Below is the summary of top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines for today 29th June 2024 being Saturday.
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Top Nigeria Newspaper Headlines Today 29th June 2024 [Saturday]
1. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday criticized governors for requesting the freedom to pay whatever minimum wage they can afford to workers. The NLC argued that allowing states to negotiate their minimum wage is not only dictatorial but also undermines the core principles and model adopted for establishing a national minimum wage in Nigeria.
2. Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed optimism that Nigeria will soon overcome its current socio-economic challenges. Jonathan made this statement in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, yesterday while formally opening the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Yenagoa Law Week 2024, themed: ‘The Legal Profession In A Time Of Socio-Economic Uncertainty.’
3. President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order introducing zero tariffs, excise duties, and Value-Added Tax (VAT) on imported pharmaceutical inputs. This was announced in a statement by the coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate.
4. The Presidency has clarified that the extension of the 2023 budget is to ensure full project execution. This clarification was made on Friday following criticism from BudgIT, a civic-tech organization, which argued that the extension was an anomaly.
5. The Court of Appeal in Lagos Division yesterday upheld the judgment of a Lagos State High Court, which sentenced Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, to five years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. The appellate court, in its lead judgment delivered by Justice Folashade Ojo, found Baba Ijesha guilty on counts 4 and 5, which involved indecently touching and sexually assaulting a minor.
6. Hajiya Halima Adamu, mother of the famous Hausa singer Dauda Adamu, popularly known as Rarara, has been abducted. She was taken from her residence in Kahutu village, Danja Local Government Area of Katsina Sate, according to a source in Kahutu village.
7. Directors from the Department of State Services (DSS) in the six states of the North East met in Gombe State to brainstorm on addressing the security challenges in the sub-region. The Director of DSS in Gombe, Habu Rabiu Sambo, emphasized the need to acknowledge and tackle the severe security threats endangering the peace, lives, and well-being of the people in the region.
8. An unidentified suspected electricity vandal was electrocuted while attempting to steal a transformer cable belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, according to a statement by the Head of Corporate Communications of EEDC, Emeka Ezeh.
9. The Nigerian Navy has arrested two suspects and seized a wooden boat containing 12,000 litres of Automated Gas Oil at Okarki waterfront in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Commander of Nigerian Navy Ship Soroh, Nanmar Lekan, disclosed this while parading the suspects at Okarki waterfront on Friday.
10. The late actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, who passed away on March 2, 2024, after battling ill health, was laid to rest on Friday, June 28, 2024, in his hometown of Amuri, Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State.
