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The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, has said the payment of a living wage to workers is a sure way of reducing corruption to the bearest minimum in public service. Chinda who is the opposition leader of the House said this in a chat with newsmen, in Abuja, on Friday. According to him, ongoing negotiations …

The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Yahaya Sahabo Abubakar as Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG). Abubakar was until his appointment the AIG in charge of Zone 14 Katsina. The police said he will represent the North East in the Police Management Team, replacing DIG Habu Sani who recently …

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Friday called on the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress to reject any minimum wage offer from the federal government that is less than ₦250,000 per month. Frank who was reacting to reports of an alleged offer of ₦105,000 by …

The Federal Government has debunked the online report that it has offered N105,000 as the new national minimum wage. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga made the denial via his X account (formerly Twitter). The presidential aide said, “The Honorable Minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun has not proposed …

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed a bill seeking to establish a new state in the southeastern region known as Orlu State. The bill, which passed its first reading, was sponsored by Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere (Ideato North South, Imo State), along with other co-sponsoring lawmakers. According to the draft bill, the creation of Orlu State will amend the 1999 Constitution, increasing …

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday led a joint sitting of the National Assembly as Nigeria returned to the old National Anthem. Senate President Godswill Akpabio had announced before the joint sitting that a return to the old national anthem would begin from today, following Mr Tinubu’s assent to the bill to that effect. Also, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas …

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. They did so only after state officials warned them it was their legal duty to record the final vote tally. In Georgia’s Fulton …

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided by Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman on Thursday, June 6, fixed June 13, to determine whether it has jurisdiction to entertain the case filed against the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th emir of Kano. The state government recently abolished the five emirates in the state, dethroning Aminu Bayero and four other …

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol insurrection, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington granted the Justice Department’s request to make Bannon begin his prison …

The House of Representatives on Thursday, June 6, called on the Federal Ministry of Communications to develop measures to limit social media usage for children below 16 years in Nigeria. The House said the rise of social media has exposed young children to unsupervised orientation, leading to misplaced priorities and neglect of schoolwork It urged the federal government to adequately fund the …