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PHOTOS: Hunger Protest Breaks Out As Youths March On Abuja-Kaduna Expressway
WITH the government mobilizing resources to avert the hunger protest, the nation was taken by surprise by protesters who broke out in Niger State on Monday Some youths have trooped to the streets of Suleja in Niger State to protest the hunger in the land exacerbated by the ongoing cost of living crisis in Nigeria.…
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PROTEST: Sowore Shocks With Response To Onanuga’s Accusation Of Obidients
SOCIAL activist and publisher of Saharareporters, Omoyele Sowore has countered Bayo Onanuga over his post calling out supporters of Peter Obi as the brains behind the protest the presidential aide alleged is planned to topple the Bola Tinubu administration. GWG.ng reports that the response of Omoyele Sowore is coming as several other Nigerians also claimed…
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BREAKING: Tinubu Approves N70,000 Minimum Wage
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers with a promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years. According to reports the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are at the Presidential Villa, Abuja for a scheduled meeting with…
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Ex-Minister of Power, Sale Mamman Collapses in Court During Trial
The trial of Saleh Mamman, who served as the Minister of Power under former President Muhammadu Buhari, was postponed on Thursday after he fainted just outside the Federal High Court in Abuja. Truthng reports that Mamman, who was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday morning for his trial, fainted before the proceedings began. The lawyer for…
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FLASHBACK: Nigerians Awaits Prof Soyinka’s Open Letter To Tinubu, His Ethnic Brother In Power
PROFESSOR Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian playwright and an award winner of 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature has been called upon by Nigerians to repeat his constantly satirical and condemnable letters to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his ethnic brother and friend whose 15 months in power has brought African most populous nation downhill. This call is…
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Zenith Bank Shuts Branches Amid Naira Scarcity
NIGERIANS using Zenith Bank have taken over different social media platforms to lament the poor online services experienced as the scarcity of the newly redesigned notes worsens. This is just as branches of the bank across the country were closed to customers. Many customers of the bank reported visiting the bank’s branches only to find…
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JUST IN: CBN Increases Cash withdrawal Limit To N500,000 Weekly
THE Central Bank of Nigeria has increased the maximum weekly limit for cash withdrawals across all channels by individuals and corporate organisations to N500,000 and N5 million, respectively. The directive is contained in a circular issued by the bank on Wednesday and signed by the director of banking supervision department, Haruna Mustafa. The development is…
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Senate Orders NDLEA To Refund N356m Unapproved Spending
THE Chairman, Senate Public Affairs Committee, Matthew Urhoghide, has ordered the management of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to refund to the country treasury the sum of N356 million it spent without necessary approvals. The panel said the NDLEA officials failed to justify the N365million being their total expenditure when they appeared before…
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Okomu Oil Company Halts Operations Amidst Terrorist’s Attack In Edo
THE Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo has suspended operations in the aftermath of what the management described as a “terrorist attack“ on Tuesday in Benin City. “For now, we are forced to shut down our operations to save lives from possible reprisal. We are already working with security agencies. For now the army has taken…