Author: Yetunde Ogunmola
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Minimum wage: Why Govs can’t take over negotiations, Labour
Organised Labour, including the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, has rejected the proposal of the Southern Governors’ Forum to decentralise minimum wage negotiations to state governments. The NLC condemned the proposal as “unfriendly and anti-worker”, noting that allowing states to determine their minimum wages would be detrimental to workers’ welfare. On Friday,…
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VP Kashim Shettima Reveals Tinubu’s Health Status After Democracy Day Fall
The Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, on Friday, dispelled insinuations about his boss, President Tinubu’s health, claiming his principal is a man full of ideas. Recall that President Tinubu during the Democracy Day celebration last month missed his steps, an incident which stirred reactions on Tinubu’s health status to lead the country. Shettima, however,…
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Why I won’t return to Aso Villa – Patience Jobathan
Former First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan says if she is requested to return to the presidential villa to function as Nigerian First Lady, she would decline. In a viral video clip, Mrs Patience, who spoke on Friday at a public function, said “the stress of Nigeria is too much”, stressing that she looks younger than…
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‘I Gave Money To Influence People To Vote For Me’ – PDP Senator, Oyewumni Confesses
The Deputy Minority Leader of the Nigerian Senate, Lere Oyewumi, has admitted to partaking in vote buying during the 2023 general elections. The lawmaker representing Osun West Senatorial District at the Red Chamber made the confession in a viral video online while receiving defectors to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Irewole local government. Oyewumi…
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JUST IN: Two Officers Killed As Gunmen Attack Police Checkpoint In Abia
Two officers of the Nigeria Police Force were reportedly murdered on Friday night when a group of dangerous criminals attacked a police checkpoint at the well-known Opobo Junction, near the Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expressway in Abia State. Another officer reportedly sustained some injuries from the attack, which unsettled residents of the area. It was reported that…
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14 Killed In Kano As Truck Rams Into Muslims Returning From Jumat Prayer
No fewer than fourteen (14) people reportedly died when a moving truck rammed into Muslim faithful who were returning home from Friday’s Jumat prayer in Kano State. Reports obtained revealed that the tragic incident happened at Imawa, a town along the Zaria–Kano highway in the Kura Local Government Area of Kano State. The Federal Road…
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Court bars Soun of Ogbomoso, kingmakers from removing Chief Imam
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has barred the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye and the kingmakers led by Chief Sobalaje Otolorin from removing the Chief Imam of the town, Sheik Teliat Yunus Ayilara. It could be recalled that both the Soun and the Chief Imam have been at loggerheads in…
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Over 100 Nigerians Deported From Turkey Arrive At Abuja Airport
103 Nigerian citizens reportedly arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, on Friday, June 28, 2024. The citizens were deported from the Republic of Turkey and arrived on a Southwind Airlines flight with registration number TC-GRB. They are said to have arrived at the pilgrims’ wing of the…
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Minimum Wage: We refuse to be treated as beggars – NLC tells govs
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has declared that Nigerian workers will not be treated as beggars in the country. NLC made the remark while stressing that state governors can’t decide the minimum wage of workers. A statement by its Head of Information and Public Affairs, Benson Upah, described the stance of the state governors in…
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Assault on hotel staff: Starnews Publisher condemns EFCC’s unprofessional conduct
The Publisher of Starnews Ng, Mr. Akinrinlola Olumide, has berated the assault on a female staff of Regional Hotel in Ojo, Lagos State, by the Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Akinrinlola also frowned at the incessant unprofessional conduct of the operatives of the anti-graft agency, stressing that it was the same…