Political Awareness Group Condemns Continued Detention of Islamic School Principal, Mr Fasasi
December 22, 2024Nigerian Stampedes and Matters Arisings by Adekunle Adebayo (PhD)
December 22, 2024
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Labour Rejects Proposed N54,000 Minimum Wage As Negotiations Resume Wednesday
Meeting on the ongoing negotiations on new minimum wage has been adjourned till Wednesday after the organised labour rejected the new N54,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government, a highly reliable source who...
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ASUU Threatens To Declare Nationwide Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it would declare a nationwide strike anytime soon following the federal government’s refusal to meet its demands despite consistent appeals. Addressing reporters on Tuesday, May...
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Fubara Justifies Probe Of Previous Administration
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has addressed those questioning his decision to investigate the previous administration, in which he had served. He said that he possesses records of all his actions as a civil...
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CBN Raises Interest Rate To 26.25%
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has increased the benchmark interest rate to 26.25 per cent. This was disclosed by the Governor of the CBN who doubles as the Chairman...
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Two LASU Students Hit By Stray Bullet
Two Lagos State University (LASU) students found themselves wounded by stray bullets. The yet-be-identified students were involved in an incident that occurred outside the university campus on Monday evening, within the bustling student residential...
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UPDATED: Kidnapped SAN’s Sister Regains Freedom In Oyo
A sister to Ahmed Raji, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Seliat Raji, who was kidnapped in Iseyin, Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State has been released, on Tuesday, after six days in captivity....
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Port Harcourt Refinery Begins Operation July
The 210,000-barrel-per-day Port-Harcourt refinery may finally commence operations by the end of July after several postponements. The new date was disclosed on Monday by the National Public Relations Officer, Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria,...
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Kano Mosque Explosion: Court Remands Principal Suspect
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Rijiyar Zaki Kano, ordered the remand of a 38-year-old man, Shafi’u Abubakar, in a Correctional Center for allegedly setting a mosque on fire killing several people. The defendant,...
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JUST IN: Syria First Lady Diagnosed With Leukaemia
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s wife Asma, who recovered from breast cancer in 2019, has been diagnosed with leukaemia, the president’s office said on Tuesday. “First Lady Asma al-Assad has been diagnosed with acute myeloid...
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Bandits Abduct 20 In Abuja Night Raid
About 20 residents of Dawaki, a community near Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory, have been kidnapped. The attackers were said to have raided houses on Frank Opara Street before security operatives responded to...
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