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No Going Back On N250,000 Minimum Wage, TUC Insists
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) President Festus Osifo has said there was no going back in the decision of the organized Labour to get N250,000 as Minimum Wage. Speaking at the inaugural Annual Convention...
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Bread Scarcity Hits Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Others
It is a tale of woes as an acute scarcity of one of Nigerians’ most popular staple foods, bread, has hit Kaduna, Katsina, and Kano States. Checks by the News Agency of Nigeria correspondents...
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Nigerian Drug Baron Flees South Africa, Arrested In Imo Mansion
A drug baron on the wanted list of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, identified as Joachin Mbonu, has been arrested. Mbonu was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA in his village mansion in...
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Withheld Salaries: SSANU, NASU Members Stage Nationwide Protests
Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), on Tuesday, July 9, staged nationwide protests within campuses of public universities to...
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Kano Residents In Fear As Armed Hoodlums Camp At Emir’s Palace
Concerned residents of Rano town in Kano State have raised the alarm over the presence of armed hoodlums at the headquarters of the Emirate on Sunday. In a letter addressed to the state Police...
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UPDATED: Yahaya Bello Loses Bid To Hear N80bn Fraud Case In Kogi
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has declined the request to transfer the N80.2bn fraud trial of ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, from Abuja to Kogi State. The CJ,...
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Again, Naira Weakens At Official Market
The naira depreciated at both the official and parallel markets on Monday. At the official, Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, the naira dropped to 1,523.85 per dollar, depreciation from the previous close of 1,509.67...
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JUST IN: FG Suspends Taxes On Maize, Wheat, Rice, Other Staples
The Federal Government has announced the suspension of duties, tariffs, and taxes on some essential food items imported through land and sea borders. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, made this...
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Pro-Wike Rivers Assembly Hands Fubara 7-day Ultimatum To Re-present 2024 Budget
The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, has handed a seven-day ultimatum to Governor Siminialayi Fubara, to re-present the 2024 budget to the House. The faction of the state assembly loyal...
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JUST-IN: Pro-Fubara, Wike Lawmakers Hold Parallel Sittings Today
There is palpable tension in Rivers as the two factions of the State House of Assembly will have parallel sittings this morning. On Sunday night the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House loyal to the State Governor,...
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