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The Federal Government on Wednesday ordered the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, to proceed on administrative leave immediately. Government has also set up a seven-man panel to investigate the allegations levelled against him by the scheme’s Governing Council, which led to his recent controversial suspension. The government’s position was contained in a statement by …

The Federal Government has made it known it was not in support of the N22,500 minimum wage proposed by the Nigeria Governors Forum. The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, made the stance of the Federal Government known on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. He said, “The governors have not even done enough. I told them that this N22,500 was …

By Saharareporters   The Nigeria Police Force have confirmed the arrest of 400 Shi’ites. There have been clashes between security operatives and Shi’ites over the past few days, leading to the death of dozens of members of the sect. The sect had embarked on a protest on Tuesday to end its annual ‘Arbaeen Symbolic Trek’. During the trek, a clash …

The suit, filed as an ex parte motion, urged the court to mandate the National Assembly to impeach the president   Justice Maureen Onyetenu sitting at the Federal High Court in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has adjourned a law suit seeking the impeachment of President Muhammad Buhari till November 26. The suit, filed on June 19, accused the president …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday rejected N22,500 adopted by governors as the minimum wage their states can pay. We reported how governors of the 36 states met on Tuesday and adopted the N22,500. This is despite the NLC and other labour unions insisting they had agreed with the government to accept N30,000 minimum wage after extensive deliberations. The …

Nigerian governors met in Abuja on Tuesday night and said they can only increase workers salary in their states from N18,000 to N22, 500 per month. The resolve of the governors was contrary to the demand of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress that the minimum wage must be increased to N30,000. The Federal Government had earlier …

…Govt to give him state burial Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has visited the family of late elder statesman, Chief Anthony Anenih, whose death was reported on Sunday, in an Abuja hospital. The governor, who was at the Anenihs’ Abuja home, expressed deep sadness over the passing of the former Minister of Works and Housing, and the Iyasele of …

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has promised to pay any amount agreed upon by the negotiating committee on minimum wage. Ortom stated this on Tuesday in Makurdi, when members of Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, and other sister unions visited him to register their support for the upward review of wages. The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that the …

About 5,000 members of the Kwankwasiya group in Kebbi State have defected to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party. Kwankwasiyya is the political structure of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, who represents Kano Central senatorial zone in the National Assembly, and was an aspirant in the recent presidential primaries of the PDP that was won by former Vice President …

…to remove illegal structures in school premises Edo State Government has shut the operations of all illegal sawmills on the premises of the Government Science and Technical College (GSTC), formerly Benin Technical College, in Ugbowo axis of Benin City, noting that their operations contravene the law. Senior Special Assistant to the Governor Godwin Obaseki on Security and Surveillance, Comrade Emmanuel …