Today's Headlines: Expect Your Salaries Doubled- Presidential Spokesman, Tinubu Appoints Keyamo

Expect Your Salaries Doubled- Presidential Spokesman

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Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale says civil servants should expect their salaries to double following the removal of subsidy on petroleum. 

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today, saying the move is the cushion the impact of subsidy removal.

“I don’t want to preempt the president or the work of the minimum wage committee that is getting it down in those states. But what I would say is this: the president will want nothing less than a doubling. I mean doubling of the current minimum wage,” he said on Thursday.

Tinubu Appoints Keyamo As Minister

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President Bola Tinubu has edited his ministerial nomination list submitted to the National Assembly as he replaces Maryam Shetty with former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo. 

The President also added Dr Maigari Mahmud to the list.

The change in the nomination list was revealed on Friday when the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read out a letter by the President at the Senate plenary session.

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Niger Coup: Don’t Approve Tinubu’s Request For War – Shehu Sani Tells Senate

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Former lawmaker Shehu Sani has urged the Senate not to approve President Bola Tinubu’s request for military action against the Republic of Niger.

In a post his X social media platform on Friday, Sani urged Tinubu not to allow himself to be misled by foreign powers.

DAILY POST reports that the President sent a letter to the Senate seeking approval for military action and other sanctions against the military junta in Niger.

We Must Reject A Fractured Nigeria- Onaiyekan

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The Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has urged Nigerians to reject a fractured nation in which political parties and ethnic groups are locked in continuous conflict.

He made this call during the memorial service of the late Prelate Emeritus of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Dr. Sunday Mbang, which was organized in Abuja by the Christian Association of Nigeria.

The event included special tributes and songs that were performed to honor Dr. Mbang, who served as the President of CAN from 1995 to 2003.

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