Minimum wage: Tinubu, labour leaders’ parley inconclusive, to continue next week
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Minimum wage: Tinubu, labour leaders’ parley inconclusive, to continue next week

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• President suggests two years minimum wage review• Ajaero: No shift in our N250,000 demand, status quo remains• Tinubu meets Shettima, governors after labour parley• Labour worried over Tinubu’s stance, to convene organ meeting The macabre dance for a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers continued yesterday with no end in sight as the consultations…

Corpers to benefit from new minimum wage — NYSC
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Corpers to benefit from new minimum wage — NYSC

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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said an earlier claim that President Bola Tinubu has announced a fresh allowance package for corps members is false. However, NYSC spokesman, Eddy Megwa, in a statement on Monday, said while the claim of a new package is not true, the corp members will benefit from the new…

ECOWAS: Tinubu begins new mandate, tasked to return break-away States
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ECOWAS: Tinubu begins new mandate, tasked to return break-away States

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• Urged member-States on meeting financial commitments• Offers Nigeria’s counter-terrorism centre for use by region• ‘ECOWAS needs security, stability to achieve potential’• Bloc risks disintegration if junta-led States leave, Touray warns• Report: Sit-tight leaders in 24 countries made 35 constitutional amendments in 21 years The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), yesterday, renewed the…

President Tinubu re-elected as ECOWAS chairperson, reiterates call for regional force
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President Tinubu re-elected as ECOWAS chairperson, reiterates call for regional force

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President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria has been re-elected as the chairperson of ECOWAS. Mr Tinubu was re-elected as the head of the regional bloc during the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Sunday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Mr Tinubu called on the Heads of State and…

Firm plans $172bn investment in energy, real estate, others
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Firm plans $172bn investment in energy, real estate, others

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Backbone Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (BINL), has announced its intention to invest $172 billion to develop various infrastructures in the country. This investment, utilising alternative financing options, will be allocated to mineral resources, energy, agriculture, housing and transportation sectors for the next 22 years. The administration of President Bola Tinubu has openly reaffirmed its commitment to…

Group warns against alleged move to reinstate Betta Edu
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Group warns against alleged move to reinstate Betta Edu

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The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations Against Corruption has warned against the purported moves by President Bola Tinubu to reinstate the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, to her seat. Convener of the group, Malam Bashir Abdulganiu, in a statement on Sunday, argued that the reinstatement of Betta Edu would make…

Wike only loyal to himself, nobody else, says Edwin Clark
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Wike only loyal to himself, nobody else, says Edwin Clark

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The leader of the Ijaw nation and elder statesman, Edwin Clark, has said the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is loyal only to himself and nobody else, “not even to the Ijaw people who supported his political rise.” Clark’s statement comes in response to claims by Senator George Sekibo of the…

SCORECARD: Under Tinubu, Nigeria’s education sector yet to see renewed hope
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SCORECARD: Under Tinubu, Nigeria’s education sector yet to see renewed hope

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It is already one year since Bola Tinubu was inaugurated as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, marking the beginning of a four-year tenure of office after the two-term tenure of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. While Mr Buhari, a fellow member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), had his manifesto anchored on…

Tinubu’s position on fuel subsidy removal unchanged – Presidency
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Tinubu’s position on fuel subsidy removal unchanged – Presidency

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The federal government says efforts to mitigate the effects of fuel subsidy removal and ease the cost of living pressures on Nigerians remain firmly in place. The government statement comes amidst a report yesterday indicating that fuel subsidy expenditure is projected to reach about N5.4 trillion in 2024, up from N3.6 trillion in 2023. Tinubu’s…