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The Edo State Government has ordered that civil and public servants would go to work three days a week. The government has also increased the minimum wage from the approved N30, 000 to N40, 000. PLATFORM TIMES observed that Edo is the second to take the step after Kwara State, which on Tuesday slashed the working days for civil servants to thrice a week. The government in a statement, said the decision was as a result of fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government which has spiked fuel prices astronomically leading to rise in prices of goods and services and…

Some major farmers in Nigeria have raised the alarm over the looming food crisis as a result of flooding leading to challenges facing the agricultural sector. The farmers blamed lack of access to affordable finance; unavailability of quality and affordable inputs; skyrocketing prices of inputs; fragmented and unstructured market; negative climate change as some of other challenges currently facing the farmer. President of Forum for Agricultural Commodity Association of Nigeria, Alh. Sadiq Daware, raised this alarm in Anuja at a press briefing on Tuesday . He lamented that despite the many gains of the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme of the Central…

The crisis rocking the Nasarawa state House of Assembly has led to the emergence of two speakers. They are Mr. Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, the former speaker, and Mr Daniel Ogah Ogazi, representing Kokona East constituency. While Mr Abdullahi was elected at sitting which took place at the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ogazi emerged as speaker from the proceeding at the State Assembly complex. From Balarabe camp, the member representing Nasarawa Eggon East, Hon. Jecob Kudu was elected Deputy Speaker. Senate Presidency: Nigerian Constitution doesn’t recognize religion – Yari Demolition of structures in Kano ‘barbaric,’ APC hits Gov Yusuf…

A judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Inyang Ekwo, has warned those sending private messages to him over N5 billion corruption trial of former minister of aviation, Stella Oduah and others to desist from intruding on his privacy. Ekwo who did not provide the identities of the senders, gave the warning at the resumed hearing of the case on Monday. Oduah, who is a serving senator and other defendants, including a Chinese firm, CCECC, were scheduled to be arraigned on Monday. But the arraignment was again adjourned over ongoing talks between some defendants and the Economic and Financial Crimes…

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on a strike over the removal of fuel subsidy. In a suit N0: NICN/ABJ/158/2023, the Federal Government (FG) obtained an order restraining the two unions from embarking on any form of strike on Monday. The federal government’s counsel, Maimuna Lami Shiru, who filed the application, told the court that the proposed strike action could disrupt economic activity, the health sector, and the educational sector. FG further tendered Exhibits FGN 1, 2, and 3, which were notices from…

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has advised President Bola Tinubu to increase the minimum wage of workers in the country in order to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. The union also suggested that it’s implementation commence at the end of June in order to implement Petroleum Industry Act. President and General Secretary of TUC, Festus Osifo and Nuhu Toro respectively said this in a statement jointly signed on Monday. The union leaders said these were parts of their demands during their ongoing negotiation with the government. Osifo said they also demanded that the “status quo ante of PMS pump…

A teacher simply identified as Mr David has fled after he reportedly beat a 16-year-old SS3 female student of Government Girls Science Secondary School, Kuje, Abuja, Christabel Mimi Henry, to a state of coma. The victim’s mother, Stella Henry lamented that Mimi has been hospitalised after the teacher hit her with an iron rod. She added that her daughter was set to undergo a scan to determine the severity of the injury. PLATFORM TIMES gathered that Mimi was on Friday evening beaten into a state of coma by the teacher and was rushed to the General Hospital in Kuje. She…

Vitafoam Nigeria Plc, Nigeria’s leading foam manufacturer has unveiled a new comfort centre in Aboru, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State. The expansion, which it described as strategic, according to the firm, “Aims to bring the company’s wide range of furniture items and complementary products closer to the local community.” The Comfort Centre showcases Vitafoam’s commitment to providing customers with a comprehensive shopping experience. In addition to mattresses, the centre features a diverse range of furniture items, including bed sheets, pillows, and dining table sets, all manufactured by Vitafoam’s subsidiarie. The Company’s Group Managing Director, Taiwo Adeniyi, said, “Our…

The Board of Directors of Wema Bank Plc. has appointed Dr. (Mrs.) Oluwayemisi Olorunshola as its new chairman. This follows the retirement of the current Board Chairman, Mr. Babatunde Kasali having attained the retirement age in line with the Bank’s Articles of Association. Dr. (Mrs) Oluwayemisi Olorunshola joined the bank as a Non-Executive Director in 2022 and until her new appointment, was the Chairman, of the Board’s Nomination and Governance Committee. Prior to her joining the bank, Dr. (Mrs) Olorunshola had worked with Unilever Nigeria Plc for fifteen (15) years with experience spanning across supply chain, business re-engineering and process…

The Ogun State House of Assembly Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC have been urged to put their house in order by settling their differences amicably and stop shifting blames on the newly elected members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in their tussle for the position of speaker and other principal offices. 1 member of the Assembly representing Abeokuta South State Constituency 1, Hon Lukmon Atobatele stated this in Abeokuta while distancing the PDP members from the crisis in electing a speaker and deputy speaker for the 10th Assembly. He said, the talks that the PDP caucus is…