The Federal Government on Thursday said a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on April 1, 2024. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, who disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH in Abuja, said the current N30,000 minimum wage would expire at the end of March 2024. Mohammed said this on Thursday as an analysis of the 2024 –2026 Fiscal Framework budgets by our […]
By Oduyemi Odumade The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Sam Ogbuku, says the agency is being owed over N2 trillion naira. Ogbuku said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives’ Committee on NDDC, chaired by Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu. According to him, the sum is the accumulation of 15 percent of the allocation of the nine states that make up the region, which is […]
By Georgina Humphrey The governorship candidate of the Labour party in the just concluded November election in Imo state, Senator Athan Achonu has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene and compell INEC to allow him inspect the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System, BIVAS. Senator Achonu made the call while briefing newsmen in Abuja. He said that President Tinubu’s antecedent as one who fought for democracy is the only […]
By Georgina Humphrey Nigeria and the United states of America have agreed to set up a team to explore financing for credit to mining firms and infrastructure. United States Assistant Secretary for Energy and Natural Resources, Geoffrey Pratt stated this during a meeting with the minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. I Oladele Alake at the ongoing Mines & Money Conference holding in London. He said the US would […]
By Remi Johnson Going by the numerous capital intensive projects being initiated by the Wike led Administration, a #61.6 billion naira supplementary budget, to speed up completion of ongoing projects in Abuja, has been presented before the National Assembly. Presenting the supplementary budget, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike said the money would be injected into the rail project, road rehabilitation, Mass transportation services among others. According to the Minister, […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has laid out benchmarks for the protection of civilians in Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza In the strongest and most specific US remarks yet, Mr Blinken said he'd told the Israeli government that it must avoid further mass displacement of Palestinians and damage to critical infrastructure, like hospitals, power stations and water facilities. He did not, however, appear to set down redlines that […]
Food Sufficiency For National Development By Moses Kalu The significance of food security in Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized as the challenge of insufficient food production may have a dire implication on the people. Prior to the sixties and the post independence era, agriculture was the back-bone of the nation's cconomy, providing adequate food, income and employment for the people and carmed foreign exchange for the country but sadly, for a […]
