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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Okechukwu Nnodim |Justice Okamgba |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |James Abraham |Haruna Aliyu Usman |Uche Okere | +7 more
Organised Labour on Thursday delivered an unflattering assessment of President Bola Tinubu’s two years in office, saying his reforms and policies brought nothing but pain and suffering to Nigerians. The labour movement countered Tinubu’s claims that the worst days are over, pointing out that his economic reforms have plunged over 150 million Nigerians into multidimensional poverty.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Abiodun Nejo |Peter Ajayi Dada |Adeyinka Adedipe |Tunde Oyekola |Dennis Naku |Ademola Adegbite | +2 more
President Bola Tinubu, his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, governors, and other prominent personalities in the country have reaffirmed their commitment to nurturing and protecting children from abuse, especially bullying. In their speeches to mark the Children’s Day on Tuesday, they described the children as Nigeria’s future leaders, innovators and changemakers.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Stephen Angbulu |Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Solomon Odeniyi |Tunde Oyekola |Peter Ajayi Dada |Animasahun Salman | +10 more
Organised Labour on Thursday presented a 20-point demand to the Federal Government as Nigerian workers commemorated the 2025 May Day at Eagles Square, Abuja and across the country.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Moses Adewole |Peter Ajayi Dada |John Charles |Faith Awa Maji | +3 more
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, deployed a special squad to arrest the rising violence across the country. He ordered all Police Mobile Force squadrons to maintain at least one fully equipped, combat-ready unit on constant standby, effective immediately. He gave the directive during a meeting with Squadron Commanders in Abuja on Tuesday, as bandits struck in Kwara, Benue and Sokoto States, killing 21 persons.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Tunde Oyekola |Faith Awa Maji |Animasahun Salman |Ademola Adegbite
As Christians across the country prepare to celebrate Easter, beginning with Good Friday, security agencies have pledged to ensure safety and peace throughout the festive period. The military high command, state police commands and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps commands assured Nigerians of heightened surveillance, increased personnel deployment, and inter-agency coordination to prevent any breach of law and order during the celebrations.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Tunde Oyekola
A witness in the ongoing trial of former Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, told the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday that N1bn from the Universal Basic Education Commission Matching Grant was diverted to pay workers’ salaries and pensions in 2015—and was never repaid. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting the former governor on 14 counts related to the alleged misappropriation and theft of N5.78bn in UBEC funds.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | damilola aina |John Charles |Collins Agwam |Tunde Oyekola |Ahmed Kagana Amshi |Maiharaji Altine | +3 more
The challenges facing the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy have assumed a new dimension, with some state governors explicitly warning their council chairmen against opening an account with the Central Bank of Nigeria for the direct payment of their allocations from the Federation Account.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Bankole Taiwo |Animasahun Salman |Tunde Oyekola
•LG workers, teachers in Zamfara, C’River, Abia, others yet to get minimum wageThe National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Alhaji Haruna Kankara, on Sunday, said about 20 states have yet to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage for local government workers and primary school teachers. The states include Yobe, Gombe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Imo, Ebonyi, Cross River, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Borno and 11 others.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Stephen Angbulu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Animasahun Salman |Chika Otuchikere |Adeyinka Adedipe | +15 more
Eminent Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, the leadership of the National Assembly, governors, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, among others, have preached unity and called for prayers as Muslims mark the end of the Ramadan fasting. Muslims in Nigeria, on Sunday, joined their counterparts across the globe to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan fasting.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Umar Sani |Gbenga Odogun |Tunde Oyekola |Chima Azubuike |Emem Julius
The Federal Government, through the National Directorate of Employment, has launched a resettlement programme across the states of the federation. The Director General of NDE, Silas Agara, stated this on Tuesday, during the resettlement of 5,532 beneficiaries of its training programmes. Represented by the Director of Finance, NDE Headquarters, Adebayo Adebowale, in Bauchi, Agara said the programme was taking place in all 36 states and FCT.
