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The National Salaries, Income and Wages (NSIWC) has told the executive committee of Nigeria Union of Pensioners that pensioners would likely get a raise in their pensions next year. This information was relayed during a courtesy call paid the chairman of NSIWC, Mr. Ekpo Nta by a delegation of pensioners led by their chairman, Mr. Samuel Adewale, yesterday in Abuja. “The commission had forwarded to the government sometime in May 2023 its report on the harmonisation of pensions for consideration after synthesising inputs from relevant stakeholders, including pension unions, and the availability of funds, and that the commission was regularly…
The Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced a new minimum wage to replace the current wage of N30,000 which is set to expire at the end of March, 2024. This was revealed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed during an interview with Punch News in Abuja. With the recent removal of fuel subsidy by the current administration, President Tinubu has increased the minimum wage to N35,000, effective from April 1, 2024 having earmarked N24.66 trillion for 2024, 2025 and 2026 fiscal years. From the allocation analysis of President Tinubu’s fiscal plan, over 29.18%…
At about 8.00am of Friday, December 1, 2023, a military aircraft belonging to the Nigeria Air Force has been said to have crashed upon landing at the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Base in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. As at the time of filling this report, the cause of the crash was not known but the said helicopter was all down in flames, as per eyewitness report. “We heard a loud sound inside the NAF Base and before we know it, there was a thick smoke coming out from there and when we went close to inquire we learnt one…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday ordered Dr. Betta Edu to release details of how her ministry, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development spent the sum of N535.8 million. This money was expended on feeding school children during the COVID-19 lockdown. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directed the minister and the ministry to furnish a civil society group with parts of the information sought in line with Section 25(1) of the Freedom of Information (FOl) Act, 2011. Justice Maha held that the minister’s failure to respond to the group’s letter dated Aug. 6,…
Check-out Official JAMB 2024 Time Table For Sales Of Form, Mock And Main Exams Dates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a time table for its activities next year. This time table contains dates for sales of forms, mock exams and the main Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME). Below is the time table for 2024 JAMB UTME: January 15, 2024 — Start of sales of forms February 26, 2024 — End of sales of forms March 7, 2024 — Mock exams April 10, 2024 — Printing of examination slip April, 19 2024 — Start of main JAMB UTME …
Cross River State Governor, Prince Bassey Otu has doled out N10 million naira as grant to a selected 10 hotels in Calabar, the state capital to assist in them prepare for the forthcoming Calabar Carnival. Moon Ray News gathered each of the 10 benefiting hotels got N1 million naira to help in give them a face lift, reset their hotel receptions and change beddings as government is expecting huge number of tourists, guests and participants. The benefiting hotels are; Diamond Crue Hotel, Ishie St, Big Qua Town, Calabar: Pyramid Hotel, Murtala Muhammed Highway, Calabar. Le- Chateau Hotel, MCC Road, Calabar.…
Here is the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of all 36 States and Abuja for year 2022: Lagos – N651.2bn Rivers – N172.8bn FCT – N124.4bn Ogun – N120.6bn Delta – N85.9bn Oyo – N62.2bn Kaduna – N58.1bn Edo – N47.5bn Kano – N42.5bn Kwara – N35.8bn 1Akwa Ibom – N34.8bn Anambra – N33.9bn Ondo – N32.6bn Enugu – N28.7bn Bauchi – N25.5bn Osun – N24.6bn Sokoto – N23.6bn Cross River – N21.1bn Jigawa – N20.5bn Abia – N20.1bn Zamfara – N19.4bn Imo – N19.3bn Nasarawa – N19.3bn Borno – N19.1bn Kogi – N18.2bn Ekiti – N17bn Niger – N16.9bn Benue…
Bwari, Kuje and Abaji Districts have been revealed as the area councils where the most kidnappings take place in Abuja. This revelation by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), the authorities in charge of Nigerian capital, Abuja goes as a precaution to residents or visitors of Abuja, especially this festive period. The Director of Administration and Finance, FCTA Security Services Department, Ebele Molokwu, made this known during the end of the year media briefing on the activities of the department. She said major kidnapping incidents in the territory were usually from those councils even though there are some isolated cases…
X (formerly known as Twitter) users have taken sides with Apostle Osayi Arome at the ongoing media battle between a comedian, Mr. Macaroni and the clergyman. In a video clip, recently shared on X and other social media platforms, Apostle Osayi was heard openly criticizing a church (whose name he did not mention) for hiring Mr. Macaroni (whom he referred to as “a strange comedian “) help advertise its forthcoming programme. “Somebody says he wants to advertise a church meeting. Then he gets an obviously strange comedian whose philosophy about life is to promote lust in brilliant ways. “So a…
Confirmed reports on Sunday have it that armed gunmen ambushed famous Nigerian actor, Sylvester Madu who was in Cameroon for a movie shoot. The attack left 3 of his movie crew dead and 8 others injured as he barely escaped death. The actor had been in Bamenda, Cameroon, at the invitation of local filmmakers to shoot a film titled ‘Abakwa’. However, while Sylvester and the team were relaxing at a leisure site in Bamenda, commotion arose when infamous Cameroonian militia Ambazonia Boys, also known as Amba Boys, struck. The Amba Boys said that the owner of the bar brought Sylvester…