News Update

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has opted to consult further on minimum wage before sending an Executive Bill to the National Assembly. The President took the decision yesterday at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, where he received the report of the Tripartite Committee from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume.

. A Supplementary Appropriation Bill containing requests for a new presidential jet may be forwarded to the National Assembly tomorrow, it was learnt last night. The money for the jet will be included in the supplementary appropriation. Three of the aircrafts in the PAF have been put on sale to augment the cost.

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The Labour Party (LP) leadership tussle deepened on Tuesday as its National Transition Committee, LPNTC, insisted that the national chairman, Julius Abure, must resign. The labour leaders, who stormed the venue of the meeting of the National Working Committee, NWC, in Abuja, said the tenure of Abure and other members of the NWC would expire by month end.

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 The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called for urgent resuscitation of the university system before it breaks down totally. According to ASUU, universities are collapsing due to the government’s failure to address outstanding issues with the union.
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 Governors of the 36 states of the federation have resolved to meet on Wednesday to resolve issues regarding the proposed new minimum wage. Acting Director on Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, Halima Ahmed, said the meeting would hold by 7pm in Abuja.

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 The Federal Government, on Tuesday, declared that there was no importation of dirty fuel into Nigeria, countering the recent position of an official of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It declared this after meeting with oil marketers and local refiners of crude oil in Abuja, where parties at the meeting discussed issues about refined products’ pricing, issues of competition and the importation of products that are produced in Nigeria.

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 The Ogun State Police Command says it will prosecute a man, Lekan Akinyemi, who was arrested for allegedly exhuming and beheading a corpse for ritual purposes in the Itoko area of Abeokuta, the state capital. It was gathered on Tuesday that the suspect was arrested on Monday after a resident alerted the police about suspicious activities around his father’s grave.

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 Bandits have launched another terror attack on Danbaza community in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, kidnapping 47 people. According to a resident of the village, Mustapha Danbaza, 11 people were abducted in one family during the attack.

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 President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Executive Council, FEC, to set up a committee to oversee the cholera emergency operation centre operated by the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. The Minister of Health, Dr Ali Pate, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the council meeting on Tuesday.

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 The Naira on Tuesday appreciated in the parallel market to N1,500 per dollar from N1,505 per dollar on Monday. However, the currency depreciated to N1,500.79 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM.

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