The Minister of Labour and Employment in Nigeria, Dr Chris Ngige, has revealed that he earns a monthly salary of N942,000 after tax and takes no allowance. He made this disclosure during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today program on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. According to Ngige, his gross salary is N1,058, 964.00, out […]
The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has threatened to cut salaries of workers who skip work on Mondays due to the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South-East region of Nigeria (Punch, 2022). Governor Soludo issued the threat on May 1, 2023, while addressing Anambra State workforce at
The Presidency has released a 90-page fact sheet chronicling the high points of the Muhammadu Buhari-led government as it winds down on May 29, 2023. The fact sheet highlights the achievements of the administration in areas such as security, economy, anti-corruption, infrastructure, legislative matters, foreign affairs, sports, youth development, and many others. The fact sheet
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Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to quickly declare the results of Abia State governorship election held on Saturday to avoid bloodbath in the state. Similarly, Abia State human rights and pro- democracy groups have called on the INEC to save the state from avoidable crisis by resolving the
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Ahead of the re-scheduled governorship and state assembly elections, there is apprehension in states where Labour Party, LP, recorded tremendous success at the presidential and National Assembly elections. The anxiety, which is based on the possibility of a repeat of LP’s feat at the polls, has thrown the major parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said that the peace and security of the state are more important to him than his senatorial bid. Ikpeazu said this in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onyebuchi Ememanka, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Umuahia. The governor said, “Our government
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The United States on Wednesday congratulated Nigeria on the election of ruling party presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, while calling for calm amid accusations of voter fraud and concerns over technical glitches. Tinubu was declared the winner Tuesday of the February 25 polls in Africa’s most populous democracy. “The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria, president-elect
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The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, Wednesday, vowed to reclaim the party’s mandate, noting that he and the LP candidate, Peter Obi, won the election. He made this known in a statement he signed on Wednesday, hours after the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the candidate of the All Progressives
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The Senator representing Nothern Senatorial District of Cross River in the National Assembly , Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic party,PDP, has defeated Governor Ben Ayade to clinch the Senate seat. Senator Jarigbe garnered 76,145 to defeat governor Ben Ayade who polled 56, 595 votes in the exercise. Declaring Sen. Jarigbe winner of the
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won in all the 11 local government areas of Gombe State, In the results declared early Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),, returning Officer for the election, Professor Maimuna Waziri, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Gashua, said Atiku polled a total
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