The Gombe Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned against the politicisation of the proposed N30, 000 national minimum wage. Mr Haruna Kamara, the state NLC Chairman, gave the advice in Gombe on Thursday in an interview the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the struggle for minimum wage was a…
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged people doubting his achievements, saying that he has delivered on his campaign promises. Speaking yesterday in Uyo during the flag-off of his campaigns in the South-South region, President Buhari said he has delivered in the area of security, economy and fighting corruption as he promised Nigerians. He said though the…
The Director General of Buhari Campaign Organisation and Minister for Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has said the All Progressives Congress party has delivered on its promises to Nigeria. Speaking during the flag-off of the South-South campaigns for President Buhari in Uyo, Amaechi said the party have fulfilled it’s promise to improve the economy, ensure security…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that no amount of blackmail and propaganda will alter the termination of sale of valued state assets to Sahara Energy Limited. “No amount of blackmail will change the situation. The courts are there for them to seek redress. “Rivers and Lagos States are not the same. No…
he Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has expressed concern about the delay in the signing of the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the $13.5 billion Zabazaba Deepwater Project by different oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region. The IYC in a statement signed by its spokesman, Daniel Dasimaka on Thursday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state quoted…
Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board was on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State inducted as a fellow of the Institute of Petroleum Studies (IPS), University of Port Harcourt for his exceptional accomplishments in engineering, strategic management and local content leadership in the Oil and Gas Industry. The prestigious…
For the third time in less than one year the Nigerian Customs , Area 11, Onne , Rivers State said it has impounded a 40ft container comprising 600 pairs of military camouflage uniforms, 600 pairs of military caps and 600 pairs military jungle boots. The Area Comptroller of the Nigerian Customs, Area 11 Onne ,…
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION: NIMASA TO ENFORCE 0.5% SULPHUR LIMIT ON BUNKER FUEL – DAKUKU The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that the Agency will enforce strict compliance to the International Maritime Organisation regulation which puts a maximum of 0.5% sulphur cap on all fuel used…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday agreed to pay a national minimum wage of N22,500, up from the existing N18,000. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of its 2nd emergency meeting held in Abuja. Yari said that the decision was…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has debunked the sensational headlines reported in some newspapers last week to the effect that the Board has queried the infrastructural development in the rail sector and delayed passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). The Board’s General Manager, Corporate Communications, Dr. Ginah O. Ginah who…
