The Federal Government may incur additional N315bn in wage bill in the next six months for the newly introduced allowance for federal workers, findings by The PUNCH have shown. This came as Organised Labour agreed to suspend its proposed nationwide strike for 30 days, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Government after a marathon meeting that ended …
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The United States District Court in Northern Illinois has ruled that Chicago State University (CSU) must release President Bola Tinubu’s academic records to Nigerian opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar by noon on Monday. The documents are sought for use in Nigerian courts to support allegations that Mr. Tinubu forged a diploma certificate he claimed to have obtained from CSU in 1979 …
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, inaugurated 34 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and 152 Special Assistants (SAs) in five local government areas in Edo South Senatorial District of the State, with a charge to be the bearers of truth and complement the government’s efforts at driving development in the grassroots. Obaseki said the appointees were selected from Ikpoba-Okha, …
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Former President Donald Trump was in court on Monday for the start of his civil fraud trial in New York, a case in which he and his company are accused of deceiving banks, insurers and others by misstating his wealth for years in financial statements. The judge overseeing the case, Arthur Engoron, resolved the lawsuit’s top claim before the trial …
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Today, the United Nations Security Council adopted the resolution co-penned by the United States and Ecuador to authorize a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti. This pivotal mission, which will launch in partnership with Haiti, responds to Haiti’s request for international support to address insecurity and create the necessary security conditions for long-term stability and growth. The resolution authorizes …
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Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lafia, the state capital, on Monday sacked Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress, and declared the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, David Ombugadu, as the winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in the state. Ombugadu had dragged Sule to court challenging his declaration as the winner of the poll …
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, said leaders who forge certificates cannot do things right in Nigeria. Obi stated this while speaking in an interview on ARISE TV on Monday, monitored by Vanguard. Recall that the Labour Party candidate filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge the tribunal’s ruling that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory. …
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Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Monday, appeared before the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in the United Kingdom over an alleged £100,000 bribe. The district judge, Michael Snow, granted Alison-Madueke a £70,000 bail and imposed other terms on Alison-Madueke including an 11 pm to 6 am curfew, an electronic tag to be worn by her at all times …
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Chicago State University, United States of America has released to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar the academic records of President Bola Tinubu. The CSU released the documents to Atiku on Monday in compliance with the order of a United States District Court in Northern District of Illinois. In ordering the CSU to release Tinubu’s academic record, a US district judge …
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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON As Nigeria celebrates the 63rd anniversary of its nationhood, Scores have been confirmed roasted beyond possible recognition and several vehicles razed when a gasoline-filled tanker overturned and exploded at Ugbenu Koko junction of the Warri-Benin Expressway in Delta state. The unfortunate incident which replicated that of 22nd July 2020 at the same spot, occurred about 2am October …
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