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Gombe begins new minimum wage payment October

The Gombe Minimum Wage Negotiation Committee, headed by Deputy Governor Dr Manassah Jatau, has scheduled October for workers in the state to receive the agreed wage. Briefing journalists on Thursday evening, Jatau stated that the committee had just received the Federal Government’s consequential adjustment table. Jatau added that the technical sub-committee, led by Finance Commissioner...
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NIN-SIM linkage of all phone numbers completed, says NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission has announced that it has completed the linking of all phone numbers in the country to a National Identification Number. Speaking at the 2024 Annual Corporate Governance Conference held in Lagos on Thursday, the Executive Vice-Chairman of the NCC, Aminu Maida, acknowledged the challenges faced by Nigerians during the process. Maida...
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Obama joins Harris’ campaign in crucial swing state

Former US president Barack Obama will lend his star power to Kamala Harris’s campaign in the must-win swing state of Pennsylvania on Thursday, as Democrats struggle to gain momentum against Donald Trump. America’s first Black president will lead a rally in Pittsburgh, his first stop on a month-long tour of battleground states, urging early votes...
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TUC demands return of fuel prices to pre-June 2023

The Trade Union Congress on Thursday demanded the return of petrol prices to what they were as of June 2023. Speaking during a press briefing in Abuja, TUC National President, Festus Osifo, advised the government to provide foreign exchange to the Dangote refinery. Nigerians woke up on Wednesday to an increment in the pump price...
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Cameroon bans media talk of president’s health amid rumours

Cameroon’s government has banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul Biya, Africa’s second-longest-ruling leader, amid rumours the 91-year-old is gravely ill, according to a document obtained by AFP. Biya, the world’s oldest leader, has not made a public appearance since early September, fuelling a swirl of rumours online that the veteran president’s...
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Kano court stops Bayero from renovating mini palace  

A Kano State High Court presided by the Chief Judge, Justice Dije Aboki, on Thursday, re-affirmed his earlier interim order issued on September 13, restraining Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, (15th Emir of Kano) from restructuring, refurbishing, or renovating Nassarawa mini place, pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice. It would be recalled that...
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Tinubu’s wife donates N1bn for OAU landscaping

First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday, recalled the beautiful landscape on the campus of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State, while she was a student of the institution. Mrs Tinubu, who said over the years, the green landscape on the campus has been largely eroded, demanded urgent efforts towards regeneration of the environment...
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