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NLC Vows to Resist Increase in Income Taxes, Electricity Tariff
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) saturday said it would resist the plan of the federal government to increase income taxes, electricity tariff and prices of petroleum products on the account of new minimum wages. The congress gave the warning in a statement issued by its President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, urging the
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Adeniyi: My Brother Hoped God Would Heal Him Till He Died
Demola Ojo Chairman of THISDAY Editorial Board, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi saturday announced the passage of his brother, Mr. Agboola Adeniyi, noting that he believed in God’s healing power till he finally passed away. Adeniyi, former Special Adviser of Media and Publicity to late President Musa Yar’Adua, disclosed that the deceased even admitted that it was
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Akintoye: Nigeria Can Explode if Inequity, Injustice Persist
Warns Fulanis against hegemonic approach Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan A Yoruba Leader, Prof. Banji Akintoye Saturday warned that Nigeria could break up unless there was deep sense of equity, justice and fair play among all ethnic nationalities in the country. Akintoye, a Senator in the Second Republic, gave conditions to forestall the breakup of the
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Security Still Fragile in N’West, N’Central, Says IOM
Cites upsurge in banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, others Gboyega Akinsanmi Despite the effort of governments at different levels to restore peace and stability in North-west and North-central, the security situation in all parts of the geo-political zones still remain fragile, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said in its latest report. IOM, the world’s
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Police Raid Rehabilitation Centre in Kaduna, Rescue 147 Inmates
John Shiklam in Kaduna The Kaduna State Police Command yesterday raided another rehabilitation centre in Rigasa community, a suburb of the metropolis, where 147 inmates were rescued. The command confirmed that the security operatives arrested the proprietor of the centre, Mallam Lawal Muduru during the operation, noting that the centre was known as Mallam Niga’s
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Atiku Congratulates Omokri on Humanitarian Award
The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has congratulated the founder of the #FreeLeahSharibu campaign, Reno Omokri, on his award for ‘Humanitarian Cause of the Year’ at the 2019 Hollywood Weekly Magazine Film Festival, holding in Hollywood, California on November 2, 2019. In his letter,
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Roads Sanwo-Olu Inherited
SPECIAL REPORT From Mosalalashi roundabout in Ipaja to Ogba road in Agege, Lugard Avenue in Ikoyi to Ahmadu Bello Way in Victoria Island, Aguda in Surulere to Oba Akran Road in Ikeja, NNPC intercession in Ejigbo to inner roads in Isolo and Mafoluku, and from Oduduwa Crescent in Ikeja GRA to Anthony Village and Mende,
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Is Obaseki, Oshiomhole Feud Insolvable?
With the obvious failure of preventive diplomacy, there might be no more solutions to the feud between Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his godfather, Adams Oshiomhole writes Adibe Emenyonu Looking at the hardline posturing of Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State
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Thinking FG’s Travel Advice
In what was described as a cost-saving initiative, President Muhammadu Buhari, in the week, issued a travel advice to his ministers and other categories of officials, which included reduction in the number and duration of their foreign trips. The President also removed travel allowances known as estacode; cut down on the number of persons permitted
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Onitsha Fire: A Day of Rage and Anguish
David-Chyddy Eleke chronicles some of the events surrounding the recent petrol tanker fire incident that hit the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday Wednesday, 16th October, was to every Ochanja market trader like every other market day. The traders had opened for business at 8am, and had begun their normal trading. The market […]
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