Category: News
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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…
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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…