Thirty-one state governments owe the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, a total of N339.9bn obtained to pay workers’ salaries between 2015 and 2023, a document obtained from the apex bank has revealed. The document also stated that the sub-nationals had yet to pay Read more…
The primary mission of a public broadcaster is to serve citizens by providing them with truthful and accurate information, education, and high-quality entertainment, Pope Francis said on Saturday. The Pope was speaking to managers and employees of the RAI-Radio Televisione Read more…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday announced that the federal government has approved the suspension of the 25 percent penalty previously imposed in addition to import duty on improperly imported vehicles. In a statement signed by the NCS National Read more…
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has taken decisive action by suspending all mining activities in the state. The governor’s announcement came on Friday during the launch of the initial 60 Mining Marshalls tasked with the crucial responsibility of combating Read more…
Indications have emerged that President Bola Tinubu may announce the new minimum wage on May 1 in commemoration of the International Labour Day and backdate its implementation to April. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the National Minimum Wage Committee was working to Read more…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the payment of pension to former governors and their deputies as outrageous and a daylight robbery, just as he commended Governor Alex Otti of Abia State for repealing the law backing pension payment for Read more…
Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored United Nations resolution supporting “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, calling the measure ambiguous and saying it was not the direct demand to end the fighting that much of Read more…
Following reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has cleared all valid foreign exchange backlogs, foreign airlines, yesterday, questioned the claim. President of Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives in Nigeria, AFARN, Mr Kingsley Nwokeoma, who spoke to Vanguard, Read more…
The former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 general elections, Akin Osuntokun, has recommended that a member from the North should become the next chairman of the party. Osuntokun, who said this during a chat Read more…
Abia Governor Alex Otti has assented to the Abia Governors and Deputy Governors Pension Repeal Law of 2024 passed by the Assembly. The Governor who explained that the Bill is an Executive Bill, thanked the Assembly for expeditiously passing it. Read more…
A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, has said the Nigerian Army is an interested party in the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State Read more…
The 36 State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have underscored the need to put the creation of state police on the front burner during the ongoing alteration of the 1999 Constitution initiated by the National Read more…