Minimum Wage: N30,000 Can Barely Feed A Small Family, Says Dogara The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that the N30,000 minimum wage was proposed by the tripartite committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) can barely feed a small family unit. Read Full Statement Below: The 30, 000 naira minimum wage being canvassed can barely feed a small family unit, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has disclosed, adding that it is only when workers are dignified with wages that can provide them minimum comfort that their productivity level will increase. Speaking at the National Assembly during a public hearing on the New Minimum Wage organised by the House Ad-Hoc Committee on New Minimum Wage, 2019, the speaker noted that the two focal points that must be given priority by government are poverty and corruption because while the former, caused mainly by underemployment and unemployment, is a threat to democracy, the latter fun...

Family Launch Private Search For Missing Footballer Sala Relatives of missing Premier League player Emiliano Sala on Saturday began a private search for his plane, which disappeared over the Channel after local police called off their own rescue mission. The news was announced by an online fund-raising campaign for the operation, and confirmed to AFP by a friend of the Argentine striker’s family. “The fund-raising appeal launched late Friday afternoon enabled Emiliano Sala’s relatives, via a specialised organisation, to resume research in the Channel early this Saturday morning,” said a statement on the GoFundMe website. “Two boats are leading the operations.” Around 2,000 people have so far contributed to the appeal, raising almost 190,000 euros ($217,000). Maria Jose Sottini, a friend of Sala’s sister Romina, confirmed to AFP that a privately-funded search led by a non-governmental organisation had begun on Saturday. A light aircraft transporting Sala, who signed f...