Year: 2024
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Minimum Wage: Tripartite Committee Submits Report to FG
The Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage on Monday submitted its report to the federal government. The Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Segun Imohiosen, announced this in a statement in Abuja. It is, however, not clear how much it recommended…
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NBTE Introduces MSQ For Polytechnic Students
The National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, has introduced a Mandatory Skills Qualification, as a graduation requirement for all newly reviewed National Diploma and Higher National Diploma curricula. The board said the introduction is in line with global trends, especially as skill acquisition is now central to the training of youths in polytechnics. This was…
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Labour May Resume Strike Tuesday, Rejects N62,000, N100,000 as Minimum Wage
The Organised Labour has said it will not accept any N62,000 or N100,000 “starvation wage” as the minimum wage for workers. The union insisted on N250,000, being its latest demand at the last meeting of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage on Friday, as the living wage for an average Nigerian worker. This was made…
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Faces, Story Behind Resurrection, Scrapping Of Heritage Bank
Daily Trust The story of Heritage Bank can be likened to the idiom of the old wine in a new bottle, an already existing establishment offered as if it were a new one, Daily Trust Saturday reports. It is the story of how Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria (SGBN), re-commenced operation on January 29, 2013,…
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FG Unveils Activities For Democracy Day
The Federal Government has unveiled a series of events to mark this year’s Democracy Day. The details were unveiled in a notice issued by Abdulhakeem Adeoye on behalf of the Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Sunday. The celebration will commence on…
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Minimum wage: Labour recommends N250,000 as govt offers N62,000
Members of the organised labour have brought its demand to the sum of N250,000 as the new minimum wage for workers while the federal government also raised its initial amount of N60,000 by N2,000, making N62,000 in total. President of TUC, Festus Osifo, disclosed this to journalists in Abuja Friday night at Nicon Luxury Hotel,…
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Governors Reject N60,000 Minimum Wage
The Nation Newspaper Governors of the 36 states of the federation have rejected the N60,000 minimum wage earlier proposed by the federal government. The Director Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Hajiya Halimah Salihu Ahmed, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, June 7. The governors said the N60, 000 wage…
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Nigerians To Get 1-month Free Subscription, as Court Awards N150 Million Fine Against MultiChoice
The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT), sitting in Abuja, on Friday, June 7, awarded a fine of N150 million against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited for disrespecting its jurisdiction by flouting its order. A three-man panel led by Thomas Okusu gave the verdict on Friday, June 7. The tribunal had previously blocked Multichoice from raising subscription…
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Autopsy Revealed Likely Cause of Mohbad’s Death, as Results Made Public
The autopsy result of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad, conducted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has been made public. According to reports from The Cable Lifestyle, the samples from Mohbad’s gastric content, blood, bone marrow, liver, kidney, and lung were collected for toxicological analysis. The anatomical and pathological…
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Governors Revealed Sustainable Minimum Wage For workers
The Nation Newspaper Governors are not considering a minimum wage that is higher than N70,000, it was learnt last night. At a meeting yesterday in Abuja, the state helmsmen reviewed the economic situation and concluded that anything above N70,000 will not be affordable and sustainable. They ruled out the N100,000 option being dangled by some…