Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved N33,000 as minimum wage for all staff in his conglomerate. Mohammed El-Yakub, Managing Director of Gotel Communications, Atiku’s media outfit based in Yola confirmed this on Thursday, saying “the N33,000 new salary scale, which takes effect from November 2018, includes domestic servants and all categories of workers on the former VP’s payroll. El-Yakub said over 100,000 people are currently drawing salary on a monthly basis from the former Vice President. Following the recommendation of N30,000 as minimum wage by the tripartite committee set up by the Federal Government,…
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On November 4, 2018, Babajide Sanwo-Olu officially announced Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, a former Lagos Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, and earlier contender for the All Progressive Congress Lagos ticket, as his running mate for the 2019 Lagos Gubernatorial elections. The announcement birthed a strategic dream team equipped to usher Lagos into a new dispensation worthy of its title as the Centre of Excellence. A competent, visionary and skilled pilot is the first order requirement for a successful journey but the importance of a co-pilot that has keyed into the vision and is equally competent is the second order requirement…
The Nigeria’s senate has adjourned its plenary in order to participate in the 73rd African Parliamentary Union (APU) conference. The adjournment of plenary was to enable senators attend the conference which would be held at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) secretariat in Abuja. Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, made the announcement on Thursday after he took the prayers from the floor of the senate. The deputy senate president said President Muhammadu Buhari would be in attendance. “There is an APU conference this week and we, the national assembly are hosting it,” he said. “Today is the opening…
Celebrity and lifestyle blogger, Ronnie is everywhere, known in real life as Aaron Afful, had what many would call an eventful birthday as he received among other things, a $700 (GHC 3,300) gift from director and actor, Mr Van. The blogger who celebrated his birthday on November 6, treated some of his friends to a private dinner treat in one of the plush hotels in Accra. The private birthday party saw the likes of bloggers Nkonkonsa, Gh Kwaku, Kelly Mensah, Zionfelix, also actor and director Mr. Van among a few other close friends in attendance. Their presence made the birthday…
After former Vice President Atiku Abubakar emerged as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party at the Port Harcourt convention in October, the party said it looked forward to an issues-based campaign and challenged the ruling All Progressives Congress to roll up its sleeves. There are many issues to debate with the APC whose promise of change is losing its appeal, but the last place I expected the opposition to launch its attack is on the West African School Certificate of President Muhammadu Buhari: it’s a waste of time and a troubling evidence of mediocrity. In 2014 when this…
Following the presentation of an ‘attestation certificate’ to President Muhammadu Buhari by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), former Aviation Minister, Mr Femi Fan-koyode has congratulated the president on the development. Fani-koyode took to his twitter handle to congratulate the president on the presentation of an ‘attestation certificate’ by the West African apex examination body, WAEC, on Friday evening; a few minutes after the news hit the media space. His tweet reads: ” I congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari on his “attestation” certificate. Now can we see the real one?” President Buhari had received an “attestation certificate” from WAEC on Friday…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has presented certificate to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina announced this on his Twitter handle @FemiAdesina on Friday afternoon. The tweet reads: ” WAEC presents attestation certificate and confirmation of school cert result to President Buhari. What will the naysayers say next?” The certificate from the apex West African examination body was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa by the its registrar, Dr Iyi Uwadiae alongside other top officials from the body. Recall, President Buhari had been tongue-lashed by Nigerians…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hired a top US lobbyist for its Presidential candidate, Mr Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2019 Presidential elections. Privy information made available to MERIDIAN SPY has it that Brian Ballard, a top US lobbyist, has been hired by the PDP ahead of the 2019 elections. Ballard, is a very influential lobbyist in the United States; who reportedly has President Donald Trump as one of his clients. Politico Magazine, a top publication in the US, says Ballard is closer to the US president than perhaps any other lobbyist in the country. To seal up the…
The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development on Thursday assured Abuja residents that there was no cause for panic, following another report of Earth Tremor occurrence in Maitama District, Abuja. Ishaku Kigbu, Special Assistant to the Minister of State of the Ministry, made this known in a statement in Abuja. He said the NGSA technical team were still conducting further assessment of the occurrence. Mr Kigbu said the tremor which lasted for a minute occurred at about 12.26p.m. Vibration and movement of the earth occurred in September in Mpape and parts of Maitama District, Abuja. “The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency…
Former Abia state governor, and All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate of Abia North senatorial district, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu is currently in coma in an undisclosed German hospital, MERIDIAN SPY has learnt. According to the WorldNewsCable, Kalu who was rushed to a Wisesbaden Germany hospital today where he fell into coma on arrival. A source in the hospital told our correspondent on condition of anonymity that Kalu’s condition was critical when he arrived the hospital, and that efforts by medics in the hospital have been futile as at the time of filling this report. The source said: “Kalu’s condition…
One is not sure if President Muhammadu Buhari was informed of the giant strides of a journalist with the rather interesting name of Jaafar Jaafaar. This is important because our president expressed his disappointment last week with Nigerian journalists for not blowing his administration’s trumpet for the agricultural revolution he claimed was ongoing in the country. For an administration that boasts of many aides saddled with the responsibility of informing citizens with its achievements, that the president could still hope for a pro bono service is not surprising but that he actually thought achievements are so hidden that citizens must…
Nigeria has dropped a spot behind on the latest World Bank ease of doing business ranking. World bank released the report which has the theme‘Doing Business 2019: A Year of Record Reforms, Rising’ on Wednesday. In 2017, Nigeria moved 24 places from its 2016 spot of 169 to 145. In the 2018, Nigeria ranked 146, while Mali took Nigeria’s 2017 spot. The World Bank said it tracked 314 reforms by 128 governments across the world. “Governments have the enormous task of fostering an environment where entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises can thrive,” said Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group…