Day: 22 January 2019

NLC kicks as Council of States peg minimum wage at N27,000

Jide Ige

The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the N27,000 new national minimum wage adopted by the National Council of States on Tuesday. The NLC Secretary-General, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. National Council of State has pegged the National Minimum wage at N27,000. This amount is for the least paid workers in the states and the private sector. The private sector is at liberty to pay any amount, so long as it is not below N27,000. However, the Federal Government will pay its own workers…

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Bill to criminalise estimated billing passes third reading at House of Reps

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A bill for an Act to amend the Electric Power Reform Act to prohibit and criminalise estimated billing by the Electricity Distribution Companies has passed third reading in the House of Representatives. The House unanimously voted in favour of the bill when it was put to voice vote by the Deputy Speaker, Yussuf Lasun (APC-Osun), at the plenary on Tuesday. The bill, which was sponsored by the Leader of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos), had scaled public hearing on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. NAN recalls that at the public hearing,…

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CJN, Onnoghen absent as CCT trial begins

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The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen is again absent to face charges of false assets declaration filed against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The CCT had adjourned the hearing to Tuesday 22nd of January to enable the registrar, serve the CJN, with charges and summons as counsel to the CJN, Wole Olanipekun had argued in the last sitting that the CJN was not served personally, and services was done through his personal assistant, which is against the provisions of the law. The CJN is absent from Court but…

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How early morning inferno killed Jimoh Ibrahim’s mother

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Mrs. Theresa Jimoh, the mother of business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, has been killed in an early morning fire incident. Our correspondent learnt that the victim, who was about 76 years old, was at her house in the Victoria Garden City, Lagos when a fire broke out around 2 am. She was said to have been burnt to death before the inferno was put out by firefighters from the Lagos State Fire Service. The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, confirmed the incident. He noted that the remains of the…

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