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Dec

2023

Rivers Crisis: FGN Breaks Silence Over Wike, Fubara Feud

(Rivers Crisis): FG Breaks Silence Over Wike, Fubara Feud The Federal Government said on Wednesday it has no hand in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State involving the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, his loyalists, and Governor Similaye Fubara. The government emphatically declared that Wike’s position is not shared by the government. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this in a chat with State House correspondents after briefing on the outcomes of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja. He…

Dec

2023

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Head Of Presidential Election Appeal Court Panel And Others Get Supreme Court Job

Abuja, Judiciary, News Flash

BREAKING: Head Of Presidential Election Appeal Court Panel Gets Supreme Court Job Justice Haruna Tsammani, the lead judge for the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal that affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 poll, is one of those that have just been recommended to the Supreme Court bench by the National Judicial Council. Tsammani presided over the five-man appeal court panel that included Justice Stephen Adah, Justice Monsurat Bolaji-Yusuf, Justice Moses Ugo and Justice Abba Mohammed. The PEPT, in a unanimous decision, held that the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi,…

Dec

2023

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Breaking: FGN Begins Payment Of Civil Servants’ Withheld Salaries

Abuja, News Flash

BREAKING: FG Begins Payment Of Civil Servants’ Withheld Salaries Civil servants whose salaries were initially withheld by the Federal Government owing to what was described as “technical glitches” and discrepancies on the platform of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System have now started receiving credit alerts of November salaries. Several senior civil servants confirmed the development to Punch in Abuja on Wednesday. The Publication had exclusively reported that thousands of civil servants had their November 2023 salaries withheld by the government owing to irregularities on the IPPIS. As of Monday, November 4, 2023, sources within the Office of the…

Dec

2023

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Senate Gives Kyari, NUPRC Boss 24 Hour To Defend Budget

Abuja, National Assembly, News Flash

Senate Gives Kyari, NUPRC Boss 24 Hours To Defend Budget The Chairman of the Senate Appropriation Committee, Senator Adeola Olamilekan, has ordered the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, to in 24 hours appear before the committee. The committee chairman, on Wednesday, also asked Kyari to be present in the company of the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. The oil agency had earlier ignored summons by the Senate to appear before its committee over probing of over N11trn expenditure on turnaround maintenance of refineries in the country between 2010…

Dec

2023

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Protesters Assemble At National Assembly, Seek Wike’s Resignation

Abuja, National Assembly, News Flash

Protesters Assemble At National Assembly, Seek Wike’s Resignation The protesters criticized Wike’s leadership, labelling it as incompetent and lacking vision for the development of the Federal Capital Territory. There was a protest at the National Assembly complex by thousands of Abuja residents and members of civil society groups, calling for the immediate resignation and prosecution of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The protesters criticized Wike’s leadership, labelling it as incompetent and lacking vision for the development of the Federal Capital Territory. Adamu Kabir Matazu, speaking on behalf of the protesters and representing the Network of Civil…

Dec

2023

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Akpabio Allegedly Takes N800m From Senate Account For His Birthday Celebration, While Senators Donate N150m, Demands Donation From MDAS

Abuja, Entertainment, National Assembly, News Flash

Senate President, Akpabio Allegedly Takes N800m From Senate Account For Birthday Celebration, While Senators Donate Over N150m, Demands Donation From MDAS Earlier yesterday Wednesday 6 of Dec, 2023 a X user identified as Jackson Ude took to his social media handle page as he shared report claims that the Senate President. Senators Akpabio took a huge amount of money from the lawmakers account and was also demands from another body. Ude tweet that Senate President Godswill Akpabio has raked in almost N150million from Senators donating towards his 61st Birthday Celebration scheduled for December 9, 2023 in Akwa Ibom State. He…

Dec

2023

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Nasir El-Rufai Floats $100m Firm To Nurture Startups

Abuja, Business, News Flash

Rufai floats $100m firm to nurture startups The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, announced that his venture capital/private equity firm, Afri-Venture Capital Company Limited, will begin operations in 2024. According to a post on his X handle, El-Rufai said through the firm, he hopes to finance, nurture, and mentor Nigerian innovators and entrepreneurs to become the next Dangote Group shortly. He further stated that the plan was to launch a $100 million venture capital fund for startups in Nigeria, particularly those in the Kaduna tech ecosystem, adding that he would be working with private sector…

Dec

2023

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New Minimum Wage Regime To Start April 1st, 2024 – Presidency

Abuja, Economy, News Flash, Presidency

💥BREAKING UPDATE ON THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE : ●A New Minimum Wage Regime Would Come Into Effect On April 1st 2024 As The Current N30k Minimum Wage Regime Ends. ●The Federal Government And Labour Unions Have The Next 4 Months (December, January , February And March) To Deliberate On A New Minimum Wage. ●The New Minimum Wage Would Be An Increased Amount That's Left For Fed Govt And Labour Unions To Decide. ●The Nigerian Senate Are Ready To Support A New Minimum Wage Bill. SPECIAL ADVERT PROMO FOR 2023 IGBA-OTOMU, IGBA-UCHE, IGBA-EKPE, IZU-UCHE, IGBOTONMA AND IZA-AFA This is a special…

Dec

2023

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Wike Seeks Approval From National Assembly To Spend N61.6bn

Abuja, National Assembly, News Flash

Wike Seeks NASS Approval To Spend N61.6bn The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday sought approval of the National Assembly to spend N61.6 billion 2023 supplementary budget. Wile made the appeal when he appeared before the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on FCT at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. He said that the supplementary budget was to accommodate additional inflows comprising receipts from Paris Club Refund, Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Tax Liabilities, and Special Intervention Funds. Other sources are Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and the Infrastructure Support Fund, leading to a…

Dec

2023

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Officials Of FCTA Uncovers Illegal Oil Refining Warehouse In Mabushi, Abuja

Abuja, Crime, News Flash

FCTA Uncovers Illegal Oil Refining Warehouse In Abuja The officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have uncovered an illegal oil refining warehouse in Mabushi, Abuja. The Director, Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, told journalists on Thursday that the illegal refining site was uncovered during the continuation of the city cleaning exercise. Galadima disclosed that about three to four plots of land designated for commercial purposes have been converted to an area where oil and diesel are being adulterated and circulated to other parts of the city. He said that the city sanitation task force will look into…