LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Lagos lawyer and human right activities, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo has faulted the claim by Nigeria Governors Forum of not being able to pay N60,000 minimum wage. He recommend that state governments that cannot sustain the N60,000.00 .00 minimum wage should be merged with other capable states because it is absolutely wrong…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected the N60,000 minimum wage proposed by the Federal Government. This contradicts the federal government’s commitment to a minimum wage exceeding N60,000. According to the governors, N60,000 as minimum wage is not sustainable and can not fly. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and…
A hit-and-run truck driver, on Friday, reportedly lost control and rammed into a bus carrying students who had just finished their WAEC examination, killing many and several commuters and motorists at the busy Agbara Bus stop along the Lagos Badagry expressway. Report from BigPen revealed that the tragic incident occurred around Agbara and neighbouring communities…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Mr. Ferdinand Agu, former Director General of the defunct National Maritime Authority (NMA), now known as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has died. Agu, who attended a traditional wedding in Abuja yesterday and was there until about 9 pm, died this morning after suffering a heart attack. A source…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage to N62,000, while organised labour has reduced its demand from N494,000 to N250,000. This comes after the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, submitted the cost implication of minimum wage to President Bola Tinubu. A source confirmed this to our…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal on Friday fined Multichoice Nigeria the sum of N150 million for disregarding its order restraining the pay TV company from increasing its monthly subscription pending the determination of the suit brought before it. Multichoice is the parent company of DStv and GOtv. The tribunal also ordered…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two construction workers were on Thursday reported dead after attempting to pick a fetcher that fell into a well at a site in Ile-Ife. It was gathered the incident occurred along Ife-Ilesa road opposite Ilesa motor park in the afternoon. An eye witness, Usman Olawale disclosed that the two were at the…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 32-year-old housewife, Mrs Maimuna Aliyu, slipped and died while fetching rain water inside at Bako village in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday, June 6. DailyTrust reports that a neighbour who simply identified himself as Usman said the incident happened about 8:12 am. Usman said…
