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Housemaid, Private Teacher, Gateman, Others Must Get 70k Minimum Wage – Senate President Declares

Housemaid, Private Teacher, Gateman, Others Must Get 70k Minimum Wage – Senate President Declares

Housemaid, Private Teacher, Gateman, Others Must Get 70K Minimum Wage – Senate President Declares AttNews reports that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced that employers are now required to pay their staff a minimum wage of N70,000. This mandate applies to all employers, including small-scale and informal sector employers, such as those who hire domestic workers or tailors. Akpabio emphasized that no employer can pay their staff below the minimum wage of N70,000, regardless of the type of work or industry. The announcement was made while the new minimum wage bill was passed into law on the Senate floor.…
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Tinubu Signs North West Development Commission Bill Into Law

Tinubu Signs North West Development Commission Bill Into Law

Tinubu Signs North West Development Commission Bill Into Law President Bola Tinubu has given presidential assent to the North West Development Commission Bill. Speaking on the bill, the sponsor and the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, commended the passage of the bill, He noted that with the presidential assent, the Federal Government intervention agency will address the deleterious state of infrastructural facilities in the region. Speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, Barau noted that it would mitigate the poor state of infrastructure in the region destroyed by the terror gang, Boko Haram. He added, “The President has signed the…
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Food Insecurity: Rt Hon. Benjamin Kalu Inaugurates Committee As National Assembly Moves To Provide Sucure For Nigerians

Food Insecurity: Rt Hon. Benjamin Kalu Inaugurates Committee As National Assembly Moves To Provide Sucure For Nigerians

𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐑𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐮 𝐈𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞, As National Assembly Moves To Provide Sucure For Nigerians Food insecurity is a pressing issue that affects millions of people around the world, including in Nigeria. In an effort to address this challenge and prioritize agriculture, the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu, recently inaugurated the National Legislative Network on Nutrition and Food Security in Abuja. This committee has been tasked with the responsibility of initiating strategic legislative processes and actions to tackle food and nutritional challenges in the country. During the inauguration ceremony, Rt Hon…
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Reps Query Minister Over N20 Million Spent On Sanitary Pads, N65m on New Year Party

Reps Query Minister Over N20 Million Spent On Sanitary Pads, N65m on New Year Party

Reps Query Minister Over N20 Million Spent On Sanitary Pads, N65m On New Year Party The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye has drawn the ire of the House of Representatives following the unguarded manner she allegedly spent monies which included expenditures of N45 million for a New Year party and, N20 million for sanitary pads. The House of Representatives which has now queried the minister, also frowned on her other unrelated expenditure which includes N1.5 million for vehicle fuel. Rep. Kafilat Ogbara, Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs, led the interrogation of the Minister, over the non-payment of…
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My Phone Detected 277 Guns Around Senate Chamber – Jimoh Ibrahim

My Phone Detected 277 Guns Around Senate Chamber – Jimoh Ibrahim

My Phone Detected 277 Guns Around Senate Chamber – Jimoh Ibrahim Jimoh Ibrahim has advocated the need for technology in the fight against insecurity, claiming that some installations on his phone detected over 277 guns around the Senate chamber. Senator Jimoh spoke on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday while contributing to a motion raised by Senator Ali Ndume of Borno South over the recent bombings in the North-East state. “I don’t want to take much of your time but I will say clearly it costs nothing for the intelligent army to get devices in their phone to know…
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National Assembly Passes Bill To Extend 2023 Appropriation Act Supplementary Budget

National Assembly Passes Bill To Extend 2023 Appropriation Act Supplementary Budget

National Assembly Passes Bill To Extend 2023 Appropriation Act, Supplementary Budget The National Assembly comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate has passed a Bill for an Act to Amend the Appropriation Act 2023, to further extend the implementation of the Capital aspect of the Appropriation Act, 2023 from 30 June 2024 to 31 December. It also passed a Bill for an Act to Amend the Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2023 to further extend its implementation from 30 June 2024 to 31 December 2024. The bill scaled the first reading on Thursday. The leader of the senate, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele…
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Popular Nigerian Senator Is Dead(Photo)

Popular Nigerian Senator Is Dead(Photo)

Popular Nigerian Senator Is Dead (Photo) A second Republic Senator, Otunba Kunle Oyero, has died at the age of 100. Oyero represented Ogun Central at the Senate in the second Republic. A colloquium themed “Legislation in Nigeria: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” was organised by the Abeokuta Grammar School Old Boys’ Association (AGSOBA), in November, 2023, in honour of Oyero during his centenary birthday. The Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, Senator Shuaib Afolabi Salisu, mourned the passing of Oyero, saying his death has diminished ranks of the elder statesmen in the country. In a statement from Head, SAS Media, Adetunji…
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50 Reps Write Tinubu, Demand Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

50 Reps Write Tinubu, Demand Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

50 Reps Write Tinubu, Demand Nnamdi Kanu’s Release Fifty members of the House of Representatives from different parts of Nigeria and political parties, known as Concerned Federal Lawmakers for Peace and Security in the South East, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to invoke Section 174 of the Constitution of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Section 107(1) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. The lawmakers made this appeal in a three-page letter signed by the lawmakers, dated June 19, 2024, and addressed…
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National Assembly Moves To Approve N70k Minimum Wage For Workers

National Assembly Moves To Approve N70k Minimum Wage For Workers

National Assembly Moves To Approve N70k Minimum Wage For Workers The National Assembly has reportedly moved to approve a new minimum wage of N70,000 as part of efforts to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerian workers, 9News Nigeria has learnt. The move, according to an inside source who preferred not to be named, will relax the tension between the organised labour, the federal government, states, and local governments. Nigerian Senate President Godswill AkpabioNigerian Senate President Godswill AkpabioRecall that the tripartite committee had recommended a minimum wage of N62,000. Labour unions in the country have since turned down the offer, insisting on…
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