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The Nigerian Army troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Maiduguri, in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force, Borno State, have arrested a soldier, Corporal Francis Bako, for allegedly stealing ammunition. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and Security analyst in the Lake Chad region that the soldier was arrested by Military intelligence at…
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Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said on Tuesday that deployment of traffic management solution devices, including cameras, helped in discovering 26,816 violations in the state within three months. Sanwo-Olu, represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, made the disclosure at the unveiling of the Lagos State Transport Policy, held at Ikeja. The governor said…
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The deposed emir Aminu Ado Bayero may have defiled an ex parte order directing his eviction from the Nassarawa palace annexe in Kano. Justice Aminu Adamu Aliyu yesterday granted an interim injunction stopping Bayero and the four former first chiefs from parading themselves as emirs. The exparte obtained by Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner…
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The Senate has recalled the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi, after two months and two weeks of his three-month suspension over his interview in which he alleged padding of the 2024 ₦28.7 trillion budget. The lawmaker was suspended on March 12, 2023, for three months, but the Senate on Tuesday unanimously resolved to recall…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have turned down the government’s offer of ₦60,000 as the new minimum wage for workers. This marks a shift from their earlier demand of ₦497,000 last week to ₦494,000. A prominent member of the Tripartite Committee for negotiating a new minimum wage for Nigerian…
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