Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF) said it has concluded plan to pay the new
Super Eagles head coach, Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh three months salaries
in advance. NFF President Amaju Pinnick disclosed yesterday during the
official unveiling of the former Juventus midfield maestro as Coach
Stephen Keshi’s successor at the media center of the National Stadium,
Abuja.
The governor of
far north region of Cameroon, Midjiyawa Bakari has banned the use of
Burqa, a face covering apparel worn by Muslim women. The Governor said
the ban is as a result of last Sunday's suicide attack carried out by
two women wearing Burqa. Announcing the decision yesterday July 15th, the governor said “I took this measure because of the security situation prevailing
in the region. No one suspected them and that is why we have ordered
women
The Association of Senior Civil Servants has demanded a minimum wage of N46,000 for workers. The union’s Secretary-General,
Mr. Bashir Lawal, in Lagos State, on Wednesday, said that the existing
N18, 000 minimum wage could not meet the socio-economic demands of
workers. According to him, a minimum wage of N46,000 demand was arrived
at after the union met with the National Public Service Joint
Negotiating Council.
He said, “In the past one year,
A member of the House of Representatives
in Nigeria, Honourable Igariwey Onwe has sued President Muhammadu
Buhari for granting a bailout to states, insisting that the decision was
‘unconstitutional, null and void’. Hon. Igariwey filed the case with the Abuja High Court on Wednesday and
is seeking to establish whether the President can by way of fiat, call
for the appropriation and disbursement of public revenue from the
distributable pool account to
The
Independent National Electoral Commission has registered the Democratic
People’s Congress as a political party. In a letter dated July 8, 2015,
with reference number INEC/DEPM/DPC/511/11
and signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, the
commission said the Democratic People’s Congress was registered at its
meeting on Friday June 19, 2015. It further stated that the
party constitution, manifesto, logo, flag and the list of the National
Executive Officers were also approved, adding that the certificate of
registration would be issued in due course.
The Managing
Director of Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, Ltd, Babs Omotowa has
insisted that the N1.2 trillion bailout fund for States was generated by
the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Omotowa who made this known in an interview refuted claims by the
presidency claiming the fund was not generated from Jonathan’s
administration.
The NLNG boss while confirming that $1.6bn was paid
to the Government from operations
