The Federal High Court in Abuja has authorised the issuance of notices of contempt proceeding against the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Olayemi Cardoso and the Director of Legal Services Department, Salam-Alada Kofo over their alleged failure to obey an order of the court. They were said to have failed to comply with […]
Hoodlums on Thursday clashed in Ile-Epo area of Lagos State, leaving many people injured. It was gathered that a fight broke out in the market situated in the area on Wednesday night and continued till Thursday morning. Some shops were set on fire while some goods were destroyed in the process. It was also learned […]
Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole has described the current N30,000 minimum wage as a joke. Oshiomhole said the pay package of workers should increase in the face of the current reality with prices of things skyrocketing. Speaking on Channels Televison’s Politics Today, the lawmaker said the Nigerian workers and the Federal Government, and state governments […]
An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday adjourned a money laundering trial involving Binance and two of its executives to May 13. Binance, Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and head of financial crime and Nadeem Anjarwalla are facing trial for laundering over $35 million. The suit which was filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
The Iranian Government on Thursday imposed sanctions on several American and British individuals and entities for supporting Israel in its war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The Islamic republic unveiled the punitive measures in a statement from its foreign ministry. According to the statement, the sanctions targeted seven Americans, including General Bryan P. Fenton, […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu’s administration is determined to eradicate corruption without fear or favouritism. He made this statement on Thursday at the Second Edition of The Chronicle Roundtable in Abuja. The Vice President said the government is also working to reduce the unemployment rate in the country. The event is focused […]
The Nigerian Senate has made it clear that the statements regarding the potential increase of the age limit to 18 years were individual viewpoints. The Senate stressed that any adjustments to the age limit would require proper legislative procedures, whether they involve lowering or raising the limit. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and […]
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has pledged to decisively deal with workers receiving multiple salaries in the state civil service. The governor made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking at the 2024 Workers’ Day celebration held in Gusau. He advised them to support the present administration in its determination to sanitise the state civil service […]
The organised labour in Niger State has given the government 24 hours to commence the refund of monies deducted from civil servants for Contributory Health Care Scheme or face industrial action that would ground the state indefinitely. The state chairman of the union, Comrade Idris Lafene, gave the ultimatum during a low-key celebration of the […]
Ebonyi State governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru has approved the increment of civil servants’ salaries by N10,000. He also approved the recruitment of 1,700 teachers to remedy the shortage of personnel in the public primary and secondary schools. The governor made the pronouncement on May 1, 2024, during the Workers’ Day celebration at Pa Ngele […]
Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, has blamed bad road infrastructure and insecurity under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for the death of 35 persons from accidents in Kogi and Enugu states. Obi disclosed this in several posts on his official X handle on Wednesday. Recall that accidents in […]
Nigerian commercial banks closed at least 2 million bank accounts in the first quarter of 2024, Q1’24. The move was aimed at eradicating questionable accounts, particularly as some customers failed to comply with regulatory orders on the linkage of their accounts to the National Identity Number, NIN. We recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria, […]
Residents and natives of Uzamu Isinomeh, Emene Nike in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, among them widows, wept uncontrollably on Monday as officials of Enugu State government agency demolished their homes. The victims, including one Ezinne Blessing Nkemjurum Oguike, a widow, told journalists that some persons, suspected to be officials from the […]
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has reassured civil servants that the state government will key into whatever resolutions are taken by the federal government on the national minimum wage. Speaking at the 2024 International Workers Day celebration in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, the governor noted that civil servants have shown him massive support […]
Following the outcry that greeted the allocation of N5 billion for the renovation of a daycare in the 2024 budget of Ondo State, the state government has described the development as an error. The Ondo State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Emmanuel Igbasan, who blamed the printer of the document for the error, stated […]
