Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 6th February 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 6th February 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Ogun to pay workers N30,500 new wage
Ogun State government has reached an agreement with the organised labour to pay N30, 500 as minimum wage to workers in the state. The new wage was arrived at on Tuesday night eight weeks after the negotiation committee between the government and the workers was constituted. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Kunle Somorin, said the minimum wage would take effect from 1st January, 2020. Somorin stated that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was reached and signed by the representatives of organised labour comprising…
Akeredolu’s style of governance alien to Ondo people – Olanusi
Alhaji Ali Olanusi, a former deputy governor of Ondo State, is a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview, he speaks on recent political developments in Ondo State and the forthcoming governorship election in the state. TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE reports The Ondo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been in crisis for some time, what is actually the problem? This hydra-headed problem started shortly after the emergence of Rotimi Akeredolu as the governor of the state. He…
Oyetola releases N550m for retirees’ entitlements, gratuities
Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has approved immediate release of N500 million for the payment of entitlement to retired workers enrolled under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Head of Service, Dr. Festus Olowogboyega, made this known in a statement issued yesterday in Osogbo, the state capital. The statement said names of the beneficiary retirees were picked on merit, as the process was monitored by the executive committee of the retired workers’ group. According to the statement, names of the selected beneficiaries would be posted on the Notice Board of…
Olubadan to elevated chiefs: You are ‘Shoprite’ crown-wearing Obas
Rather than abate, the traditional crown-wearing controversy between the 21 High Chiefs elevated to the status of Obas by formert Governor Abiola Ajimobi and the Olubadan of Ibadaland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Aje Ogunguniso 1, yesterday assumed a degenerating dimension as the monarch described the elevated High Chiefs Obas as ‘Shoprite’ crown-wearing Obas. The denigration in a reaction to the earlier complaints and publication on 27th January, 2020 of the High Chiefs, signed by Olubadan’s Media Assistant, Adeola Oloko, noted that the High Chiefs debased the traditional Council by publishing their…
Nigeria must act decisively on insurgency war – Ndume
Ali Ndume is the senator representing Borno South at the National Assembly. In this interview with Channels Television, he speaks on the resurgence of insurgency in the North-East and the way out of the crisis. WALE ELEGBEDE reports You are from the north eastern region of the country, how bad is the security situation in the area. I can tell you that the situation in the North-East, particularly in Borno State, is terrible. Just recently, my constituency,Askira Local Government to be precise was attacked and also another local…
Diaspora group lauds Buhari’s efforts towards national peace, stability
A United Kingdom, UK-based intellectual and analytical think-tank of Nigerians in Diaspora, on the platform of Arise Nigeria, has expressed optimism towards a greater Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Arise Nigeria in a communiqué co-signed by Dr Stanley Ojua (Chairman) Arthur Chukwuemeka Jnr (Secretary) and Rosemary Olarewaju (Member), and made available to New Telegraph yesterday, revealed that the future of Nigeria, as a country is secured for prosperity with the numerous efforts of President Buhari. The group also condemned the call for resignation of President Buhari, noting that for the…
Anambra 2021: Soludo and APGA’s fate
OKEY MADUFORO reports on the political intrigues within the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State over the candidate who will fly the party’s flag in the 2021 governorship election in the state A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2010 governorship election in Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, was in his element when he recently delivered a lecture on the need for youth involvement in politics, nation building and gap between…
Ondo retirees laud Akeredolu’s 33.4% pension increase
The Ondo State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) yesterday described an approval of 33.4% pay-rise for retirees by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the best gift ever received since the existence of the union in the state. NUP Acting Chairman in the state, Elder Adedapo Salami as well as the Union’s state’s Secretary, Comrade Akin Sunday, who lauded the governor while speaking with newsmen in Akure, the Ondo State capital, said that the approval and implementation of the 33.4 increment would remain one of the happiest days in…
Ekweremadu inaugurates laboratory
Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has debunked insinuations in some quarters that contractors had abandoned constituency projects attracted by himself and a member representing Awgu-Aninri-Oji River federal constituency, Toby Okechukwu. Ekweremadu, who represents Enugu West senatorial district, spoke in Enugu during inauguration of some Federal Government’s projects attracted by Okechukwu in his constituency. Addressing journalists on rumours that some of the projects in the South-East had been abandoned, Ekweremadu waved aside the criticisms, describing them as needless distraction. He said: “I am happy you called it rumour because…
Southern, Middle Belt leaders seek probe into weaponised drones
…intercepted at Lagos airport The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has called for investigation into the interception of two highly weaponised drones at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. In a statement issued by Yinka Odumakin (South-West), Gen. CRU Ihekire (South-East), Senator Bassey Henshaw (South-South) and Dr. Isuwa Dogo (Middle Belt), the Forum urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately order the suspension of Commander of NADC, Air Commodore U. K. Abdullahi and contain his movement while a Judicial Commission of Inquiry is set up…
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