By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu on Thursday increased the Federal Government’s offer on the national minimum wage from N62,000 to N70,000, with an assurance that it will be reviewed after three years, instead of five years. Tinubu said he had to intervene in the negotiations, knowing the economic challengesContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja called for the enhancement of the economic value of bilateral relations between Nigeria and partner nations. The president spoke when he received Letters of Credence from the Ambassadors of Portugal, Jorge Adao Martins Dos Santos; the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,Continue Reading
By Victor Okoye The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan-Enoh, on Thursday said that the Federal Government had approved more than N12 billion as the budget for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Paris Olympics, which is its 33rdContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko The new N70,000 minimum wage adopted by the Federal Government after consultation with the Organised Labour on Thursday will be reviewed after three years. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, said this while addressing State House correspondents. He disclosed this afterContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, said he was leveraging new opportunities for climate finance and de-risking platforms. Ngelale said that this was aimed at boosting renewable energy technology manufacturing in Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, he saidContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday charged African leaders to combat exploitation of the continent’s solid minerals. The President said this when he received a delegation of African Ministers of Solid Minerals under the auspices of African Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG). The group was led to theContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs Didi Walson-Jack as the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, with effect from Aug. 14. The President, in a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday, said Walson-Jack was appointed asContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Students loans is a tool to fighting poverty in the country, President Bola Tinubu says on Wednesday at the inauguration of the scheme. Tinubu said the scheme also aligned with his administration’s commitment to inclusiveness, adding that it would be sufficiently funded. “Democracy is allContinue Reading
Pic 12. President Bola Tinubu presenting a cheque to Obilor Justice Ikechukwu, Student of Federal University of Technology Owerri Imo State during the Presidential launch of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday (17/7/2024) O231/JULY/17/7/2024/Callistus Ewelike/NAN Pic 13. President Bola Tinubu presenting aContinue Reading
By Segun Giwa The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has advocated for digital birth registration for children in Nigeria. Celine Lafoucriere, Chief of UNICEF Field Office for South-West, said this at a two-day media dialogue on e-birth registration on Tuesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports thatContinue Reading
