By Joke Kujenya GOVERNORS FROM Nigeria’s southern states, under the Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF), have emphasized the need for each state to negotiate its own minimum wage, considering the varying costs of living and fiscal capacities. Their resolution was contained in a communique issued following their meeting on June 25, 2024, in A...
By Jemimah Oriogun, JKNMedia Reporter LAGOS STATE Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum during a closed-door meeting held at the Lagos House in Ikeja, attended by governors of the six southwestern states of Nigeria. The decision was made with key resolutions from the forum in...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter A SERIES of strategic initiatives aimed at creating an investment-friendly environment has been designed to lure back production factories and stimulate economic growth as revealed by Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Speaking on Wednesday at the Rivers State Economic and Investment Summit (RSEIS...
By Olaide Ajibola, JKNMedia Reporter NIGERIA’S SENATE has leveled serious accusations against state governors, alleging widespread misappropriation of funds allocated to local government councils. The Senate claims that the local government system, once envisioned as a pillar of grassroots democracy, is effectively dead in the country du...
By Olaide Ajibola, JKNMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, in a significant move towards empowering women in agriculture, as part of a social intervention programme, has unveiled an initiative to empower a total of 120 women from the six southwest states with N60 million naira. Under the Renewed Hope Initiative, she sai...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter AMIDST a storm of political turmoil, the National Working Committee (NWC), of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dismissed a purported list of Caretaker Committee members circulating on social media and certain national dailies. The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, spearheaded this declaratio...
