FORMER General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Frank Kokori, has been admitted for kidney related ailment at a private hospital in Warri, Delta State. Kokori, who struggled to speak to journalists on his sick bed, with medics attending to him, said he had …
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THE leaders of the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria have called for an interactive approach and collective approach to fighting the menace of insecurity in the country. The leader of the team, Dr Bashir Umar, made the call when the group paid a courtesy call on the Chief of …
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THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has urged leaders in the country to shun every act of corruption and embrace integrity and uprightness in all their activities. The spokesperson for the commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, made the call at the 2023 Do The Right Thing Summit …
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FORMER Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, yesterday, disagreed with the leader of the group, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, over the Supreme Court verdict that affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory during the February 25, 2023 general election. Pa Adebanjo and other Afenifere leaders had met in Isanya …
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CHINA declining growth is set to affect Nigeria’s economic fortune, the International Monetary Fund has disclosed. IMF noted that because China has forged deep economic ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the past 20 years, its recent declining growth may affect growth in Nigeria by 0.5 percentage points on …
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A bill to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria Act scaled Second Reading at the House of Representatives on Thursday. The proposed amendment according to the sponsor of the bill, Francis Waive, seeks to address several critical aspects of the Act to enhance the effectiveness, transparency, and accountability of the …
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THE Federal Government’s recently agreed wage with the Labour Congress, salaries to federal workers, and other non-debt recurrent costs are expected to gulp N7.76tn in 2023. This is based on data from the initial 2023 budget and recently signed 2023 supplementary budget. The country’s central government recently approved a N2.18tn …
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THE woman in the viral ‘Mummy Calm Down’ video, Toluige Olokobi Babalola, has committed suicide. The woman and her son became internet sensations after a video showed the little boy on his knees frantically begging his mother after offending her. In the video, the little boy was seen crying and …
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THE Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdurosheed Akanbi, has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) not to ground the country’s economy by weaponising strikes. Newsextra24 reports that the monarch while speaking at the 2023 God’s Festival held at his palace in Iwo, Osun state, said the …
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THE number of females who have expressed interest in succeeding the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has risen to three, with the entry of a paediatrician, Angela Aburime-Asom. Naija News learnt that Aburime-Asom also received the nod of top Labour Party (LP) chieftains in the state to vie for the party’s …
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