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Electricity employees restore National Grid operations as strike is suspended
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has restored the nation’s electricity grid following the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress’ decision to suspend their strike. The National President of NUEE, Adebiyi Adeyeye told Punch on Tuesday. “The strike has been suspended, which means the grid has come back to normal. It is on already,” Adeyeye spoke over…
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Re: “Tinubu’s first year: The ugly face of Yoruba,” by Doyin Odebowale
Let me make it abundantly clear that I do not speak for President Bola Tinubu. There are too many aides, both virtual and actual, who are more than willing to defend the policies of the current administration. I cannot but conclude, however, that the denigration of the ethnic stock, classified, globally, as Yoruba, one of the most sophisticated species of…
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Airports reopen as Aviation Unions call off strike
Following the suspension of the industrial action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Aviation Unions have complied with the directive to suspend the strike as the domestic airport, Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal II operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd has been reopened. The General Aviation Terminal I managed by the Federal Airports Authority…
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Senator Ningi returns to Senate after lifting of suspension (Photo)
Following the lifting of his suspension,the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Senator Abdul Ningi has resumed duties at the Senate. Dressed in a white native attire, Senator Ningi was seen being driven into the Senate complex on Tuesday. The Senate had on March 12, 2024, suspended Senator Ningi. But the suspension was removed last month when Senator Abba Moro, the Deputy…
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Presidential Tax Committee seeks 90% VAT revenue share for States
Olaolu Bilau, Abuja The Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee (PFPTRC) is considering changing the Value Added Tax (VAT) sharing formula between the Federal and State governments. Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at an Exposure and Impact Assessment Session organised by the Committee. VAT revenue is distributed to the three levels…
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Claudia Sheinbaum makes history as first female to win Mexico presidency
Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, is set to become Mexico’s first female president after a landslide victory. She won the presidency with 58.3-60.7 percent of the vote, according to a rapid sample count by Mexico’s electoral authority, in what would be the highest vote percentage in Mexico’s democratic history. The ruling coalition was also…
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Adhere to laws governing strike, police warn Organized Labour
Following Organized Labour’s decision to go ahead with a nationwide strike in an attempt to get the Federal Government to approve a living minimum wage for workers, the Nigerian Police Force has issued cautionary statements emphasizing the need to follow the laws currently in place governing such activities to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the nation. A…
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83 years old, ex-Lt. Col. charged for alleged buying and selling of human beings
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has charged the 83-year-old founder of Arrow of God Orphanage in Anambra State, Clara Chinwe Deborah Ogo. A press statement by the agency’s Communications Officer, Adekoye Vincent, said the 83-year-old Ogo was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Awka Judicial Division ‘for alleged buying and selling of human beings’.…
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Aregbesola launches Omoluabi Progressives’ membership registration
The All Progressives Congress (APC) faction in Osun, known as the Omoluabi Progressives, has started registering new members throughout the state. They were led by the group’s leaders, including Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the immediate past Minister of Interior, at the June edition of the caucus’ monthly stakeholders meeting in Ilesa on Saturday, a statement signed by the caucus’ organizing and…
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Netanyahu says no Gaza ceasefire until Israel’s war aims are achieved
…raising questions over Biden peace proposal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that the conditions for ending the country’s war in Gaza “have not changed,” raising questions over a peace proposal laid out by US President Joe Biden which he said Israel submitted. During a speech Friday, Biden said Hamas had been degraded to a point where it can no longer carry out…
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