No Increas In PMS Prices, NNPCL Assures Nigerians
NNPC Ltd. urges Nigerians to disregard unfounded rumours and assures them that there are no plans for an upward review of the PMS price.
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Minimum Wage: TUC Urges Nigerian Govt To Implement 2023 Agreements
Festus Osifo, TUC President, said this in a 2024 new year message jointly signed by Mr Nuhu Toro, Secretary General of the union on Wednesday in Abuja.
The message is titled,”Our hope not renewed yet’
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Commercial Banks Launch Massive Recovery Effort for COVID-19 Loans
Several beneficiaries have been jolted by the deductions of thousands of naira from their bank accounts without any notice from the banks.
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FG Bans 18 Foreign Universities in Nigeria
Announcing the ban in a statement published on its website, the National Universities Commission explained that the Federal Government had not licensed the affected universities and they had been closed down.
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NAHCON Extends 2024 Hajj Registration Deadline
She said the extension was in response to the heartfelt concerns raised by religious clerics, State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards, Agencies, Commissions, Governors and other stakeholders regarding closure of 2024 Hajj registration.
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NASS Slashes 2024 Budget Allocations for Minimum Wage and MDAs’ Salaries by 45%
President Bola Tinubu initially proposed a budget of N1 trillion for Public Service Wage Adjustment for MDAS (including Arrears of Promotion and Salary Increases & Payment of Severance benefits and Minimum Wage Related Adjustments).
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Online Applications of Passport Without Human Contact to Start Jan. 8 – Interior Minister
Online Applications of Passport Without Human Contact to Start Jan. 8 – Interior Minister
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Tinubu Orders Suspension And Probe of NSIP Agency CEO Halima Shehu
With the suspension and investigation into the allegations, Dr Akindele Egbuwalo, the National N-POWER Program Manager, has been appointed in an acting capacity as NC/CEO pending the conclusion of the investigation.
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FG Suspends Evaluation Of Benin Republic And Togo Degree Certificates
This was contained in a statement on Tuesday, January 2, signed by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education.
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President Tinubu Unveils N100 Billion Allocation for School Feeding in 2024 Budget
“One of the priority areas of the bill we just passed is the N100 billion provision for the feeding of school children. I believe that is a stimulant that will encourage school enrolment and also address malnutrition among school children.
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Tinubu Signs N28.7 Trillion 2024 Budget Into Law
Among those with the President while he signed were the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajudeen Abbas.
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Full Text Of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s New Year Address To The Nation
Over the past seven months of our administration, I have taken some difficult and yet necessary decisions to save our country from fiscal catastrophe. One of those decisions was the removal of fuel subsidy which had become an unsustainable financial burden on our country for more than four decades. Another was the removal of the chokehold of few people on our foreign exchange system that benefited only the rich and the most powerful among us. Without doubt, these two decisions brought some discomfort to individuals, families and businesses.
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President Tinubu Commits to New Minimum Wage Implementation, Promising Relief for Workers’ Plights
The president, in a nationwide broadcast on New Year Day, said his administration would work diligently to make sure every Nigerian feels the impact of their government.
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Qatar-based Businessman, Others To Spend New Year In Custody Over Drug Trafficking
Barely hours to the new year, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Evidence Amobi, and one other, Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi with consignments of psychoactive substances at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos.
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EFCC Summons Former Minister Sadiya Farouq Over Alleged Laundering of N37 Billion
The former minister was asked to appear before interrogators at the EFCC headquarters, Jabbi, Abuja on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, to explain the alleged fraud, in document seen by the Punch.
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