FG Agrees To Pay N30,000 Minimum Wage As NLC Suspends Nationwide Strike

The organised labour unions have called off the planned nationwide industrial action initially scheduled to commence today to press home workers’ demand for a new national minimum wage.

The National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, announced the suspension last night in Abuja at the end of the last meeting of the tripartite committee set up to come up with the new minimum wage. Wabba said the decision to suspend the action was reached after agreements were reached and documents signed.

“Having reached this position and agreements signed, the proposed strike action is hereby suspended,” he said. Wabba however, refused to disclose the figure of the new minimum wage arrived at by the committee.

Northern Group, Arewa Youths Support Atiku As He Plans To Reduce Fuel Price

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, is a coalition of northern youth groups.  The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has urged the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar to remain focused and not be distracted by comments from agents of opposition parties.

National President of the AYCF, Yerima Shettima, who gave the admonition while speaking to newsmen at the weekend in Kaduna said the Wazirin Adamawa has demonstrated that he is a formidable candidate as he has already been making intelligent contributions in the search for solution to the nation’s present level of unprecedented hardship.

He said, “All those within the ruling APC who are attacking Atiku are trying to divert attention from the dismal performance of the APC at the Federal, State and even Local Government

2face Cries As Wife Annie And Pero His Baby Mama Reconcile

Nigerian singer 2Face Idibia could not hold back his tears at an event yesterday when his wife, Nollywood actress, Annie Idibia and his baby mama Pero Adeniyi made peace after years of animosity.

The animosity stemmed from the singer dating Annie Macauley Idibia, Pero Adeniyi, and Sunmbo Ajaba Adeoye and having kids with all three of them within the same period. 2Face ended up marrying Annie.

Although Annie and Sunmbo enjoy a cordial relationship and their kids are really close, she and Pero are not on good terms. Annie and Pero, however, put their differences aside at an event held yesterday at Crescendo Lounge in Ikeja. Both women hugged as 2Face’s One Love sang in the background.

Atiku Tells Buhari To Stop Donating Money Like Father Christmas

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has approached President Muhammadu Buhari to attend to the needs of Nigerians instead of donating money to other countries.

The previous VP said that Nigeria's assets ought to be utilized for the nation and its kin and not as gifts to other people. He said that the President and his group ought to be more reasonable with national assets. Atiku, in a statement by its media office in Abuja on Sunday asked why a nation whose pioneers had promised to offer its national resources would even now be giving cash without thinking about its suggestions.

He said that the President as of late guaranteed to give $500,000 to Guinea Bissau, alongside other material gifts. He stated, "As of late, we had cause to

BIOGRAPHY: Nigerian Billionaire Femi Otedola Is 56 Years Old

Femi Otedola (born November 4, 1962) is a Nigerian businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and chairman of Forte Oil PLC, an importer of fuel products. Otedola is also the founder of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd, and the owner of a number of other businesses across shipping, real estate and finance. He has recently invested in power generation as part of the liberalisation of the sector in Nigeria.

Otedola was born in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, south west Nigeria, into the family of the late Sir Michael Otedola, Governor of Lagos State from 1992 to 1993.

In 2003, having identified an opportunity in the fuel retail market, Otedola secured the finance to set up Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd, a petroleum products marketing and distribution company.

A Tiger That Killed 13 People Has Been Shot Dead In India

A man-eating tiger that claimed more than a dozen victims in two years has been shot dead in

India, sparking controversy over the legality of its killing. One of India’s most high-profile tiger hunts in decades ended Friday night when the mother of two 10-month old cubs — known to hunters as T1 but Avni to wildlife lovers — was shot dead in the jungles of Maharashtra state. A team of more than 150 people had spent months searching for T1, using a paraglider and dozens of infrared cameras while sharpshooters had ridden on the backs of elephants.

However disputes quickly erupted after the killing as media reports said the tiger was shot in Yavatmal forest with no attempt to tranquilize her. India’s Supreme Court had issued a hunting order for T1 — blamed for 13 deaths since

"His Name Is Not Jesus" - Daddy Freeze Codemns The Name 'Jesus'

Controversial OAP and online pastor, Daddy Freeze says 99% of what our Pastors and GOs

taught us is false. According to him, the word 'Jesus' has no meaning and was invented by

manipulators. Read his post below...

"99% of what your Pastors and GOs taught you is false!

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How can his name be ‘Jesus’ when the letter ‘j’ was not part of the English language until 1634?

Here is a copy of the original translation of the King James Bible completed in 1611.

-How can his name be Jesus when the Hebrew alphabet doesn’t have a ‘j’ sounding letter?

-The name ‘Jesus’ is less that 400 years old, how can it aptly depict a savior that resurrected

Reactions As President Buhari Receives His WAEC Certificate

The West African Examination Council has presented attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this on his Twitter handle, @FemAdesina, on Friday.

Adesina wrote, “WAEC presents attestation certificate and confirmation of school cert result to President Buhari. What will the naysayers say next?”

Photos of the certificate presentation at the State House followed and Nigerians have been reacting to the news, demanding to know why he is just collecting his certificate from WAEC, after he had presented a sworn affidavit to the Independent National Electoral Commission, claiming that his certificate was with the military.

Prince Charles & His Wife Will Visit Nigeria This November

Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II. He has been Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay since 1952, and is the oldest and longest-serving heir apparent in British history.

The Prince of Wales, Charles; and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, will, on November 6, arrive Nigeria as part of a nine-day tour of Africa. The visit, which is at the request of the British Government, will also include the Gambia and Ghana.

A statement by the United Kingdom High Commission in Abuja on Wednesday stated that the royal visit will celebrate UK’s dynamic, forward- looking partnerships with the three Commonwealth nations on a range of shared priorities.