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Boris Johnson orders 90,000 civil service job cut in UK, Union warns of reckless slash
Boris Johnson has ordered ministers to come up with plans to cut more than 90,000 civil service jobs in order to free up billions of pounds for measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis with possible tax cuts. During an away-day with cabinet ministers in Stoke-on-Trent, the prime minister asked them to report back within a month on how they can…
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Atiku deletes posts condemning Deborah’s gruesome murder in Sokoto
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has deleted posts on his social media condemning the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto by religious extremists. Miss Samuel a 200 level student of the institution was murdered after she was accused of blaspheming Prophet Muhammed. Atiku who is a presidential aspirant on the platform of…
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Oil markets can withstand sanctions on Russia, says top energy agency
After predicting a “global supply shock” in March, the International Energy Agency reframed its outlook Thursday, saying the world will be able to withstand lower oil output from Russia amid wartime sanctions. “Over time, steadily rising volumes from Middle East OPEC+ and the U.S. along with a slowdown in demand growth is expected to fend off an acute supply deficit…
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OPEC Chief, Barkindo optimistic on global energy, ends visit to Venezuela
Secretary General of Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo has ended his 7-day visit to Venezuela where he discussed global energy challenges with the President of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro. The world has been going through energy crisis with price of oil over $100 per barrel on the account of the Russia-Ukraine war. The…
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Spain to approve menstrual leave for women
Women who suffer from severe menstrual pain will be allowed to take a leave from work for up to three days each month, under a reform plan set to be approved by Spain’s government next week. According to the Spanish Gynaecology and Obstetrics Society, around a third of women who menstruate suffer from severe pain known as dysmenorrhea, with that…
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Why President Buhari loves Dave Umahi
For the second time in the life of this administration, President Muhammadu Buhari visited Ebonyi State last week, commissioned landmark projects, and equally passed the night. Rare, very rare on visits to States. The President has 36 Governors to relate with, and possibly contend with. Political party would not matter, as he is the father of all. And good fathers,…
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Double jeopardy for Buhari’s ministers, By Bolaji Adebiyi
It is never too late to do the right thing. On Wednesday President Muhammadu Buhari directed his ministers and other political appointees as well as heads of ministries, departments and agencies, including extra-ministerial bodies who are interested in political contests in 2023 to quit. No doubt, forced by searing and ceaseless attacks on the perfidy unfolding in his camp, the…
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ASUU strike dates back in time, won’t spoil Buhari’s legacy, says Adesina
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina says the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) won’t have any negative effects on the legacy already built by the president. Adesina was speaking on a Channels TV Programme, Politics Today which was monitored by our correspondent. The president’s media aide said it was…
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2023: El-Rufai leads Kaduna delegates in voice vote for Tinubu
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Thursday led delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a voice vote to support the presidential aspirations of the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The Kaduna delegates gave Tinubu their massive support when he visited the state in continuation of his tour around the country ahead of the APC presidential…
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Oyetola’s EndSars gifts, political gimmick – Adeleke campaign organisation
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Campaign Organisation of Osun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the compensation paid to the victims of EndSars in the state by Governor Gboyega Oyetola as a political gimmick, that has no effect. A statement signed in Osogbo on Thursday by Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee, Senator Ademola Adeleke Campaign…
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