerian workers by the federal government. In an interview on Channels Television on Monday, Chris Onyeka, Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), described such a proposal as a “starvation wage”. Onyeka said labour won’t accept the latest…
140 people confirmed dead in Jigawa tanker explosion
No fewer than 140 people have been confirmed dead after a tanker loaded with petrol exploded along the Kano-Hadejia expressway on Tuesday. Nura Abdullahi, spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), diaclosed this in a statement on Wednesday He added that the victims were buried in a mass grave on Wednesday. Abdullahi said over…
Court orders forfeiture of Kaduna based private university linked to a retired civil servant
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of every asset of NOK University, located Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The presiding judge, Justice Zainab Abubakar, gave the order for the interim forfeiture on Wednesday while ruling on a motion ex-parte brought before the court by the Economic and…
Nigerian army emerges overall champion at armed forces games
The Nigerian Army has emerged the overall champion of the Nigerian Armed Forces Games 2024, which ended Friday evening at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna. The Army won a total of 264 medals, comprising 172 gold, 60 silvers and 32 bronze medals while the Nigerian Air Force came second with a total of 187 medals,…
Pam to FG: Take practical steps to end banditry
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam, has urged the federal government to take practical steps to end banditry and all forms of criminalities in the country. He also asked those advocating for amnesty for bandits to stop such agitations, saying the bandits have committed crime against the society…