The Federal Government on Thursday announced that a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on April 1, 2024. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, made this announcement, saying that the current N30,000 minimum wage would expire at the end of March 2024. “Certainly, there is a new wage regime that…
The Federal Government has promised to provide 80,000 houses in the next eight years as part of its measures to bridge the housing deficit faced by Nigerians. Mr Mahmuda Mamman, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen today in Kaduna during the 12th meeting of the…
The Federal Government has inaugurated enhanced e-passport facilities at selected Nigerian Embassies in Italy, Greece, Austria and Switzerland. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, inaugurated the facilities at the Nigerian Embassy in Rome, Italy. A statement by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Adedotun Aridegbe, on Tuesday in Abuja, stated the new passport processing centers…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Organised Labour in Oyo state has given the state government 7 days ultimatum to implement federal government 35, 000 naira as wage award for workers and 25,000 naira for pensioners or risk industrial action. Pensioners FM Labour Correspondent, reports that, the organised labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade…
The Osun State Government has debunked allegations that it received only N2 billion from the Federal Government for subsidy palliative. In a statement signed by Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, the state government clarified that the N2 billion was for subsidy palliative while another N7 billion refund from…
The Federal Government, Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states have agreed on a bilateral trade to distribute 4,000 megawatts electricity to the extensive industrial and business clusters in Agbara and throughout Nigeria. This was revealed at the ‘Light Up Nigeria Programme: Agbara Business Rountable’ in Lagos on Thursday. While speaking at…
The Federal Government is to soon commence the partial commercialisation of the River Basins across the country to enhance food production and to boost the economy. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Professor Joseph Utsev disclosed this when he paid an inspection visit to Tiga Dam, built by former Governor of Kano State, Police…
Nigeria’s available power generation capacity has plunged by 2,324 megawatts due to deteriorating plants/units’ capacities and poor maintenance caused by liquidity challenges, among others, the Federal Government has said. It stated that though the country’s installed power generation capacity increased marginally, the quantum of available power crashed by over 2,300MW between 2015 and 2022. An…
The Federal Government has issued its first Wholesale Gas Supply Licence for 500 million standard cubic feet of gas per day to an indigenous firm to deepen gas utilisation across the country. It issued the licence to Ohuru Trading Limited, stating that Section 142 of the Petroleum Industry Act provided for the issuance of the…
President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as a provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that this followed consultations between the federal government and the leadership of…