Day: July 23, 2024

JUST IN :Senate passes National minimum wage bill

Emporium Reporters

The Nigeria’s Senate has passed the new minimum wage bill for a third reading. The bill passed first (President Bola Tinubu’s request), second (debate on general principles), and third readings on Tuesday — all within an hour. The legislation seeks to raise the country’s minimum wage from N30,000 to N70,000. While leading a debate on the bill, Opeyemi Bamidele, majority leader of the senate, said N70,000 was agreed upon by all the parties after negotiations. “This is part of the federal government’s short term measure to mitigate the situation in…

Tinubu sends National Minimum wage bill to N’Assembly

Emporium Reporters

President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the National minimum wage bill to the National Assembly to pass the wage bill into law.   Tinubu’s request is contained in letters dispatched to the national assembly leadership.   The letters were read by Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house; and Senate President Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Tuesday.   The bill seeks to formalise the N70,000 minimum wage recently agreed between the federal government and organised labour.     The President urged the legislators to speedily pass the bill for implementation.   Last…

JUST IN: LP Senator, Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi defects to APC

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Senator representing Imo East and a member of the Labour Party (LP), Ezenwa Onyewuchi,has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).   Onyewuchi’s defection letter was read on the floor of the Red chamber by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday.   Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo and chair of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), was in the chamber when the letter was read.  

Kogi Reps Member,Salman Idris dumps ADC to APC

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Today, on the floor of the House of Representatives, Hon. Salman Idris, the Member representing Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency, officially announced his defection from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The announcement was made during a session in the Green Chamber, where the letter of defection was read by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen,

WHEN IS ENOUGH TRULY ENOUGH, By Barr. Ugwuanyi Felix

Emporium Reporters

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN This write-up has become necessary as it now seems every day belongs to the thief. You are aware of the popular saying that “Every day is for the thief but one day is for the owner of the house.” When will the owner of the house step in to save our democracy from the hands of insatiable looters? It is ironic how some judges make witnesses swear in court with either a Bible or a Qur’an to tell the truth, while they themselves go behind…

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY AND CONSOLIDATION OF UNITARY FEDERALISM By Law Mefor

Emporium Reporters

Chief Lateef Fagbemi SAN, the federation’s attorney general, became born again, after having previously supported the Nigerian governors in their attempt to deny local governments (LGs) financial autonomy. Insofar as the brief is good, lawyers, you know, can represent anybody, even rapists and killers.   This time, the minister of justice and learned Silk has a different perspective on the subject of LG autonomy. Or, to put it another way, he works for the Nigerian president, who appointed him as the head of the federation’s no1 legal officer. He went…

How Police Affairs Is Transforming, Reforming, Refocusing National Security, BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF

Abubakar Yusuf

The Ministry of Police Affairs under the supervision of two Ministers, Senator Ibrahim Geidam and Hajiya Imaan Suleiman -Ibrahim along with the able technocrat, Dr Nasir Sani Gwarzo as Permanent Secretary have refocused not only the policy framework of the Ministry , but operations in it’s entirety with a view to delivering on the national security mandate of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration. Under the erudite political and administrative heads, and under the guise of the roles and mandates a lot of vision , transformation and road…