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Tinubu committed to improving lives of vulnerable Nigerians, says Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has restated President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to the Renewed Hope Agenda and his administration’s focus on improving the socio-economic conditions of Nigerians living in the most vulnerable communities in the country. He spoke on Tuesday when the Presidential Committee on Flood Mitigation, Adaptation, Preparedness and Response submitted a comprehensive report to him at the Presidential Villa…
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Brutalisation of Ajaero: Matters miscellaneous, By Ray Ekpu
Mr. Joe Ajaero, the thinly built President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), was addressing workers at the NLC Secretariat in Owerri, Imo State, when hell broke loose. According to one account, some thugs descended on the place as he was speaking and beat him black and blue. His face as shown in photographs resembles that of a man who…
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Maida applauds Project Train 3M on ICT Skills
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida has applauded the proposal by the Hon. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, to enlist and train three million Nigerians over a period of four years, which will make the country an exporter of digital skills. Maida, who spoke recently in Lagos at…
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A Tortoise story for labour, By Kayode Komolafe
“Alo ni ti ijapa, abo ni ti ana e” (While the public opinion favoured tortoise’s in-law at dawn; the popular view shifted in favour of tortoise at dusk). The Yoruba have an allegory about the pendulum of public opinion from which the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) should learn some lessons. Tortoise is, of…
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Atiku hosts inter-party advisory council, warns against one-party dictatorship
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has warned against having a one-party dictatorship in the country. Atiku said this on Tuesday when he hosted the National Executive Committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council Nigeria (IPAC). The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections also used the opportunity to criticise the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on…
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Finance minister projects 25% revenue-to-GDP ratio by 2026
Nigeria’s revenue-to-GDP ratio will rise to 25 percent in 2026 from 8 percent in 2023, according to Minister of Finance Wale Edun. He made this projection on Tuesday at the launch of Afrinvest’s 2023 Nigerian banking sector report in Lagos. He said this will be achieved through the successful implementation of the ongoing domestic reforms, which will also increase the…
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Afreximbank unveils EPC platform, commits $2bn to export agriculture for food security initiative
Bolaji Adebiyi in Cairo, Egypt The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday unveiled an intra-African Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) platform designed to empower African contractors to successfully bid for contracts. The platform, the bank said, would boost the capacity of African companies to bid for EPC contracts within the continent by allowing for the seamless posting…
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Uzodimma regrets attack on Ajaero, but says state won’t be cowed
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has expressed his regret over the alleged assault on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, by some security agents and thugs during a protest in Owerri last week. The governor stated this on Tuesday while addressing the issues of the Joe Ajaero led National leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress…
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First lady launches N422. 75m support for 1,709 widows, orphans of fallen heroes
A total of 1,709 widows and orphans of fallen heroes of the Nigerian Armed Forces have received financial support of 250,000 Naira each courtesy of the Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI, an initiative of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. The support which is a total sum of Four hundred and twenty seven million, seven hundred and fifty thousand Naira (427,750,000),…
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PHOTO NEWS: Tinubu leads prayers for Nigeria in Makkah
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other Nigeria delegates prayed for the Nation during the three days prayers for the Country at Al Masjid Al Haram Kaaba Holy Mosque in Makkah Saudi Arabia Others who joined in the prayers were Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umar Radda; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning; Abubakar Bagudu; Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago and Bauchi State Governor, …
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