Deliberations for implementation of N30,000 minimum wage ongoing in Plateau – HOS
Mr Izam Azi, Plateau Head of Service (HOS), says deliberations with relevant stakeholders for the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage for workers in state have begun. Izam stated this…
Buhari, inaugurates EAC, tasks Council to set achievable short term agenda
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Economic Advisory Council, tasking them to focus on data collection. The eight-man advisory council, at a maiden meeting with President Buhari, was asked to…
CP advocates, life imprisonment, death penalty for corrupt practices in Nigeria
Alhaji Ali Aji-Janga, Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State on Wednesday called for a review of punishment for corruption in the country to include life imprisonment and death penalty….
Lawmakers begin ‘speedy’ debate on 2020 budget, confirm Adewolu as an executive commissioner, NCC
Less than 24 hours after President Muhammadu presented the 2020 appropriation bill to the National Assembly, lawmakers in the Senate and the House of Representatives have opened debate on the…
NYSC apprehended 95 students from one Nigerian university, W/African universities with fake documents – DG
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim has decried the spate of presentation of fake academic credentials and attempt to smuggle names…
3 Access Bank branches sealed off in Kaduna over N175m tax
The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KDIRS) has sealed off three branches of Access Bank in Kaduna metropolis over non remittance of over N175 million Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE). News Agency…
Buhari, EAC in closed door meeting
Members of the economic advisory council are currently in a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja. This meeting is the first since the…
Police confirms abduction of RCCG pastor in Lafia
The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a cleric, Mr John Egla, said to be a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Lafia….
Kaduna Sexual assault referral centers record 662 cases of abuse against women, children
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Save the Children, on Wednesday said that sexual assault referral centers in Kaduna State had received a total of 662 cases of abuse against women and…
Zimbabwe quadruples electricity prices, pummelling impoverished consumers
Zimbabwe hiked its average electricity tariff by 320% on Wednesday to ramp up power supplies at a time of daily blackouts, but the move will anger consumers already grappling with…