Seventeen state governors have raised committees to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage for workers across the country. The 17 states that set up the implementation committees are Ogun, Ekiti, Sokoto, Kebbi, Osun, Enugu, Borno, Zamfara, Kogi, Kwara, Gombe, Kano, Taraba, Delta, Rivers, Jigawa and Abia. The development is happening as the Federal Government commenced […]
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A man carrying a sack of flour wades through flood waters after the Bagmati River overflowed following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu on September 28, 2024. – Floods and landslides caused by heavy downpours in Nepal killed at least 10 people across the Himalayan country, with rescue teams searching for 18 missing, a disaster official […]
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The Yoruba Youths Council, YYC, has commended the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle for subduing banditry, and thereby dealing a decisive blow to the worrisome insecurity in the northern part of Nigeria. Noting the successes recorded through the recent intensive onslaught by the military on bandits especially in the Northwest, which was […]
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State commands of the Nigeria Police Force have deployed men to flashpoints as organisers of the October 1 protest insist on going ahead with the demonstration on Independence Day as planned. If the protest holds, it will be the second time in two months that angry Nigerians will hit the streets in disapproval of the […]
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Dangote Group has said that it plans to transport refined petroleum products by sea. This announcement was made in a statement on Sunday by the Senior Adviser to the Group President on Special Projects and Strategic Relations, Fatima Wali-Abdurrahman. She noted the construction of a jetty in the Lekki Free Zone to handle bulk cargoes […]
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By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei As the 2,053, 061 registered voters in Ondo State prepare to elect a new Governor on Saturday, 16th November 2024, the people are weighing their options in an economy that has reduced even hard-working people to beggars. I wish to take my reference from the time tested axiom that “if the […]
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By Festus Adedayo On February 18, 1947, the Daily Service newspaper published a story whose theme, like the ancient Secretarybird, has remained with Nigeria ever since. It is a story of the affinity between sex and corruption. Son of Alake of Egbaland and a no-nonsense judge, Justice Adetokunbo Ademola, then of the Lagos Santa Anna […]
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By Isaac Asabor There was a time when former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, and his successor, Governor Godwin Obaseki, were united in a show of political companionship. For instance in 2016, both political figures were the talk of the town when alongside Godwin Obaseki, his successor, he patronized a roadside corn seller. The camaraderie […]
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It was a gathering of prominent Nigerians, church leaders, and dignitaries from all walks of life that converged to honor the presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church, (aka Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, at his 70th birthday anniversary. The event not only celebrated the cleric joining the septuagenarians’ class but also highlighted his significant […]
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Ondo State indigenes in diaspora, have commended Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa over the disbursement of over N200m as soft loans to artisans and other enterprise owners in the state to develop their business and to help in the economic growth of the state. The people in a statement issued and signed by its coordinator, Hon. Dare […]
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