President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 (seventy thousand naira only) minimum wage for Nigerian workers, promising to review the national minimum wage law every three years. Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information, announced this at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday. According to Idris, the president made the announcement at the meeting with leaders of the organized labour. Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and Comrade Festus Usifo, President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), were at the meeting alongside some members of their unions. Leaders of the organised Labour have given reasons for accepting the N70,000…
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A leading Kano politician and member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Danbilki Kwamanda has cried out saying the Kaduna state governor Uba Sani instructed policemen to abuse his fundamental rights and torture him. He made a video on Thursday revealing the injuries he sustained as a result of the torture saying they even threaten to drown him in the river. In an earlier video that had gone viral in public he was shown handcuffed and was beaten by some men who even instructed him to kneel down. He was badly beaten and was pleading with them that he…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has expressed shock over a fire incident that engulfed the lives of daughter, elder sister and a sibling of the Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim Kofarmata. This was made known in issued to newsmen in Kano on Thursday by the Director General Media, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa. Yusuf described the incident as shocking and devastating as it’s resulted into the loss of lives of three innocent citizens of the state, and property of huge value. “We received with shock, the sad news of fire incident that led to the loss of three…
The Senate has removed the Chief Whip of the House, Senator Ali Ndume on Wednesday following a letter by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) seeking for the action. The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio read the letter signed by the National Chairman of the APC Abdullahi Ganduje. The letter accused Senator Ndume of uttering some unethical words which has also discouraged investors from coming to invest in Nigeria. It was after reading the letter that a vote was cast to confirmed the opinion of the members concerning removal of the Chief Whip of the Assembly, to which they all…
The Kano state Governor Abba Yusuf has assented into law the new Kano state Emirate Law 2024 establishing there new second class Emirates in the state. The governor while thanking the state assembly for answering the yearnings of the people on Tuesday also appreciated their ability to live up to their constitutional responsibility. The three new Emirates Councils include Gaya Emirate made up of Gaya, Ajingi and Albasu local governments: Rano Emirate made up of Rano, Kibiya and Bunkure local government: Karaye Emirate, made up of Karaye and Rogo local governments. “The Kano State House of Assembly has achieved another…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has commenced the distribution of 69 trucks of fertiliser to farmers across the 44 local government areas of Kano state. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Wednesday by Ismail Mudashir, the Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Deputy President of the Senate. He explained that the distribution of the 69 trucks of fertiliser (41,400 bags) was flagged off on Tuesday in Danbatta and Makoda local government areas of Kano North Senatorial District. The exercise was part of the efforts of the Deputy President of…
A fire outbreak whose source is yet to be ascertained has gutted part of one one of the various palaces in the Kano Emirate where Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano is currently residing. No casualties have been recorded as a result of the incident. The affected Emirate is called Gidan Rumfa and is founded by Emir Muhammadu Rumfa and is located in the ancient city of Kano and was originally constructed in the late 15th century. The incident occurred Friday night, around 11 pm, according to palace sources who could not ascertain the real course of the…
Following the recent appointment of the Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, the out going Managing Director Muhammad Bello Koko has expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu as well as the former president Muhammadu Buhari for the opportunity he was given to serve. He made the comment on his X handle on Sunday where he also congratulates his successor on whom he has hopes will build on the good legacies he left behind. Koko had severd as Executive Director of Finance & Administration in mid-2016 from where he became the acting Managing Director and later the…
Following public reactions that have gone viral on social media calling on Nigerians for a mass protest, religious clerics have voiced out against the plan cautioning against the aftermath. The residents who have remained faceless have spoken against the current economic hardships that include hunger and inflation across the country insisting thatbrher should be protest marches across the country to voice the anger of the public. However, Islamic clerics who have separately spoken against the planned protests insist that nothing good would comes out of the said protest insisting that it will plunge the country into devastating woes and uncertainties.…
In a recent proclamation on July 10, 2024, the Kano state government has reaffirmed its commitment to revolutionize the educational landscape towards a more unified, inclusive, and responsive framework within the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director General on Media to the Governor, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Wednesday. The governor reaffirmed this at the inauguration of a two-day Kano State Education Recovery Conference held at the Convocation Arena, Bayero University, Kano. Crafted by Kano state government in conjunction with the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE), a support program funded by the…