Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike in his determination to turn around the FCT has promised to complete the abandoned construction of the official residence of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Wike gave the assurance today in Abuja, after inspecting the project being handled by Julius Berger construction company at the three arm zone, Abuja. The Minister applauded contractor for the commitment toward completing the project through returning to the site without even before they are being mobilised by the government.

The House of representative has yesterday after the public outcry on the N5billion proposal for the presidential Yacht, has reallocated the money to students loan scheme in the supplementary budget. The lower house lawmakers made the consideration after carefully listening to Nigerian populace outcry that greeted the frivolous allocation of such sum when the country is battling with budget deficit.

Former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amechi has taunted the immediate Managing Director of the Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, for peddling a false narrative in her book titled “Stepping on Stones”: my odyssey at the Nigerian port Authority, as a book full of lies. Hadiza has in that her book described how she overcomes adversaries to emerge as the managing Director of the NPA.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has finally approved the new wage award of the N35,000 he promised federal civil servant to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal his government withdrawn. According to the report, the new pay will be effective September 1st, 2023 as circulated through the office of the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, CEO of National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, Ekpo U.O Nta.

The organised Labour has called off its earlier directive to embark on nationwide industrial action following intervention by the federal government on Saturday 30th Sept, 2023. Labour has earlier directs all its affiliate members to withdraw their services and shut down the economy following the resistance by the federal government to ameliorate the hardship the removal of fuel subsidy has inflicted on Nigerian workers especially.

Leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC has revealed that it will hold a meeting today with its organ to decide the fate of the earlier scheduled industrial action as federal Government awarded a N25,000 provisional wage increase for Nigerian average workers for the next six months. President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero made this known during an interview with state house correspondents yesterday shortly after it concluded meeting with a federal government delegation lead by the Chief of Staff to the president, Femi Gbajabiamila.