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25 Mar 2024
As the race to set a new national minimum wage floor gathers momentum, the absence of a documented wage law may have thrown a spanner into the negotiation process.
22 Mar 2024
Land is a source of material wealth and tangible resources for human survival. But the activities of land grabbers are largely propelled by increasing urbanisation, industrialisation, greed by individuals and government officials, as well as a high rate of agribusiness expansion nationwide that has made land a scarce commodity. Also, the infamous activities of encroachers…
1 Mar 2024
During his inauguration on May 29, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared that fuel subsidy is gone. Fuel subsidy removal was part of the economic reforms the President promised to implement during his campaigns to place Nigeria on a path of prosperity. He asserted that the petrol subsidy regime increasingly favoured the rich more than…
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Hoodlums suspected to be terrorists on Thursday afternoon set a driver ablaze with his commercial vehicle in Katsina State.
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Abia Sector Command, has confirmed the death of two people in a road accident which occurred on the Umuahia-Enugu Expressway. The Sector Commander, Mrs Ngozi Ezeoma, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Umuahia. She said that the accident, which occurred at 3.50 p.m. at the Ohiya,…
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The Police Command in Kwara has promised to arrest those involved in Wednesday’s killing of a retired controller of works, Abdulrazaq Ajani, in Ilorin. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, gave the assurance in Ilorin on Friday while presenting an update on the incident. According to the spokesperson, investigations are ongoing to arrest and make…
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Eniola Badmus, the Nollywood actress and special adviser to the speaker, House of Reps on social events and public hearing, expressed her desire to have kids of her own during the 7th edition of her 'Feed the Needy' initiative. The event was held at Temidire Primary School, Shogunle, Oshodi, Lagos. Eniola made this known on…
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Mikel Arteta says Arsenal must "flip that coin" as they hunt down Premier League leaders Liverpool in a quest to be crowned champions of England after two agonising near-misses.
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The Oyo Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday said 222 people lost their lives in various Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) in the state in 2024. The corps disclosed this in Ibadan in its end-of-the-year statistics signed by the Sector Commander, Mrs Rosemary Alo. Alo said the figure indicated a reduction…
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Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has approved the construction of a major water works in Bama Local Government Area to address water- related problems in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bama was one of the council areas overrun by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014 ,before liberation by the military in…
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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has rescued eight injured passengers involved in an accident at Hammadiya inward Abule-Egba. The LASTMA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. The statement was signed by Mr Taofiq Adebayo, Director, Public…
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World food commodity prices declined by 2.1 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year, mainly due to falls in cereals and sugar, the FAO said on Friday. Last year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's price index for cereals dropped 13.3 compared to 2023 and its sugar price index fell 13.2 percent. The…