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Day: May 1, 2019

Seyi Makinde kicks as Ajimobi agrees to pay Oyo workers N30,000 new minimum wage

The out-going Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has agreed to pay the N30,000 new minimum wage while the governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday revealed that the state cannot pay the new national minimum wage of N30,000 just signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Makinde, he intends to negotiate with the…

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Worker’s Day: Akeredolu agrees to pay Ondo workers N30,000 new minimum wage

As workers in the country mark the 2019 May Day, the Ondo state governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has promised to pay N30,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state. Akeredolu who gave the assurance on Wednesday at the 2019 workers day celebration in Akure, Ondo state capital, said that paying the N30,000 new minimum…

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CBN tells customers to report banks rejecting mutilated Naira notes

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday asked bank customers to report any commercial bank that rejects dirty, soiled, worn out, defaced or mutilated naira notes for sanction. CBN Director, Currency Operations Department Mrs. Pricilla Eleje, passed the message to bank customers during the launch of the Clean Note Policy and Banknote Fitness Guidelines in…

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Four killed in a crushed tricycle by train in Lagos

Four people were reportedly killed on Tuesday when a train crushed a tricycle along Iju-Fagba corridor of the railway line in Lagos State. Christian Madza, the Lagos District Superintendent, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to Mr Madza, the tricycle was trying to outsmart the moving train when the train…

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Video: EACOED Students Arrested For Stealing Pants In Oyo

Four students of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education has been arrested for stealing female pants. The undergraduate students were in a viral video were being caught by the residents after stealing panties in Oyo town. According to Concise News, the students, who are in their teens, were apprehended after a female resident in the area…

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Oyo Assembly reverses suspension of Irepo council chairman and his deputy

Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday reversed the suspension of Executive Chairman of Irepo Local Government Area, Mr Asifu Adediran-Sulaiman and his vice, Mrs Ojedele Victoria for breaching the law guiding the process. The Assembly which described the suspension process as inconclusive also noted that pending the time the House Committee on local government…

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