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4 Jun 2024
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), yesterday, paralysed business activities in South-South and South-East states, as they shut down all government offices, public schools, hospitals
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Health experts and stakeholders in Nigeria have warned that the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO) could significantly affect Nigeria’s health sector and global health security. The stakeholders spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. NAN reports that the U.S. President, Donald Trump, has signed an executive…
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South Africa's annual inflation rate for 2024 dropped to 4.4 percent, the lowest level since 2020, the national statistics bureau announced Wednesday. While monthly consumer inflation increased slightly in December to 3.0 percent from 2.9 percent the previous month, the annual rate fell from the 2023 figure of 6.0 percent, it said. "Inflation in 2024…
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The North-Central Development Agenda (N-CDA) has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume. The group also called for the creation of the North-Central Development Commission to ensure parity with other geopolitical regions. It expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for appointing Senator…
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A DSS operative with Oyo State Command, Mr Tunde Afolabi, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court in Ibadan how his team arrested a suspected kidnapper, Ali Mohammed, after receiving N1 million ransom from his victim. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Afolabi was testifying before Justice Uche Agomoh in a case of…
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Shariah laws and arbitration panels exist across all six southwestern Nigerian states but lack the authority to enforce their rulings, according to the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). This was disclosed by MURIC's Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, during an interview with journalists on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. "The Shariah panels are for civil matters only.…
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In a race against potential disaster, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) are working tirelessly to disperse a crowd of youths scooping fuel from an overturned tanker at Mile 6 Market in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State. The tanker accident occurred around 11:45 a.m. at the Mile 6 Roundabout near…
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Operatives of the Delta State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested 25-year-old Ogochukwu Stephen and his friend, Christian Emmanuel, in connection with armed robbery in Asaba, Delta State. Confirming the robbery incident on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bright Edafe, said the suspects were arrested by the police on January 17,…
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Iran must take a first step toward improving relations with countries in the region and the United States by making it clear it does not aim to develop nuclear weapons, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday. He also said he hoped all parties in Gaza would realise they would benefit from a permanent truce…
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The Rivers State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the Labour Party and its chairmanship candidate, Chioma Chinwo, challenging the outcome of the October 5, 2024, Port Harcourt City council election. The three-man panel, led by Chief Magistrate Menenen Poromon, unanimously ruled that the petitioners failed to prove their case,…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command said the command found a 15-year-old female child, Quadija Abimbola, wandering at Owode-Ede, Osun. According to a statement issued by ASC Kehinde Adeleke, Civil Defence Public Relations Officer (CDPRO) Osun State Command, on Wednesday in Osogbo, Quadija was discovered roaming the streets at 1:00…