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The Federal Government has suspended the planned Ruga Programme. An aide in the presidency confirmed this to Channels Television. The source, however, says the Governors Forum will be speaking on the matter soon. Meanwhile, the National Executive Committee (NEC) on the farmers-herders crisis has confirmed the suspension of the Ruga program by the President.
There are three categories of people that are excluded from benefitting from the newly signed Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-enactment Bill, 2019. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the bill into law. Those excluded are: Persons who are employing less than 25 workers; persons who work in a ship which sail out of the jurisdiction;
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 20th November 2018 as public holiday to mark the Eid-El Maulud celebration. This was announced by the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen (rtd) Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Tuesday in a statement signed by the permanent secretary, Dr. M.B Umar. He urged all Muslim faithful to align themselves with the
Organised Labour on Tuesday gave December, this year, as the final deadline for the full implementation of the N30,000 new national minimum wage, Nigerian Tribune has reported. It also warned that any reduction in the N30,000 agreed by the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage; as contained in the committee’s report to the President
The Lagos State Government has said that the Third Mainland Bridge will be temporarily shut down for four days starting from midnight of August 23 to midnight of August 26, 2018 for Investigative Maintenance Test to be carried out. A release signed by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Works & Infrastructure, Sina Thorpe,
The federal government has declared Tuesday, August 21, and Wednesday, August 22 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Eid-el-Kabir. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja in a statement issued by Mohammed Umar, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry. While wishing Nigerians a happy Eid-el-Kabir celebration, Mr Dambazau,
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Federal Government has announced plan to disburse $322million fund repatriated from the accounts of former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha in Switzerland to Nigerians. National Coordinator of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), Nigeria and Special Assistant to the President on Justice Reforms, Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu made the disclosure in a chat with
The Federal Government has released a list of some of those who have allegedly looted the nation’s treasury. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, released the list during a press conference in Lagos on Friday. Mohammed said the individuals include officials in the past government. The names in the list revealed by the
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 10-man working committee constituted few days ago by the National Economic Council to end attacks by herdsmen has decided that every state should, by a rigorous consultative process with all stakeholders, design its own solutions. The committee, headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, comprises the governors of Zamfara, Kaduna, Adamawa, Benue, Taraba,
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]nformation reaching the PoliticsNGR newsdesk on Thursday afternoon reveals that the 36 state governors in Nigeria have agreed to the withdrawal of $1 billion from the country’s Excess Crude Account(ECA) to be used in funding the fight against Boko Haram. This development was made public by the Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki while