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  • Fact-Check: No, Governors Have Not Offered Workers Minimum Wage in the States

    Fact-Check: No, Governors Have Not Offered Workers Minimum Wage in the States0

    Claim:  36 state governors of the federation have already offered workers the minimum wages they are willing to pay in their respective states.   Verdict: False   As the minimum wage negotiations between organised labour and the federal government continue, there have been claims that the 36 state governors of the federation have already offered

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  • Autonomy: Supreme Court Reserves Judgement in FG’s Suit Against 36 States

    Autonomy: Supreme Court Reserves Judgement in FG’s Suit Against 36 States0

    The Supreme Court of Nigeria has reserved judgment on the case filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governments, seeking the complete autonomy of the 774 local governments in the country. A seven-member panel of Supreme Court justices, led by Garba Lawal, ruled that the decision would be communicated to the parties involved

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  • INEC Says 269,992 New Voters Registered in Edo, Ondo States

    INEC Says 269,992 New Voters Registered in Edo, Ondo States0

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reported that a total of 269,992 new voters were registered in Edo and Ondo states as of 9 June 2024 when the registration was suspended. A statement issued in Abuja by Mr. Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee said of this figure, 129,246

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  • Democracy Day Marked with Protests Across Nigeria

    Democracy Day Marked with Protests Across Nigeria0

    …YiagaAfrica Demands Renegotiation of Social Contract with Citizens There were protests across the country as Nigerians on Democracy Day as Nigerians trooped to the streets to protest against hunger and excruciating hardship, and to demand the reversal of some of the policies implemented by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In Lagos, the protests started from

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  • Missed Opportunities in Tinubu’s Democracy Day Broadcast

    Missed Opportunities in Tinubu’s Democracy Day Broadcast0

    Countdown to May 29, 2024, there was a debate about whether President Bola Tinubu was going to address a joint session of the National Assembly and deliver a State of the Union speech or not. Yes, the President did address members of the National Assembly but it was “informal” to say “hi” to the lawmakers

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  • Tinubu Promises to Preserve, Cement Democracy as Nigerians’ Way of Life

    Tinubu Promises to Preserve, Cement Democracy as Nigerians’ Way of Life0

    As Nigerians mark the silver jubilee anniversary of June 12, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday said he is morally bound to preserve and cement the nation’s democracy as Nigerians way of life. The President said this in his 18-minute broadcast to the nation on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of unbroken democracy in

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