asks Governors to implement N70,000 new minimum wage The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to intensify media and voter enlightenment ahead of the coming November 16 Governorship Election in Ondo State. It also criticised the delay by state governors in implementing the N70,000 new minimum wage. These […]
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The Federal Government is pushing for the death penalty for ten #EndBadGovernance protesters. They are expected to be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court today. It accused the protesters of treason, a capital offence punishable by death. This was contained in a Court document with file number FHC/ABJ/CR/454/2024, indicating the Tinubu […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has kept mum two days after a report emerged that its Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, and four deputy Governors acquired six ultra-modern armored vehicles worth N10 billion despite the hardship Nigerians are facing. Recall that the Daily Nigerian on August 30, 2024, reported that Cardoso and deputy governors, Mr. Philip Ikeazor, […]
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COMBO: Peter Obi (L), Rabiu Kwankwaso (C) and Atiku Abubakar (R) The three leading opposition figures in Nigeria are discussing the possibility of a merger to salvage Nigerians from hunger and widespread insecurity ahead of the 2027 presidential election, a spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Monday. PDP deputy national spokesman Ibrahim […]
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The rising inflation rate will force Nigerian households to spend the largest amounts of their earnings on food in the next six months, a recent survey by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown. This is as the most recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) puts the inflation rate at 33.40 […]
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Gaza war: Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese border village of Chihine on July 28, 2024. Fallout from the Gaza war is regularly felt on the Israel-Lebanon frontier, where deadly cross-border exchanges have escalated between Israeli troops and mainly Hezbollah fighters. (Photo by Kawnat Haju/ AFP) A nationwide strike aimed at […]
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The Federal Government is set to arraign some leaders and organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests held from August 1 to 10, 2024 today. The protesters are being tried for alleged treason, inciting mutiny and intent to destabilise Nigeria. The ten persons to be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court are Michael […]
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Ex-Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, has said that the party would field a southerner as its candidate in the 2027 Presidential Election. He said in a statement that a southerner must occupy the office of the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal […]
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By Samuel Sedara In 2011 when I completed my master’s degree program, I never wanted to further for a Doctorate because I wanted to travel out of Nigeria. Then I had the opportunity of getting a Visa but all efforts went into the drain. The hustling started at least to get a job in the […]
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A visually impaired widow and over 600 students of the ESM University, Benin Republic, and their parents have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reverse the ban on the institution’s certificate in Nigeria. The distraught students who are on the scholarship of a faith-based organisation, ‘Omega Power Ministries’ and their parents cried to the General […]
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