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Minimum wage: Identities of anti-N30,000 states unveiled  THE country is at present sitting on industrial  powder keg over the N30, 000 new national minimum wage recommended by the Tripartite members of the National Minimum Wage Committee. Ayuba Wabba, NLC President No sooner had information leaked out that the committee had concluded its assignment and report ready to be sent to President Muhammadu Buhari who inaugurated the committee on November 2017, than the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting of October 10, 2018, debunked the claim that the committee was yet to arrive at a consensus figure to be recommended to the Federal Government as the new national minimum wage. Minimum Wage: Kogi Workers stage protest, tasks Buhari Recall that the committee was inaugurated sequel to  unending pressure by Organised Labour from 2016 following the expiration of the subsisting N18,000 national minimum wag...

2019: APC’s NWC axes Okorocha, Amosun’s men1 hour ago  Upholds Uzodinma in Imo, Abiodun in Ogun A-Court strikes out motions by factions in Rivers Okorocha’s loyalists protest in Imo By Omeiza Ajayi, Davies Iheamnachor & Chinonso Alozie A BUJA —The National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, last night drew the curtains on its governorship candidates for the forthcoming general election, with Governor Rochas Okorocha finally losing out in his bid to foist his son-in-law as the party’s candidate on Imo State. This came on a day the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, struck out motions by two factions of APC in the state. L-R: APC National Chairman, H.E. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; National Woman Leader, Hajia Salamatu Baiwa and National Treasurer, Alh. Adamu Fanda at the Press Conference. Vanguard  gathered that the NWC almost unanimously reverted to the report of the Ahmed Gulak Committee, which conducted t...

Former Italian football star sentenced in mafia trial The sentencing came at the end of a trial of almost 150 people for alleged mafia links. Iaquinta was found guilty of a firearms offence, but the judge dismissed accusations that he was involved with the ‘Ndrangheta. Operation Velvet: Lagos Assembly seeks more time for implementation former national football star, Vincenzo Iaquinta It is Italy’s most powerful organised crime network which is based in the southern region of Calabria. However, the court in the northern city of Reggio Emilia ruled that his father did have mafia ties. Trial of lawyer that allegedly murdered husband stalled More than 120 other defendants were also found guilty in the case, which was the biggest ever such trial targeting the ‘Ndrangheta. Lawyers for the pair, who are Calabrian, said they would appeal against the ruling while Iaquinta furiously denied any wrongdoing after the sentence was read out. “They have ruined my life over ...

Naira depreciates against dollar at investors’ window The Naira on Wednesday depreciated to N363.54 to the dollar at the investors window in Lagos, weaker than N363.32 posted on Tuesday. Investors traded 397.57 million dollars in turnover at the end of trading. Naira At the official CBN window, the naira closed at N306.6 to the dollar. Currency buyers bought the naira on the streets of Lagos at N360.50, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro were exchanged at N480 and N418. Naira appreciates against dollar at parallel market Trading at the Bureau De Change (BDC) window saw the naira close at N360 to the dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro were exchanged at N480 and N418.

1'   NEWS Nigerian wins €50,000 Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Award Published October 31, 2018 A Nigerian, Adepeju Jaiyeoba, has been awarded the 2018 Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Award. Jaiyeoba, who runs a social enterprise that supplies birthing kits to health centres was handed the award at a ceremony in London on Tuesday. As the HRH Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Prize winner, Adepeju will receive a €50,000 cash award and the remaining seven winners will each receive a €8,500 cash award, reveals University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership on its website. READ ALSO:   Minimum wage: Labour insists on indefinite strike in Zamfara All winners benefit from tailored one-to-one mentoring sessions for 12 months provided by experts from Unilever and University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Adep...