Author: TheScrutinyNG

The Senate, on Wednesday, approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for judicial officers at the federal and state levels. The Red Chamber approved the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters, chaired by Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno (APC- Borno North), and presented a report to the lawmakers. This follows the consideration and adoption of an executive bill transmitted by President Bola Tinubu, which sought to prescribe improved salaries and allowances as well as other fringe benefits for judicial officers and workers. The Executive bill forwarded by the President is titled “A Bill for…

The Abia State Police Command on Tuesday, said the case involving a suspected organ dealer, Andrew Amaechi, is no longer with them in Umuahia. According to the police authorities, the suspect was arrested in the Aba area of the state on May 8. After Amaechi’s arrest, reports emerged that police authorities allegedly killed him amid the search for two of his latest victims. It was reported that the suspect arrested in connection to the disappearance of two friends, Celine Ndudim and Afiba Tandoh in Aba, Abia State, was killed while trying to escape when the case was transferred to Abuja.…

Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested 100 (One Hundred) suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Enugu State. The Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale in a statement said the suspects were arrested in early morning sting operations on Wednesday, May 5, 2024 following actionable intelligence about suspected activities of an organised syndicate of internet fraudsters operating along Ibagwa-Nike and other locations in the Enugu metropolis. He disclosed that the agency recovered Items from the suspects including three exotic cars, mobile phones and laptops. He declared that the suspects…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has appointed an Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Yetunde Longe as its first female secretary. A statement issued by the force’s Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in Abuja, said she was appointed by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, in furtherance of the vision to ensure gender inclusivity and equality in all aspects of appointments and operations within the force.

There is commotion at the Heritage Bank office in Calabar where angry customers have threatened to break down the facility if their deposits are tempered with. Hundreds of customers as early as 7am on Wednesday crowded the bank’s Calabar head office entrance opposite the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Calabar office, demanding access to retrieve their money from Heritage Bank but denied entrance. Some of the customers already in tears said they received an anonymous notice on withdrawal of the bank’s licence. By 10am, an official from the bank addressed the angry Heritage Bank customers, asking them to go home…

Former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has been disowned by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chairman of the state council of the party Mr. Tajudeen Lawal made this known in a communiqué after yesterday’s stakeholders meeting at the state secretariat in Osogbo. The chairman said the former minister of interior had committed various anti-party activities, including forming groups that are working against the interest of the party. According to Aregbesola’s group Omoluabi Progressives at the weekend ahead of APC’s planned electronic membership registration, started registering members at his ward in Ilesa. He cautioned party members not…

The House of Representatives acknowledges the recent industrial action undertaken by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) due to the breakdown in negotiations for a new national minimum wage. The People’s House is pleased to note that the strike action has been suspended for one week; to allow for further negotiation. During this period, as we have previously demonstrated, the People’s House remains responsive and committed to actively engaging all stakeholders to resolve the issues in the best interest of Nigerians. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, PhD, has consistently advocated…

Akwa Ibom State has scheduled October 26th,2024 for elections into the 31 local government councils inthe state. Governor Umo Eno made the announcement on Tuesday in Uyo during a stakeholders engagement meeting organized by the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC). Eno who was represented by the commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Frank Archibong, also presented the election plan to representatives of political parties and other stakeholders. His words, “This event is a precursor to all of the electoral activities that will ultimately culminate to 2024 local government elections. “We are all aware that the governor assumed…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to present the cost implications for a new minimum wage within two days. Tinubu gave the order at a meeting with the government negotiation team led by the Secretary to Government of the Federation, George Akume, at the presidential villa in Abuja. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in an interview with correspondents after the closed-door meeting on Tuesday. Idris said the President had a meeting with the representatives of the Federal Government in the negotiation with the labour on the minimum wage. He…

Aviation unions have opened barricaded airport terminals, following the suspension of an indefinite strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. The General Secretary, Air Traffic Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Mr Francis Akinjole, said that the strike was ‘relaxed’ for a week to enable the unions to continue talks with the Federal Government on a new minimum wage. Akinjole said that all blocked access points at the domestic airport terminals I (General Aviation Terminal) and II (Murtala Muhammed Airport II, Lagos) and others had been opened. Similarly, the President General of the Association of Nigerian Aviation…