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ABUJA – For the second day running, the ongoing tripartite negotiation on the new national minimum wage involving the Federal Government, organized labour and the Organised Private Sector, OPS, yesterday ended in another stalemate as government and private sector employers made minimal adjustments to their earlier offers. This came as none of the six governorsContinueContinue reading “Minimum wage: Labour cuts demand to N497k; FG, OPS offer N57k By Victor AhiumaYoung & Johnbosco Agbakwuru”

Gunmen, suspected to be terrorists, locally dubbed bandits, have kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev Father Oliver Buba in Adamawa State. The priest was abducted at the St Rita Catholic Church Bare, in the Numan Local Government Area of the state. A statement from the Catholic diocese of Yola indicated that the priest was abducted inContinueContinue reading “Suspected Terrorists Kidnap Catholic Priest In Adamawa From Residence”

It was reported on April 28 how President Bola Tinubu was forced to travel to Saudi Arabia recently on a chartered flight for the World Economic Forum in Riyadh from the Netherlands The House of Representatives has met with the Commander of the Presidential Airfleet, Air Vice Marshal Olayinka Olusola as well as a representativeContinueContinue reading “House Of Reps Meets Tinubu’s Presidential Airfleet Commander, NSA, Sets Up Committee To Address Challenges”

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old stepmother, Rachel Geoffrey, for allegedly inflicting severe burns on her 7-year-old and 3-year-old stepchildren. This was made known in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje on X.com on Saturday. According to the police statement, the stepmother intentionally set fireContinueContinue reading “Police arrest stepmother for inflicting burns on children”

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike. ASUU, the association of university lecturers in Nigeria, said the move to go on strike is to protest against the failure of the Nigerian government to appoint Governing Councils for Federal Universities. At an ongoing briefing at the ASUU nationalContinueContinue reading “BREAKING: Nigerian University Lecturers’ Union, ASUU Threatens Nationwide Strike”

The information and national orientation minister, Mohammed Idris on Tuesday disclosed that the presidential directive was in response to public outrage at the policy. President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to suspend the implementation of the 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy. The information and national orientation minister, Mohammed Idris on TuesdayContinueContinue reading “President Tinubu Directs Central Bank To Immediately Suspend Cybersecurity Levy”

The Police Command Adamawa State has arrested a 33-year-old man identified as Aliyu Musa, aka Imam Mahdi over a Tiktok video.  According to the police, the content creator described some stakeholders as unjust without any evidence.  Mahdi is a resident of Kwacham Ward in the Mubi South Local Government Area, with the Tiktok handle, @faty5076.ContinueContinue reading “Police Arrest Tiktoker Over Video ‘Insulting Adamawa Leaders, Stakeholders’”

According to residents, the deceased were killed in five affected villages in the Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State from Tuesday to Saturday. At least 49 persons have been killed by terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits during a five day-long operation in Zamfara State. According to residents, the deceased were killed in five affectedContinueContinue reading “Bandits Continue Onslaughts On Zamfara State Communities, Kill 49 Persons”

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Senator Shehu Umar Buba, has clarified that the recently imposed cybersecurity levy announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is not targeted at individuals or bank customers. The Senator, who sponsored the amendment bill told Economic Confidential that the levy was aimed explicitlyContinueContinue reading “Cybersecurity Levy Is Aimed At Financial Institutions, Telecoms, Not Individuals Or Bank Customers – Senate Committee”

Terrorists have attacked the Idah community in the Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killed two people and kidnapped scores of others. It was gathered that the terrorists attacked the community located along a federal highway linking Bwari town in the FCT to Jere town in Kaduna on Wednesday night while some of theContinueContinue reading “Terrorists Attack Kaduna Community, Kill Two, Kidnap Scores Watching Champions League Semifinal Match”