The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, 19th March 2019 approved N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. The approval is a sequel to the submission of the report of the ad hoc committee set up to review the minimum wage.
Following the Ethiopian Airline crash on Sunday, the Federal Government has banned the use of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes from the Nigerian airspace. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika made the disclosure to newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) Troops on Saturday took the fight to Boko Haram and the Task Force was said to have killed about 50 Boko Haram fighters in Gueskerou and Abadam along the Lake Chad Basin.
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau (RTD), has ordered the closure of all land borders into the country with effect from 12:00 noon on Friday, March 8, to 12: 00 noon of Sunday, March 10, 2019.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday has commissioned the Command and Control Centre of Kaduna State Aerial Surveillance and Monitoring System.
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) through its tweeter handle has condemned the attack on a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in Brass, Bayelsa state during the election period and has promised to carry out intensive investigation and the prosecution of those who perpetrated the act.
