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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has challenged aspects of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report. On Monday, the NBS said the country’s unemployment rate decreased to 4.3 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, compared to the 5.3 percent recorded in Q1 2024. The report also said the employment-to-population ratio, which measures the…
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Rivers state tops the rank of Nigerian states with comparatively limited dependence on federally distributed revenue for its operations, a report by the civic organization BudgIT Foundation has shown. The State of States report obtained by our correspondent from the BudgIT website shows that Lagos, Ogun, and Anambra States follow Rivers State. This is coming…
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The Chief Executive Officer of Dana Air, Jacky Hathiramani, has travelled out of Nigeria without paying hundreds of Nigerians, both passengers and staff members their refund for unused tickets and wages respectively. In April 2024, Dana Air was grounded due to safety concerns after skidding runway 18L at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. Dana…
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The Federation of Anti-Graft Organisations has expressed elation that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally arrested former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. After months of evading arrest, Bello, who served as Kogi State’s Governor from 2015 to 2023 was finally apprehended on Tuesday, 26th November 2024, over allegations of money…
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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he’s hale and hearty even though some people want him to die, News360 Nigeria reports. Speaking in Osogbo during the inauguration of the Old-Garage/Oke-Fia Road reconstructed by Governor Ademola Adeleke, Obasanjo said those who wanted him dead were spreading rumour of his death in the social media. He…
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Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Governor Monday Okpebholo-led government of squandering over N30 billion left in the state’s coffer by the immediate past government of Godwin Obaseki, two weeks after he was sworn-in as governor. DAILY POST reports that the caretaker committee chairman of the party in the…
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The Senate has advanced moves to mandate the inclusion of 20% high-quality cassava flour in wheat used by all producers of edible flour in Nigeria or imported into the country, as a bill to this effect scaled second reading yesterday. According to the Senate, the use of cassava in wheat can significantly reduce the cost…
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WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) – U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally. So far Trump officials have not committed to any exemptions, according to interviews with farm and…
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The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, are in talks to adopt a new political party ahead of the 2027 polls. Sources told The Africa Report that Abubakar and Obi met recently, where they discussed plans to adopt a new political…