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Kaduna Train Attack: Son of Northern Elders’ Forum, Sadiq Regains Freedom
Abducted Train Passengers
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Strike: Embrace Dialogue, Osinbajo Urges, ASUU, Other Sister Unions
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in tertiary institutions who are currently on strike to embrace dialogue. He made the appeal during the 2022 International Workers Day celebration on Sunday in Abuja with the theme, `Labour, Politics and the Quest for Good Governance and…
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Soyinka Meets Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has met with Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Ighoho, The PUNCH has learnt. Also at the meeting include Yoruba Nation arrowhead and leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Banji Akintoye. Punch learnt that the meeting took place on Sunday in…
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Governor Wows Workers, Approves N40,000 as Minimum Wage
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has wowed workers in the state by approving N40,000 as the new minimum wage in commemoration of 2022 Workers’ Day. Obaseki, made the cheering news known in Benin, the state capital while delivering his 2022 Workers’ Day speech. The governor said his government will continue to prioritise the welfare of…
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Updated: ‘No Political Party Will Be Allowed To Hold Primary Elections in Abuja’ Toothless NANS Threatens
After failed attempt to occupy strategic places in the country, The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has again threatened to stop political parties who wish to hold their primary elections in Abuja over the lingering strike embark upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. NANS President, Sunday Asefon, made this known in…
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Police Vow To Track Down Lady Filmed Having S3x With Dog in Viral Tiktok Video
Following a viral Tiktok video of of Lady having sex with a dog, the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has vowed to track down the culprit in the bestial-like video. The NPF through its Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the force won’t give room for such video. Adejobi in a terse statement to newsmen on…
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Strike: ASUU Speaks On FG’s No-Work-No-Pay Policy
Punch Newspaper The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has said Federal Government has used the no-work-no-pay policy as a ploy to make lecturers go hungry, and force them to resume work. Osodeke stressed that the FG would not be able to overwhelm its striking members with its recent action.…
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Eid-el-fitr: Sultan of Sokoto Declares Sunday as Last day of Ramadan
The Sultan of Sokoto who doubles as the commander of Muslims in Nigeria, Alhaji Sa’ad Abukakar III, has declared Monday 2nd of May as the 1st of Shawwal, and a day before it, Sunday as the last day of Ramadan. The National Moonsighting Committee Nigeria made this known via its Twitter handle, @moonsightingng, on Saturday.…
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RURAL CASH GRANT: LIFTING WOMEN OUT OF POVERTY IN NIGERIA
The ₦20,000 rural cash grant initiative was introduced by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in 2020 as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s social inclusion and poverty alleviation agenda. The programme targeted 150,000 rural and peri-urban women in all 774 local government areas of the 36 states and the FCT.…
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Eid-el-fitr: Saudi Declares Monday as 1st of Shawwal
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has declared Monday 2nd of May, 2022 as the 1st of Shawwal, which means the much anticipated Eid-el-fitr will be celebrated on the same day. The kingdom via one its verified twitter handles @haramainInfo said the declaration is as a result of not sighting the Crescent for the new moon…
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