The PUNCH: Seven months after it began negotiations that ended with N70,000 as the new minimum wage, the Federal Government on Thursday began payment of the new salary and its consequential adjustments to public servants across all levels of the federal civil service, The PUNCH reports. This means over 1.2 million civil servants on the payroll of the Federal Government will be paid the newly approved minimum wage in September.
Vanguard: Former President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, during his tenure, and now Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, yesterday openly disagreed over the sack of the latter.
The Nation: It was another opportunity yesterday for senior figures of the Tinubu Administration to lay out the government’s policies and how they have impacted the people. The occasion was the briefing by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Senator George Akume on the activities lined up to mark the 64th independence anniversary.
Daily Trust: Dozens of farmers from at least 82 communities in Mokwa and Mashegu local government areas (LGAs) of Niger State are counting their losses at internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and other safer areas following flooding that displaced them from their homes.