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Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa has approved the payment of the new N70,000 National Minimum Wage to workers in the state. Mr Sagir Musa, the Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports and Culture, disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse on Saturday. He said that Namadi made the pronouncement on Friday after receiving report from the state’s…
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Finland-based Pro-Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa has declared a lockdown in Enugu State over the killing of a popular Oghene musician, known as Igbo Jah, by a police officer attached to the Anti-Cult Unit of the Enugu State Police Command. It was reported that Igbo Jah was shot by an operative of the Anti-Cult of Command…
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The founder and Group Managing Director of SystemSpecs Holdings Limited, Dr John Tanimola Obaro, has been honoured by Kings University, Odeomu, Osun State, for his giant strides in the world of technology, especially in Nigeria. The institution, owned by the Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre, Matthew Ashimolowo, conferred Obaro with an honorary Doctor…
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In a bid to ensure participatory budgeting and accountability, the Rivers State Government has begun to get public inputs for its 2025 budget. The State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Professor Peter Medee, said the valuable inputs of the people in budgeting processes were critical in democracy and to shaping the financial future of…
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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has distributed grants to 1,200 indigent and vulnerable in his Bende federal constituency of Abia state. The generous gesture of the Deputy Speaker, tagged “Family Support Grant for Rural Dwellers”, is a cash grant aimed at reducing the suffering of vulnerable groups across the…