Year: 2024
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FG Reacts To Purported Proposal of N105,000 as Minimum Wage
Punch Newspaper The Presidency has described as false the news making the rounds that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has proposed N105,000 in the new minimum wage template. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this on his X account on Thursday.…
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Just In: Minister of Finance Submits Minimum Wage Cost to Tinubu
Punch Newspaper The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has submitted the projected cost implications of implementing a new national minimum wage to President Bola Tinubu. The minister submitted the cost proposal to the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, following a 48-hour ultimatum issued to him…
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Corps Member Arrested in Ogun For Allegedly Defiling Minor
A 31-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Solomon Daniel has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun state Police Command for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl at Ajowa, in the Ifo Local Government Area. Daniel, who is currently undergoing his youth service programme at the Eweekoro Local Government Area, was accused of…
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Crescent Varsity Defeats OAU in National Debate, as Female Students Shine
Students of Crescent University Abeokuta, CUAB, floored their counterparts in Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ilé-Ifè, to emerge winner in the National debate in the ongoing Jihad Week organized by the Muslim students of the institution, MSSN OAU. Vreporters gathered that this year edition tagged; The RICHNESS OF TIME is billed to hold between 30th of…
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Opay, Palm Pay Resume Onboarding New Users
Major mobile money operators in the country including fintech firms like OPay, Palmpay, have resumed onboarding new users following the Central Bank of Nigeria review of their operations. Checks by Vreporters on Tuesday Confirmed the development. Also, both OPAY and its counterpart, Palm pay sent a notification emails to their customers in regard to the…
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Just In: Organised Labour Suspends Nationwide Strike
Channels TV The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their industrial action – over a lack of consensus on a new minimum wage and the hike in electricity tariff – for about one week. The TUC president Festus Osifo said this on Tuesday in Abuja after a joint extraordinary…
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FG Speaks After Marathon Meeting with Labour Unions Over Nationwide Strike
Channels TV As the nationwide strike by the Organised Labour over a new minimum wage for workers paralyse economic activities in Nigeria, the Federal Government says President Bola Tinubu is committed to a national minimum wage above ₦60,000. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, announced after a marathon meeting with labour…
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Missing Student: UNILORIN Expels 100-level Student For Demanding Ransom, Rusticates Final Year Student For ‘Battery’
The management of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, in Kwara State has expelled a 100-level student, Olanrewaju AbdulKadir, for allegedly demanding ransom from the parents of his missing colleague. AbdulKadir’s expulsion was confirmed in the university’s weekly bulletin, signed by the director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun. The expelled student, with matriculation number 22/52HL004 is…
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Nationwide Strike: Outcome of Meeting Between Labour Unions, NAAS Leadership Revealed
The meeting between the leadership of the National Assembly, the Executive Arm of government, the Organised Labour, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has ended in deadlock after four hours. This was the outcome of the meeting between the National Assembly leadership, the Executive Arm of government and the organised Labour, initiated to avert the proposed…
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Over 24,000 JAMB Candidates To Participate in Rescheduled UTME, as Board Announces Deadline For DE Registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced on Sunday that the 2024 Direct Entry (DE) registration will now close on Monday, June 17, 2024. To accommodate the increased number of prospective DE candidates, JAMB has expanded DE registration points beyond the Professional Registration Centres (PRCs) in the states experiencing high demand. This decision comes…