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After days of intense negotiations, the federal government of Nigeria and the country’s labour unions have reached a deal on the implementation modality of the new minimum wage. Disagreement over how the new minimum wage law signed by President Muhammadu Buhari in April would be implemented had lingered for months, with organised labour threatening to strike. The Minister for Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed news of the much-awaited agreement early Friday morning in Abuja shortly after a government team he led concluded a meeting with labour. The meeting, which began at 8:24pm Thursday, ended 3am Friday The disagreement had centred around the consequential adjustments in salaries that must be implemented across board in line with the new minimum wage law. Labour is demanding a 29 per cent salary increase for officers on salary level 07 to 14, and 24 per cent adjustment for officers on salary grade level 15 to 17. But the federal government offered 11 per c...

The 650,000 barrels per day(bpd), Dangote Petroleum refinery has announced the completion of pilling works described as the largest in the world. Group Executive Director (GED), Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development for Dangote, Mr. Edwin Devakumar, disclosed this on the sidelines of the close out/graduation ceremony for the Ibeju/Lekki Youth in Lagos yesterday. The GED explained that the pilling work is a 148,000 pile, making it a construction project with the largest number of piles in the world. He equally said the civil works and underground works have been completed while the super structure work and some of the building works are coming up. ‘‘The next phase of the work is piping. And as you know, we have announced the plan to complete mechanical works by December 2020 which I believe we will be able to do. As planned, December 2020 is the plant and mechanical completion while commissioning will come up in the first quarter of 2021. On the skill acqu...

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to approve the payment of N10.069billion as settlement of promissory note to the Kogi State Government. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request on the floor of the Senate. Buhari, in the letter, addressed to Senate President,  Ahmad Lawan,  said the money would be used by the state government to settle local debts it incurred as a result of the projects executed on behalf of the Federal Government. Credit: Ralph Omololu Agbana Facebook page

Liberia's lawmakers have agreed to cut away 30 per cent of their total earnings in the country's 2020 budget  The lawmakers said the move is to help the West African nation meet the important IMF Standard  The actions of the Liberian lawmakers occurred about one month after Nigerians sued their own senate for proposing to buy N5.5bn worth of cars its principal officers Reports in Monrovia say federal lawmakers of Liberia have passed the country's 2020 budget with massive cuts to their salaries and allowances.  According to Front Page Africa, a magazine in the West African country, the lawmakers, in a selfless move on Tuesday, October 1, voted unanimously to have their earnings slashed. The lawmakers cut the proposed budget by the executive arm led by President George Weah, a former international football player, by almost $7million.  Weah had proposed $532.9m but the lawmakers approved $526 million after cutting their own earnings and those of the officia...

Nigerian lawmaker Dino Melaye on Friday lost the appeal of a tribunal ruling that nullified his election as the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate. “I just lost my election at the Appeal Court and Fresh election ordered,” Dino Melaye tweeted on Friday. The Kogi State National Assembly Election Tribunal Friday, 23 August  nullified Dino Melaye’s election . Melaye, a candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was declared the winner of the February election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). His victory was challenged in court by Smart Adeyemi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeyemi challenged Melaye’s victory on three grounds of irregularities, over voting and non-compliance with the electoral acts. The three-man panel led by Justice A. O. Chijioke in a unanimous judgment accepted Adeyemi’s appeal and ordered reelection. Despite the court ruling, Melaye said, “In all thin...

Sadiya Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, is in New York promoting a UN campaign against poverty as rumour of a wedding to President Muhammadu Buhari ripples. In a tweet, the minister, whose rumoured wedding to Buhari is scheduled for Friday, canvassed for active participation of citizens in ending poverty. “On October 17, join us as we #WalkOutPoverty. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is commemorated to encourage active participation by all to respect the rights & dignity of people living in poverty. #WalkOutPoverty#EndPoverty#Children @ossap_sdgs,” the tweet read. Nigerians on Twitter have asked the minister to disclose details of the alleged wedding. Adewale, a Twitter user, asked the minister to display pre-wedding pictures as well as pictures of the venue. “Hon, her Excellency in coming,we should be seeing pre-wedding pictures, pictures of venue. You and baba should not disappoint us o! Wai...

A JSS three 12year old David Francis of Onward Comprehensive Academy Lokoja who has ambition of becoming an electronic engineer woo his parents and mate with his new invention. David Francis was first noticed when he was sourcing for raw materials such as spoil extensions, wire, light glob and lamb holders of which his parents has little or no knowledge about what he need those materials gathered for. After some while Francis seeing melting and joining some wire together inside the extension and to the amazement of his parents and mates Francis was seeing connecting wire with the lamp holder in his hand and later inserted the electronic glob to the lamp holder and went ahead to plug it on the extension he early prepared and suddenly the Bob bring light without any electronic source. From www.dealerprince.blogspot.com finding, David Francis comes from a middle class family which may serve as a stomping block for his desire career of becoming an electronic engineer. His mot...