June 2023 - Page 4 of 26 - ProbitasNews

On Thursday, the Presidency stated that President Bola Tinubu has not authorised a public servant wage rise. On Thursday, Dele Alake, the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy, stated, “We state, without any equivocation, that President Bola Tinubu has not approved any salary increase, and no such proposal has been brought before him for consideration. The statement said, ‘No presidential sanction for wage rise for political office holders and judicial...

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to think about appointing a seasoned administrator to serve as the country’s next minister of health. The medical community objected to the practise of successive governments favouring medical officers and claimed that it must end because the doctors selected during the previous two decades were inadequate. Dr. Obinna Ogbonna, president of NUAHP, made the call in an exclusive interview during the eighth...

Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who was a former coordinator in the disbanded All Progressives Congress Campaign Council, have been urged to withdraw their cases from the election petition tribunal and support President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to form a government of national unity. On Thursday, Ogbole made the appeal during a press conference in Abuja. “Even though we are conscious that it is the fundamental right...

Senator Kashim Shettima, vice president, met with Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Aliko Dangote, chairman of the Dangote Foundation, and members of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) on Thursday.   At the State House in Abuja, the meeting, which started at 11:43 a.m., was held in private. The event is a part of the schedule for Mr. Gates’ visit to Nigeria and the Niger Republic.   The meeting’s agenda is...