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Atiku Raises Minimum Wage for 50,000 workers on his Pay-Roll
Following the recommendation of the Labour Unions for a minimum monthly wage of N30,000, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has instructed the heads of all businesses owned by him to ensure the payment of a minimum wage of N33,000 to all on his pay roll. Speaking on...
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Governor Weeps In Public During APC Primaries – (PHOTO)
POLITICS – Latest report as an emotional moment was recorded during the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Borno state as governor Kashim Shettima, broke down in tears publicly. Meanwhile this happened after a governorship aspirant, Barr. Kaka Shehu Lawan stepped down and enjoined...
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Breaking News: IGP Idris begs Edwin Clark
Edwin Clark: IGP Idris tenders apology over illegal raid The IGP has apologised to elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark over an unauthorised raid carried out by some policemen on his house in Abuja. Idris, who has already detained the informant and the four policemen who...
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BUHARI’S COMMENT ON RULE OF LAW, ‘AN ADVANCE WARNING’ — SOYINKA
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his comments at the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference last Sunday. In a statement Thursday, Mr Soyinka mocked the president by saying Mr Buhari had obviously given a deep thought to...
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Court grants Sen. Misau bail on self-recognition
Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday granted bail to Senator Isah Misau self-recognition. She however, ordered that the defendant should deposit his international passport with the Chief Registrar of the Court and can apply whenever he needs it. Justice...
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Army denies suicide bomb attack in IDPs camp, ambush on soldiers
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday dismissed as ‘misleading’, reports of a suicide bomb attack at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Pulka community of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno. The military also described as ‘fictitious’, the purported killing of six soldiers by Boko...
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Lawyers hail sanction against judicial officers
The judiciary has been in the news again for the bad reasons. There are manifest evidences of misconduct against some judicial officers resulting in serious disciplinary measures, which perhaps indicate that the judiciary is on a determined self-cleansing mission. Just last week, a theatric ensued...
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FIRS may auction over 2000 seized properties to recover tax liabilities
With more than 2000 highbrow business plazas and other identified properties currently sealed and under temporary seizure for tax default for several years, the Federal Inland Revenue Service [FIRS] has stated that the properties may be auctioned to recover the tax liabilities standing against them...
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Protesters lock horns over #EndSARS nationwide
Nationwide demonstrations were held yesterday for and against proscription of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) over which opinion is divided. The security outfit has been accused of corruption, high-handedness and extra-judicial killings, sparking a wave of clamour for its abolition and calls for physical protest....
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EFCC lacks power to try sitting judges, says Appeal Court
The Court of Appeal, Lagos division, yesterday ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) does not have powers to investigate or prosecute serving judicial officers except where such judicial officers have first been dismissed or retired by the National Judicial Council (NJC). In a...
By kelvinrolex
