pledges

Duke begs court over ₦537m debt, pledges repayment in 12hrs

September 3, 2019 1:25 am

A former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke yesterday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that he would pay his N537,334,360.77 debt to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in less than 12 hours.

Duke, through his counsel, Mr. Edoigiawerie Omoruyi, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that he had approached AMCON with a promise to liquidate the debt before the end of yesterday, September 2, 2019.

He prayed for an adjournment to enable him settle the case out of court.

AMCON had on August 8, 2019 through its counsel, Juliet Reeds, obtained the court’s order to take interim possession of …

UN chief pledges support for UNGA’s President-elect

June 4, 2019 11:48 pm

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday pledged his support to the vision of the President-elect of the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA), Ambassador Tijani Mohammad-Bande.

Guterres gave the assurance in his statement shortly after the election of Mohammad-Bande at the 87th plenary meeting of UNGA in New York, United States (U.S.).

The president-elect, who is Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, emerged through acclamation at an event witnessed by world diplomats and government officials from Nigeria.

Guterres said: “It is my pleasure to congratulate Prof. Tijani Mohammad-Bande as President of the 74th session of UNGA.

“Prof Bande, you bring many …

Obaseki pays surprise visit to Oshiomhole, to end rift

Obaseki pledges to pay more than ₦30, 000 minimum wage

May 1, 2019 11:18 am

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has said that his administration would pay above the new minimum wage of N30, 000 mínimum wage if the workers increased their productivity and Internally Generated Revenue(IGR).

Obaseki said he would increase the minimum wage above N30, 000 as he was ready to pay for hard work and productivity.

Obaseki, who spoke at the 2019 May Day rally at the University of Bénin Sports Complex, assured he would commence immediate payment of the N30, 000 minimum wage.

He stated that a joint team of labour and government would be constituted to formulate modalities for …