Senate Inaugurates Ad-Hoc Committee To Probe CBN’s Anchor Borrowers, Ways And Means

The Senate has inaugurated a 17-member ad-hoc committee to investigate the Ways and Means and the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria  The ad-hoc Committee has six weeks to investigate and report back their findings. The move comes after a decision to probe details of the programmes, based on monies given to […]

Federal Government inaugurates tripartite committee on New National Minimum wage

The Federal Government has inaugurated a 37-member tripartite Committee to recommend a “new national minimum wage” for Nigerian workers. Vice President Kashim Shettima who represented President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration ceremony held yesterday at the Presidential Villa, urged the committee to surpass the basic social protection plan for workers – as the current national […]

Liberia government says president Boakai had heat exhaustion during inauguration

Liberia’s new President Joseph Boakai has been declared “perfectly fine” by his doctors, his office says. The 79-year-old failed to reach the end of his inauguration speech and had to be helped away from the podium during his swearing-in ceremony on Monday. His office said he had suffered heat exhaustion but had now resumed his […]