Category: News
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The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun has said that President Bola Tinubu has directed the implementation of an executive order that will ensure that all foreign exchange held in private hands across the care paid into the banks. He also disclosed that the president directed the implementation of an…
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The organised Labour and the Federal Government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, in separate interviews with our correspondent on Monday, noted that the Federal Government only paid N35,000 wage award for September. Following the removal…
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Gunmen on Saturday night abducted twenty-three residents in Dei-Dei community under Bwari area council in the Federal Capital Territory. The victims, Daily Trust, learnt were taken from their apartments within a single compound occupied by tenants, between 8 and 9 pm of the day. Mai Unguwar Dei-Dei Ibrahim Galadima while confirming the incident to our…
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Despite the atmosphere of political chaos, Rivers State Executive Council has deliberated and approved an estimated budget of N800 billion for the 2024 fiscal year. At the meeting, which was presided over by Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Monday at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Port Harcourt, the Council also approved that the budget…
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A man and his girlfriend died in Ugborikoko Community of the Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The man had celebrated his girlfriend’s birthday bash with her at a night club before their death in the early hours of Monday. It was learnt that after the deceased left the club, they went to the…
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CAF African footballer of the year: nigeria Victor Osimhen is 2023 winner
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A 200-level student of the Department of Chemistry at the Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa University, ATBU, Moses Isah, has been reported missing. His disappearance was announced on the ATBU students Facebook group, ‘Voice of Balewites’, by his elder brother, Samson Isah. The Facebook post urged anyone with information to call specific numbers. The post reads: “I am…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said enough Naira notes are in circulation amid reports of scarcity of banknotes. In a statement issued by the Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, the apex bank explained the reasons behind the scarcity of Naira notes in some parts of the country. CBN’s reaction is coming amid…
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One Mr. Samuel Soyemi has recounted how some men who claimed to be police officers from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State invaded his house and drove him and his family away in their vehicle. In what Soyemi described as both an abduction and armed robbery, he said the cops transferred the sum of N1,025,000 from…
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Following the death of 18 persons in a crash involving an articulated vehicle on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway on Sunday, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Dauda Biu, has directed that vehicles conveying humans and animals together should be impounded. Apart from those who lost their lives to the crash, 27 other…