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Civil servants in Kano State said Wednesday that they had been left confused following unexplained slashes in their November and December salaries. Some civil servants said they were left with less than the old minimum wage of N18, 000. Officials of the state government denied reverting to the old minimum …

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has appointed an acting Managing Director and she is Mrs Yemisi Edun, an executive director on the board of the bank. She is taking over from the Mr Adam Nuhu, who stepped aside from the exalted position to allow for an investigation into the allegation of unethical …

MINMUM WAGE: EKITI GOVERNMENT, LABOUR REACH AGREEMENT ON CONSEQUENTIAL ADJUSTMENT FOR SENIOR WORKERS The Government of Ekiti State has signed an agreement with Organized Labour on the implementation of minimum wage and consequential adjustment for workers in core civil service and Local Government Service as well as Judiciary and Health …

“The average person in Abia cannot access health care, we are pleading with you sir to come to the aid of doctors in Abia State”. Those were the words of the Abia State Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Okwuonu Chimezie to Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator …

A Nigerian doctor, Fatima has revealed that she turned down an opportunity to move to Canada because she wants to contribute to the growth and development of her country, Newsextra24 reports. “About a month ago, I got an opportunity to move and work in Canada. But honestly leaving this country …

•Ex-VP sells shares for $100m, may be ready for another presidential bid Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has divested from Integrated Logistic Services (INTELS) Nigeria Limited, the country’s largest logistics company that provides comprehensive integrated services for the nation’s oil and gas industry, Newsextra24 learnt at the weekend. Intels spokesman, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the take-off of the Special Public Works (SPW) Programme to commence nationwide on Tuesday, January 05, 2020. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, via twitter. The Federal Government’s SPW Programme is aimed at employing 774,000 youths across …

Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens Portal For 2021 Entrepreneurship Programme Application The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) on Friday opened applications on its TEFConnect digital platform (www.tefconnect.com). This year’s intervention prioritises the economic recovery of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and young African entrepreneurs, following the Covid-19 disruption to economic activities. …

With the ongoing unemployment and lack of job opportunities in Nigeria, an indigenous mobile transport and logistics “on-demand” Software company” called NAIRAXI has assured Nigerian youths of its commitments in areas of empowerment and job creation for over 20,000 youths and 5,000 driver-jobs in FCT, as it projects $2bn dollars …

NSE ranked world’s best-performing stock market in 2020 The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has been named the best-performing stock market among the 93 equity indexes being tracked by Bloomberg across the world. The all-share index which opened at 38,800.01 inched higher by 310.16 points or 0.80 percent to cross the …