S.J News• [July 12, 2011]

S.J News• [July 12, 2011]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ N18,000 Minimum Wage: FG/Labour meeting deadlocked; Beneficiaries to be junior workers (GL 01 to GL 06) -National Salaries Income & Wages Commission (NSIWC); Industrial action imminent. Ministerial Portfolios: 17 portfolios assigned to new ministers sworn in last Friday; fmr PDP acting national Chairman, Dr Bello Mohammed (Kebbi), now Minister of Defence; Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (World Bank MD) absent; 3 ministers redeployed. EFCC v Delta Speaker: EFCC probes alleged N27bn contract scam involving Victor Ochei (Delta State House of Assembly Speaker). Kaduna Explosion: Bomb attack rocked Obalende (red light district), Forcados street, Kaduna on Sunday. NDDC Boss: Erstwhile Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) leaders refute alleged plan to kill Chibuzor Ugwoha (NDDC MD). Edo/Labour Pact: Edo state workers to receive N18,000.34k as new minimum wage with effect 4rm June 1, 2011. Oyo: Gov Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo) orders 50% reduction in tuition fees of Oyo tertiary institutions; Downward review of fees to take effect 4rm next session; Adebayo Alao-Akala (fmr Oyo Gov) increased tuition fee by 100%. Okada in Akwa Ibom: Okada (private & commercial) banned in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state; State Govt to trade N50,000 for Motorcyles within 3 days of grace. UNIMAD Shut Down: University of Maiduguri, Borno state closed down indefinitely due to alleged Boko Haram threats of detonation. NYSC (N9,750 to N19,800): FG approves N19,800 as new monthly allowance for NYSC corps members; Allowance backdated to March 1, 2011- Brig-Gen Maharazu Tsiga (NYSC DG).