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The proposed N5,000 for 40 million poor Nigerians when the subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) is removed, has been rejected by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said in Abuja last night that there are no ongoing talks between labour and the Federal Government, as negotiation was adjourned sine die many months ago. NLC accused government of adopting monologue in arriving at its conclusion on subsidy removal, stressing that it will continually reject a deregulation that is anchored on importation of petroleum products. It also said…

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Abdulgafar Ahmad, an online comedian and Naval personnel aka Cute Abiola, has spent 10 days in the custody of the Nigerian Navy for posting a video of himself in military uniform on social media. His colleague in the comedy industry, Debo Adedayo aka Mr Macaroni, had raised the alarm that Cute Abiola might be missing. He said he went missing after reporting at his office in Navy Town, Lagos on Monday, November 15, 2021. The Navy, in a statement, later said the funnyman wasn’t missing but was detained for contravening…

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the leaked report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on the October 20, 2020 shooting of protesters at the Lekki tollgate as fake news. Mohammed who spoke yesterday on the leaked report maintained that there was absolutely nothing in the report to make the Federal Government change its mind on its conviction that there was no massacre at the Lekki tollgate on the said October 20. The panel had, in its report, noted that there were shootings…

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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over allegation of forgery and manipulation of documents. It was learnt that the former minister was arrested yesterday to answer questions on possible forgery of hospital documents to hoodwink the court handling the case against him on money laundering with a view to stalling hearing. He is currently being grilled at the Lagos office of the commission. EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest of the former minister. The anti-graft agency had charged…

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A man identified as Fuad, has been arrested for allegedly raping a receptionist in a toilet in the Mutab Hotel and Suites on Abeokuta Street, in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the 19-year-old victim was asleep at the reception of the hotel when one of the lodgers woke her up at midnight and requested a towel. It was learnt that the victim immediately left the reception, went to the backyard of the hotel to get the towel and was on her way to attend…

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The 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination result has been released. 81.7 per cent of the candidates made credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. About 1,274,784 million is 81.7 per cent of the total of 1,560,261 million candidates who sat for the exam. While announcing the release of the WASSCE result on Monday, the Head, Nigeria National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, explained that there was an appreciable 16.46 per cent improvement, saying the percentage of candidates was 65.24 per cent. Areghan…

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Most Revd. Cyril Odutemu, the Archbishop of Bendel Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Ughelli Diocese, Anglican Communion, weekend, lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Government has borrowed the destinies present and future generations of Nigerians away. Odutemu who stated this in a sermon at the funeral service of Mama Hannah Victoria Macaulay, mother of erstwhile Secretary to Delta State, SSG, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay held at Owhelogbo in Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, said God would hold President Muhammadu Buhari accountable for whatever monies he borrows on judgement day.…

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A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), that the Kogi State government returned N19.3 billion bailout funds allegedly “hidden” by the state to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been described as “mischievous, false and politically motivated” by the State government. The government gave EFCC a 48-hour ultimatum to retract the statement posted on its Facebook account on November 19 or be prepared for court action. Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, who issued the ultimatum in Lagos, yesterday, assured Kogi indigenes, Nigerians,…

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