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The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) has called on Nigerians to appeal to the Federal Government to implement the new minimum wage with adequate consequential adjustments to avoid the looming industrial crisis. The organised labour under the auspices of the Trade Union Side (TUS) of the council made the call on Tuesday following failure to reach an agreement with the government over non-implementation. The TUS Acting Chairman, Mr Anchaver Simon, and Secretary, Mr Alade Lawal, said in a statement that efforts by the unions to persuade the government to implement the new minimum wage with appropriate consequential adjustment…

In contrast to most cases among the celebrities on failed marriages, Nicole Chikwe, the wife of popular musician, Naetochukwu Chikwe, popularly known as Naeto C, has risen in defence of her hubby describing him as perfect. Chikwe married to the popular musician for seven years with three children on Tuesday in Lagos said that the status of her husband as a celebrity did not go into his head, adding that he remained a caring husband. Chikwe made the assertion in an interview with Newsmen while she was at the 2019 programme by a Non-Governmental Organisation’s (NGO), Foundation for African Cultural…

South African authorities have granted landing permit to Air Peace Flight B777 to enable it to evacuate some 320 Nigerians escaping from xenophobia in that country, a Nigerian consular officer has confirmed. Nigeria’s  Consul- General in Johannesburg, Mr. Godwin Adama, made the confirmation in a telephone interview with Newsmen on Tuesday. Adama spoke against the background of a complaint by the Managing Director of Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyema. Onyema had said that the refusal of South Africa to grant the permit made it impossible for the flight to leave Lagos at 1 a.m. for Johannesburg to convey the second…

American stand-up comedian, producer, and actor, Kevin Hart’s sex tape partner, Montia Sabbag has sued him for 60 million dollars over a sex tape. Sabbag claimed that he secretly recorded their intimate encounter in 2017 at Las Vega hotel. Sabbag said her encounter with Kevin Hart was all planned by him and his friend, Jonathan Jackson who was arrested for extortion, according to TMZ reports. She said Kevin motive at that time was motivated by publicity, especially with an upcoming comedy tour and that was why he and his friend allegedly hid the camera. Earlier, in September 2017, the footage…

The Federal Government has taken another determined step in its bid to recover over N5 Trillion outstanding debts owed the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), with the formal inauguration of an inter-agency Committee to speedily resolve the challenges in recovering the debts. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, inaugurated the Committee on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, tasking its members to turn the tide in what has been a rather difficult process where debtors have continued to default in their payment obligations. About 67 per cent of the outstanding N5tn debt is said to be owed by just 20…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Ade Omole, says the newly constituted Economic Advisory Council (EAC) will bring about the desired boost to the country’s economy. Omole, who is the leader of the United Kingdom chapter of the APC, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the EAC will further boost the confidence of foreign investors in the country’s economy, especially because of the pedigree of its members. He assured that with the council, an improved Nigerian economy was assured within the coming years. “This is…

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed a serving 26-year-old female Youth Corps member, Miss Joana Nnazua Kolo as a commissioner. She was among the four female commissioner-nominees whose names were forwarded to the Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday. Kolo, the youngest commissioner-nominee in the state’s history, is a 2018 graduate of Library Science from the Kwara State University (KWASU). A grassroots mobiliser, Kolo is an ardent advocate of community development. If confirmed, she would be Nigeria’s youngest commissioner, taking the trophy from Oyo State’s 27-year-old Oluwaseun Fakorede. Kolo is still having her National Youths Service Corps programme…

The Federal Government has taken another determined step in its bid to recover over N5 Trillion outstanding debts owed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), with the formal inauguration of an inter-agency Committee to speedily resolve the challenges in recovering the debts. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, inaugurated the Committee on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, tasking its members to turn the tide in what has been a rather difficult process where debtors have continued to default on their payment obligations. About 67 percent of the outstanding N5tn debt is said to be owed by just 20…

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Tuesday said that the workers in the state civil service were currently being owed  N57billion as arrears of unpaid salaries and emoluments. The governor said this at a meeting he had with the civil servants as well as a cross-section of labour leaders at the Government House, Ado Ekiti. He said that his administration was making frantic efforts to defray the backlogs which he said would be done in phases. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fayemi claimed the trend was caused by irregular payments of salaries and pensions by the immediate…

Annual inflation in Nigeria stood at 11.02% in August, its lowest in almost four years, down from 11.08% in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. Inflation has been falling steadily since May, boosting chances that the central bank could begin to loosen interest rates at its rate setting meeting next week. The price index, which peaked at 18.7 percent in January last year, has been in double digits for three years. The central bank in March cut its benchmark interest rate in a surprise move to 13.5% from 14% as part of an attempt to stimulate growth…