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BREAKING: Tension as Abuja-Kaduna train derails
An Abuja-Kaduna has derailed halfway to the Federal Capital Territory on Sunday, May 26. The train with dozens of passengers on board departed Kaduna around 8:05am…
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Obaseki pays N70,000 new minimum wage to Edo workers
The Edo State Government has paid the N70,000 new minimum wage to workers in the State, in fulfilment of the promise to increase the minimum wage…
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FG approves N35bn financing to revive Ajaokuta
The Federal Government says it has reached an advanced stage of raising more than N35 billion required to restart the Light Mill Section (LMS) of the…
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BREAKING: Labour Rejects FG’s Fresh ₦57,000 Wage Proposal Demand ₦497,000
The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected the Federal Government’s new offer of ₦57,000 minimum…
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JUST IN: FG bans processing of Nigeria’s mineral resources abroad
The Federal Government has effected a new policy, which makes it imperative for mining companies interested in using its solid minerals to set up their plants…
Entertainment
“You‘re joking”, Kanayo .O. Kanayo, dares FG over ban on money rituals, smoking in movies
Veteran actor Kanayo .O. Kanayo alongside music icon Mike Okri has frowned at the Federal Government’s recent approval of the prohibition of smoking and glamorizing of…
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I won’t vacate office on June 16, Rivers LG Chairman dares Fubara
The Chairman, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Dr Samuel Nwanosike, has vowed not to vacate his office at the end of his tenure on…
Politics
Protest rocks Abuja over Sanusi’s reinstatement as Kano emir
A group of protesters besieged the Presidential Villa and the National Assembly in Abuja with placards to express their dissatisfaction over the dissolution of five Kano…
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Court stops Sanusi’s reinstatement as Emir of Kano
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has granted an ex-parte order stopping Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano from reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II pending…
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FG suspends Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road Project Realignment
The federal government has shelved and diverted realignment of Lagos-calabar coastal road projects while also saving the telecommunications infrastructure and submarine cables, among others at the…