Friday Bako

The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Mounir Gwarzo, has been suspended from office. Mr. Gwarzo was suspended on Wednesday by the finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, “to allow for an unhindered investigation of several allegations of financial impropriety levelled against the Director-General.” According to a statement by Patricia Deworitshe, Deputy Director, Press, […]

ABUJA – PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Thursday approved the appointment of a 30-member tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee for the negotiation of a new National Minimum Wage for the Country. The Committee will be inaugurated on Monday 27th November, 2017 at the Council Chambers, Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Sate House, Abuja. By its tripartite nature, the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed governors to ensure payment of outstanding workers’ salaries in their various states to enable workers to celebrate the forthcoming Christmas happily. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo confirmed this development to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday. He said workers’ issue […]

A Senior Lecturer / Researcher Centre for Peace and Security Studies Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola, Adamawa State, Dr. Chris Kwaja has spoken on Challenge of Managing Private Sector Involvement in Peace and Security in West Africa in a Presentation at the African Good Governance Network , West Africa Regional Meeting on Security, Democracy […]

The Federal Government has ruled out the use of military might to subdue the attacking force of rampaging Fulani herdsmen. Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, retd, while featuring on a Channels Television programme, “Question Times” on Sunday night said deployment of the military to combat the Fulani herdsmen menace was not an option because, […]