Good morning.  Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. New Minimum Wage: NLC  Talks Tough

* Warns There Will Be No Guarantee Of Peace If There Is No New Minimum Wage By End Of May
* Tinubu Assures Workers Living Wage Will Be Announced Soon, Says Days Of Worrying Are Over
* Says Every Initiative Undertaken By His Administration Geared Towards Transforming Nigeria

The quest by Nigerian workers for a new Minimum Wage is assuming a worrisome development as Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government an ultimatum until May ending to finalise the process of implementing the new national minimum wage for workers.

2. FG Bombs Landmark Beach CEO, Says FG Didn’t Destroy His Facilities

* Umahi Warns Obi To Desist From Inciting Igbos Against FG

Following the reports making the rounds by Landmark Africa, the parent company of Landmark Beach, that what it built in six years was destroyed in six hours, David Umahi, Minister Of Works, has accused Paul Onwuanibe, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Landmark Africa Group, of playing politics with the issues arising from the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project.

3. CPPE, Expert Bemoan Volatility Of Customs Duty Exchange Rate, Say It’s Hurting Economy

The Center for Promotion of Private Enterprises (CPPE) and an expert in the maritime industry, Dr Eugene Nweke have bemoaned the volatility and yoyo movement of the Customs duty exchange rates, saying it’s hurting the economy.

4. How Swordman Killed 14-Year-Old Daniel Anjorin On His Way To School In London- UK Police

The UK police has identified a 14-year-old boy killed in a sword attack in London this week as Daniel Anjorin, as officers released more details about how the violent rampage unfolded.

5. $600m Maersk Investment: Presidency Fires Back, Releases Video To Back Claim

In a move to back its claim of securing a $600 million investment commitment from A.P Moller-Maersk, a Danish shipping company, The presidency, on Wednesday, released a video to back its claim.

6. Champions League: Fullkrug Scores As Dortmund Take Slender One-Nil Lead To PSG

Niclas Fullkrug scored a brilliant first half winner as Borussia Dortmund beat Paris St-Germain 1-0 in a frenetic first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

7. Edo Guber: Shaibu Tackles Ighodalo, Urges Electorates Not To Vote Candidate Who Needs Interpreter

Former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu in apparent jibe at Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo has urged residents of the state not to vote for a governorship candidate who relies on an interpreter to address the people.

8. At Workers’ Day, Atiku, Obi Hail Nigerian Workers, Demand Better Welfare Packages

As Nigerian workers joined their counterparts from the rest of the world to celebrate 2024’s International Workers’ Day, two high-profiled Nigerians, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have showered praises on the Nigerian workers as they join their colleagues around the world to mark this year’s workers’ day also known as May Day.

9. Access Holdings Blows Past N30 Trillion In Total Assets In Q1 2024

Access Holdings has remained the biggest banking firm in Nigeria, with assets of N32.6 trillion as of March 31, 2024.

10. FFK’s Estranged Wife, Precious Chikwendu Speaks Over ‘The President Is Coming After Her For Cutting Off A Toxic Manipulator’

The estranged wife of the former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, Precious Chikwendu, a former beauty queen, has vented on social media.

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