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Despite the delay in the negotiation of consequential adjustment, the take-off date for the implementation of the new minimum wage is April 18, 2019, when President Muhammadu Buhari signed the bill into law, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris ...

The Lagos State government has declared a state of emergency on various dilapidated highways and carriage roads within the State; as the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed that massive rehabilitation works on critical roads and highways across the State ...

Accountant General (AG) of Nasarawa State, Yakubu Zakka, has sought a reduction in the cost of governance to enable the state to pay salaries, gratuities, pensions and other workers’ benefits. He made the call in an interview with newsmen in ...

The Aggah Community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Council Area of Rivers State has signed an agreement with ENI, parent company of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to end perennial flooding in the area. Aggah, a host community to NAOC has been ...

Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has directed Accountant General of the state, Head of Service (HOS) and the Commissioner for Finance to begin payment of the retirees from Thursday, October 17, 2019. He gave the directive at a one-day Pensions ...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port Harcourt Area II Command, Onne Rivers State has generated ₦81.2b into Federal Government’s coffers in the third quarter of this year. Customs Area Controller, Aliyu Galadima Saidu, who disclosed this during the operational assessment ...

A member of the House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions, Henry Nwawuba, has advocated an upward review of the N46 billion budgeted for health in the 2020 Appropriation Bill by at least 15 per cent, as required by international ...

The Edo State government has described the allegation of defection being leveled against Governor Godwin Obaseki by some individuals in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as false, insisting that the governor remains loyal to the party. It was reacting to ...

The Northern Governors Forum (NGF), elders and community leaders have perfected plans to ensure peaceful coexistence between Jukun and Tiv communities of Taraba State before the end of the month. A communiqué issued in Abuja after a two-day conflict resolution ...

The South East Revival Group (SERG) has said attempt to reintroduce toll gates in the nation’s highways would be counterproductive, describing Federal Government’s plan to bring back the tollgates, as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians, especially southeasterners. The group said ...