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Oct
13
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Sunday Igboho Submits Petition To UK Prime Minister To Consider Agitation For ‘Yoruba Nation’

Sunday Igboho Submits Petition To UK Prime Minister To Consider Agitation For ‘Yoruba Nation’

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Human Rights, News Flash
Sunday Igboho Submits Petition To UK Prime Minister To Consider ‘Yoruba Nation’ Agitation The Yoruba Nation advocate, Sunday Adeyemo, more commonly known as Sunday Igboho has submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer to consider the secessionist movement in Nigeria. Although the movement described the content of the petition as confidential, SaharaReporters gathered that it revolved around the “Yoruba Nation agitation.” SaharaReporters learnt further that the Yoruba Nation advocate submitted the petition on Saturday on behalf of Prof Adebanji Akintoye, the leader of the Yoruba Nation movement. SaharaReporters saw that other dignitaries who accompanied…
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Oct
12
2024
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Allen Onyema, Air Peace CEO Indicted For Obstructing U.S Fraud Probe, Fresh Charges Filed

Allen Onyema, Air Peace CEO Indicted For Obstructing U.S Fraud Probe, Fresh Charges Filed

Business, Crime, News Flash
Onyema Air Peace CEO Indicted For Obstructing U.S. Fraud Probe, Fresh Charges Filed Allen Onyema, founder and CEO of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has been charged with obstruction of justice in a new indictment in the United States. He was accused of submitting false documents in an attempt to halt an investigation into earlier charges of bank fraud and money laundering. Ejiroghene Eghagha, the airline’s Chief of Administration and Finance, is also facing charges for his role in the obstruction and previous bank fraud schemes. According to U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan, Onyema allegedly used his airline as a…
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Oct
12
2024
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FGN To Reverse Increasing Unemployment Rate – Shettima

FGN To Reverse Increasing Unemployment Rate – Shettima

Economy, FGN, News Flash
FG To Reverse Growing Unemployment Rate – Shettima Assures The Federal Government is working to reverse Nigeria’s growing unemployment rate, Vice-President Kashim Shettima said on Saturday. Shettima said this at the launch of the Nasarawa state human capital development strategy document and gender transformative human capital development policy framework in Lafia. He stated that the current administration is committed to empowering Nigerians with globally competitive skills which would enable them excel anywhere in the world. STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE AT NASARAWA HCD STRATEGY DOCUMENT LAUNCH: Under Tinubu, We’ll Reverse Growing Unemployment Rate, VP Shettima Vows *** Says Nigerians must begin…
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Oct
12
2024
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Why We Agreed To N70,000 Minimum Wage Amid Petrol Price Hike – NLC President

Why We Agreed To N70,000 Minimum Wage Amid Petrol Price Hike – NLC President

Economy, Labour, News Flash
Why We Agreed To N70,000 Minimum Wage Amid Petrol Price Hike – NLC President President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, detailed the NLC’s reasoning behind accepting a N70,000 minimum wage offer during a recent interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show. Ajaero explained the decision occurred amid discussions with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where the NLC turned down further fuel price increases while negotiating the wage agreement. Ajaero highlighted that despite organised labour’s initial push for a N250,000 minimum wage, they ultimately accepted N70,000 after negotiations reached a deadlock. “While we were discussing, we…
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Oct
12
2024
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Obi Breaks Silence On Increased Fuel Price

Obi Breaks Silence On Increased Fuel Price

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, News Flash, Politics
Peter Obi Breaks Silence On Increase In Fuel Price The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has condemned the recent increase in fuel prices, calling on the Federal Government to reverse the sudden hike. Obi’s statement comes after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) announced an increase in petrol price, raising it from ₦897 to ₦1,030 per litre. The latest price surge marks the second increase within a month, following a previous rise from ₦615 to ₦897 in September. In a post on his X handle on Saturday morning, Obi described the fuel price hike…
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Oct
12
2024
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I’ve Not Earned Any Wage From Covenant University Since Inception -Bishop Oyedepo

