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₦100,000 Minimum Wage will Make Nigerian Workers Breathe – SDP Chair

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The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Shehu Gabam, has urged the Federal Government not to pay civil servants less than N100,000 if it truly wants the masses to breathe. Gabam made the appeal when he was featured as a guest on Sunday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today. The development comes barely one week after the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, embarked on a nationwide strike to demand an increased minimum wage for workers and the reversal of the recently increased electricity tariff. The industrial action was however suspended for five days after the labour leaders signed a commitment with the Federal Government to resume negotiations and come up with a new minimum wage within a week. Last Friday, the Tripartite Committee concluded its meetings as both the FG and the Organised Private Sector agreed on N62,000 while Labour pegged its demand to N250,000. But Gabam insisted that the government will do itself a favour by sett...
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I Saved Tinubu’s Political Career, Says Atiku

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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, said contrary to the claims in circulation, President Bola Tinubu immensely benefited from his goodwill. Atiku said but for him, Tinubu’s political career might have been terminated while he was governor of Lagos State in the early part of the Fourth Republic. On Thursday, Vice President Kashim Shettima stated that both Atiku and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, once benefited from Tinubu’s political support during their times of persecution. Shettima specifically said Tinubu’s residence in Bourdillon, Ikoyi, Lagos, served as a refuge for Atiku when he faced harassment and expulsion from the PDP. “He (Tinubu) has been a veritable sanctuary for victims of political witch-hunts. When Atiku Abubakar was harassed in the Peoples Democratic Party, it was Bourdillon he ran to for support and it was in Bourdillon that he got the needed support and later contested for the presidenc...
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Two Kwara Pilgrims Die in Saudi Arabia

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Two pilgrims from Kwara State on this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia have reportedly died. The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Board announced on Sunday the deaths of the two pilgrims who passed away in Madina, Saudi Arabia. A statement by the Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, said: “Saliu Mohammed, who arrived with Batch 3 of the state contingent, died in an intensive care unit of a public hospital in Madina after a brief illness, while Hajia Hawawu Mohammed (Batch 9) also died following what Saudi authorities have investigated and foundation to be an unfortunate suicidal episode from the rooftop of her apartment in Madina.” The pilgrims’ board said it “deeply regrets the sad events, but submits totally to the decree and ultimate knowledge of Allah in all affairs.” Dailypost/Ayobami Busari
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Abuja Court Jails Immigration Officer 7 Years for Passport Fraud

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An Abuja court has sentenced a staff of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Quadri Ismail Adeyinka, to seven years imprisonment for defrauding a Nigerian over international passport. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), had arraigned the convict before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja on a four-counts charge bordering on gratification, conferment of corrupt advantage and cheating contrary to extant provisions of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and the Penal Code Act. Counsel to the ICPC, Dr. Osuobeni Ekoi Akponimisingha had, in the course of the trial, led evidence before the court on how Adeyinka defrauded one Ovie Justice Ojeffia under the pretence of regularizing his international passport. Adeyinka was said to have received the sum of N100,000.00 from Ojeffia to regularise the said passport but reneged. The victim thereafter petitioned against the off...
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SERAP Sues Tinubu, Demands Details of Obasanjo, Buhari, Others’ Loans

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has taken legal action against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The organisation described the move as necessary so as to ensure financial transparency. The lawsuit demands the publication of detailed spending reports and agreements related to loans acquired by the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari. Filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, the suit aims to compel the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and the Debt Management Office to disclose how these loans, totaling billions of dollars, were utilised. SERAP contends that the citizens’ right to know how public funds are spent is fundamental to democratic governance and accountability. The organisation argued that transparency in loan agreements and expenditures is critical for Nigerians to evaluate their government’s performance, especially in light of persistent extreme poverty and inade...
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