Aba hook-up saga: IG sets up panel to probe Ochekwo’s murder
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the monitoring unit to conduct a thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a businessman, Andrew Ochekwo, who…
FG declares Wednesday public holiday to mark Democracy Day
The federal government has declared Wednesday, June 12, as a public holiday in commemoration of Democracy Day. Aishetu Ndayako, permanent secretary in the ministry of interior, made the announcement…
Oando: We contributed $550m to Afreximbank’s oil-for-cash deal with NNPC
Oando Plc says it was involved in the closure of a $925 million accordion agreement arranged and coordinated by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) for Project Gazelle, a crude…
Minimum Wage: SGF receives Tripartite Committee report
Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Sen. George Akume has received the report of the 37-member Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, assuring that the report would…
IGP Egbetokun presents cheques of N2.58billion to families of 563 slain police personnel
Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has presented life insurance cheques worth N2.58billion to next of kin and families of 563 deceased police personnel who died in the…
JUST IN: Military plane carrying Malawi’s vice-president missing
A military aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president Saulos Chilima has been reported missing after it failed to make a landing Monday morning, the government said. “All efforts by aviation…
Labour rejects FG’s N62,000 minimum wage offer, may resume strike on Tuesday
The organised labour says it will not accept N62,000 or N100,000 as the minimum wage for workers. Speaking on ‘Morning Brief’, a Channels Television programme, on Monday, Chris Onyeka,…
South-West governors forum appoint Sanwo-Olu as chairman
The six governors of the South-West geo-political zone met in Lagos on Monday and appointed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State as the new Chairman of the South-West…
Federal lawmakers seek six-year single term for president, governors
A group of 35 federal lawmakers under the auspices of Reformed Minded Lawmakers are advocating an amendment to the 1999 Constitution for a single term of six years for…
N62,000 recommended wage based on economic realities, says Bagudu
The federal government has maintained that the N62,000 monthly minimum wage offer recommended by the tripartite committee set up by President Bola Tinubu was made after taking…
