By our Reportorial Desk …as Netizens react The Kano Assembly has nullified the Emirates Council Law, resulting in the removal of all positions created under the previous law as outlined in the new legislation. Subsequently,all positions created by the previous law are no longer valid according to the new legislation. […]
Month: May 2024
Minimum Wage: Labour Unions Drop Demand To N500,000 AsFG Adamant on N54,000, Private Sector Mulls N57,000.
By Goodluck Ikiebe The Organised Labour Unions at the ongoing Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage meeting has reduced its demand from N615,000 to N500,000, in a bid to shift ground so as to ensure speedy conclusion of negotiation on new national Minimum Wage in Nigeria. The government team […]
EFCC Arraigns Hadi Sirika, brother over ‘N19.4bn contract fraud’.
By John Obi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Hadi Sirika, former aviation minister, over an alleged contract fraud. Sirika was arraigned alongside his brother,Ahmad Abubakar Sirika, and Enginos Nigeria Limited, a company owned by Abubakar; on a 10-count amended charge dated May 13 and filed on […]
BREAKING: Kano Assembly Dissolves Ganduje’s New Emirate.
By Ijeoma Wilfred Kano Assembly on Thursday sacked all the five emirate councils created under the Abdullahi Ganduje ‘s government in the State, The Assembly while removing the emirs declared that Governor Abba Yusuf has the sole constitutional powers to appoint new emir(s). During plenary on Thursday, the Kano State […]
GOV FUBARA CONGRATULATES MUHAMMAD SANUSI II ON REINSTATEMENT AS 14TH KANO EMIR.
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has congratulated His Royal Highness, Muhammad Sanusi II on his reinstatement as the 14th Emir of Kano. This is contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary Mr Nelson Chukwudi on Thursday,May 23rd in Port Harcourt. Governor Fubara said that he received […]
GOV FUBARA VOWS TO CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH TRAJECTORY OF RIVERS.
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to sustain the drive at mobilising critical stakeholders with attractive investment portfolios in the business community to join forces with his administration to change economic growth trajectory of the State. Speaking at a cocktail party at the Banquet Hall of Government House […]
President Tinubu Commissions NDDC’s Power Station in Ondo.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned the multi-billion naira 132KV Transmission Line and I32KV/33KV electricity substation at Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State.Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, the President, who was represented by the Minister for Niger Delta Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, said that the project demonstrated […]
BREAKING: Court Grants Abba Kyari Bail After More Than 2 Years in detention.
By Ken Chiwendu : A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted the former commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, two weeks’ bail after 27 months in detention. Kyari is expected to conclude his mother, Yachilla Kyari’s burial rites within the bail period Subsequently, the […]
Tinubu Removes ,Reassigns Emeka Woke, Appoints Replacement For Ogun – Osun River Basin Development Authority.
WIKE’s ally , Engr. Chukwuemeka Woke has been removed from the Ogun – Osun Development Basin Authority and reassigned to the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) as its Director -General President Bola Tinubu appointed Woke on May 9 as the MD of Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority […]
Communities Will Choose Projects, NDDC Boss Tells Monarchs.
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has assured traditional rulers that the commission will allow various communities to choose development projects for their areas. Ogbuku stated this at the 13th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Forum of Monarchs in the South-South in Asaba, […]