I’ve Not Earned Any Wage From Covenant University Since Inception -Bishop Oyedepo

Education, News Flash, Religion
I’ve Not Earned Any Wage From Covenant Varsity Since Inception – Bishop Oyedepo Bishop David Oyedepo, the Chancellor of Covenant University said he has never earned any wages from the university since it’s inception in 2001. Oyedepo disclosed this during the university’s 19th convocation, Instead he emphasized that the success stories and personal growth of the students have been his true rewards. The convocation, held to confer First and Higher Degrees and present prizes, saw a total of 1,607 students graduate, including 339 first-class honors, 762 second-class upper honors, 330 second-class lower honors, 25 third-class, and 151 from postgraduate programs.…
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Oct
12
2024
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Inauguration Of Ugwuele Technical Research Committee

Inauguration Of Ugwuele Technical Research Committee

Abia State, Arts And Culture, News Flash
INAUGURATION OF UGWUELE TECHNICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE. Dear esteemed members of Abia Infrastructure Mandate, AIM, please join us with the above provided link tomorrow, by 8pm Nigeria time as we inaugurate our committee of experts to commence AIM's expeditionary and expository mission at Ugwuele stone age ancient civilization sites located at Okigwe Uturu axis said to have existed for between 500,000 years to 1,500,000 years of stone age period. Earlier explorers in the form of scholars from USA, Europe and other nations had researched at Ugwuele and taken artifacts to enrich museums in their various countries of an Igbo civilization that…
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Oct
11
2024
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Atiku Nicknames Tinubu ‘T-Pain” Over Hardship He Has Inflicted On Nigerians

Atiku Nicknames Tinubu ‘T-Pain” Over Hardship He Has Inflicted On Nigerians

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, News Flash, Politics
Atiku Slams Tinubu Over Hardship, Calls Him ‘T-Pain’ Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has slammed President Bola Tinubu for being undisturbed by the hardship his policies including the removal of petrol subsidy has inflicted upon Nigerians. In an X post on Thursday, Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), labelled Tinubu as “T-Pain” for drowning the well-being of Nigerians. “The haphazard and disingenuous approach of the current administration to fuel subsidy management has been the reason we are in this current economic crisis in the country. “As things stand, there will be no let up in…
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Oct
11
2024
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Women No Longer Require Husband’s Approval Letter For Visa Clearance – NDLEA

Women No Longer Require Husband’s Approval Letter For Visa Clearance – NDLEA

FGN, Immigration, News Flash
Women No Longer Need Husband’s Approval Letter For Visa Clearance – NDLEA The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that married women will no longer be required to present a letter of approval from their husbands to obtain visa clearance for international travel. In a statement released on Thursday via X by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, it was revealed that this decision followed a reassessment of the necessity of the requirement. The statement noted that the initial inclusion of this requirement was in response to certain developments in specific countries, which had necessitated…
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Oct
11
2024
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CAPPS Academic Championship In Collaboration With Nigerian-Oversea Communications Presents Educational Scholarship Scheme For Students/Pupils In Nigeria

CAPPS Academic Championship In Collaboration With Nigerian-Oversea Communications Presents Educational Scholarship Scheme For Students/Pupils In Nigeria

Education, Humanitarian, News Flash, Philanthropy
Commentary;CAPPS ACADEMIC CHAMPIONSHIP(Promoting Academic Diligence In Nigeria). In Collaboration With;NIGERIA-OVERSEAS COMMUNICATIONS, Presents; EDUCATIONAL SCHOLASHIP SCHEME FOR PUPILS/STUDENTS IN NIGERIA. Over N30m Cash And Other Consolation Prizes To Be Worn By Participants In Every State In Nigeria And The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja Capps Academic Championship is an independent legal entity, a new educational organization, recognized by the government of Nigeria for the promotion of academic diligence with a strategy for quality and functional education in response to making the system of functional education “one” in Nigeria. It is also a new developmental roadmap in schools without regard to religious…
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