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Otti plans to increase minimum wage for workers
Governor Alex Otti has concluded plans to increase the salaries of the Abia State workforce. Otti disclosed this in Umuahia on Friday night during a media parley with journalists, stating that he is engaging with stakeholders to improve the minimum wage of the state workers and that soonest, the package would be made public. The
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Army donates palliatives to widows, orphans in Rivers
The Nigerian Army, 29 Battalion under the 6 Division, Port Harcourt, has distributed 10,000 exercise books to students at the Community Secondary School, Ebubu, in the Eleme Local Government Area of the Rivers State. Also, the Army distributed palliatives to widows and orphans in Ebubu and Aleto communities, as well as in Eleme LGA. The
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Let’s work together to fight corruption, Obi tells youths
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, has said youths and other well-meaning Nigerians should work together to dismantle the criminality and corruption that had festered through different levels of government in the country. Obi disclosed this while giving a highlight of his engagement with some Nigerian youths in
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Nigerian female soldier wins gold at world wrestling championship
A Nigerian Army personnel, Corporal Hannah Reuben, has won a gold medal at the ongoing 36th World Military Wrestling Championship in Azerbaijan. Reuben represented the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the women’s 76kg event at the Military Wrestling Championship. A short video posted on the Nigerian Army’s verified X handle disclosed this on Saturday. The
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Youths reject Akeredolu’s choice of LCDA chairman, deputy
The youths of the Araromi Obu community in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State have appealed to the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to change the caretaker chairman and vice-chairman nominated for the newly created Ifesowapo Local Council Development Area of the state. On Thursday, the state House of Assembly screened and approved 51 nominees
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Police say efforts ongoing to rescue abducted FUDMA students
The Katsina State Police Command says it is working to secure the release of four female students of the Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, still held captive by bandits. “We are making an effort in collaboration with the school management, relevant stakeholders, and sister security agencies,” police spokesperson ASP Aliyu Abubakar-Sadiq told the journalists in Katsina on
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Tinubu submitted flash drive containing budget details, Rep counters colleague
The lawmaker representing Doguwa/Tundun Wada Federal Constituency in Kano, Alhassan Doguwa, has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu presented the 2023 budget to lawmakers without sufficient details. A member of the opposition New Nigeria Peoples Party, Yusuf Galambi, alleged on BBC Hausa Friday that Tinubu only provided an empty document during his Wednesday budget presentation
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Lawmakers singing Tinubu’s campaign song not a big deal -Ndume
The Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has defended the action of some lawmakers who chanted the campaign tune of President Bola Tinubu during Wednesday’s presentation of the nation’s 2024 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly. The action of the lawmakers, who, as a sign of respect to the president, chanted the
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Naira falls by 16%, closes week at N927/$
The naira closed the week at N927.19/$ on the official Investor and Exporter forex window. This was a 16.64 per cent decline from the N794.89/$ it closed the week that ended November 24, 2023, according to data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange. Also, the turnover of dollars traded in the market improved from $75.82m to
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FG to procure CNG-powered tricycles for LG workers
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Orientation Agency, has launched a Compressed Natural Gas “Keke NAPEP” to cut down the high cost of transportation. The NOA, in collaboration with the SIMBA Group of Companies, and Ecomead Acres, launched the CNG Keke on Friday, in Abuja. The tricycle is said to consume less fuel compared to
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