-Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaIn a country facing myriad challenges with limited resources, the recent announcement by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) regarding the launch of a new national identity card with payment functionality raises serious concerns about the allocation of public funds and the priorities of our government.This ambitious project,
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The President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Festus Osifo, has said that the much-awaited new minimum wage may not be announced on 1 May.Mr Osifo said this while speaking with journalists on Friday in Abuja.”The negotiation by the Tripartite Committee is still ongoing. If you remember, the
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) on Thursday attributed logistics issues as reasons for the cause of scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol in parts of the country even as 10 litres of petrol is being sold at 15,000.00 in black market in Abuja.NNPCL
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The American International School of Abuja (AISA) has admitted that the immediate past Governor of Kogi State paid a total of $845,852 as school fees for his children, starting from 2021 to the end of their studies in the school.In a letter addressed to the Lagos zonal commander of the
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The Federal Government plans to create 2.5 million jobs through the Labour Employment Enhancement Programme, LEEP.The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, disclosed this at Thursday’s pre-inaugural ceremony for the LEEP in Abuja.She noted that in a quickly changing global environment, it was crucial to LP
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The federal government has commenced the upgrade of 50 selected senior secondary schools across the country.The executive secretary of National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSCE), Dr Iyela Ajayi, disclosed this in Lafia during a recent courtesy call on Nasarawa State commissioner for education, Dr John Mamman.In a press statement by
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Federal government has read riot acts to contractors handling dualisation of Abuja-Lokoja-Benin road and threatened to terminate the contracts.The minister of works Engr. David Umahi gave the warning during a meeting with the four contractors in his office yesterday in Abuja.The dualisation project is being handled by CGC Nigeria, Mother
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President-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has called on the warring factions in the Rivers State government to sheathe their swords and allow peace to reign.Iwuanyanwu who fielded questions from journalists in Owerri, the Imo State capital, said that the misunderstanding between former governor Nyesom Wike group, the
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Ahead of the one-year anniversary in office of Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, former President Goodluck Jonathan, has commissioned several life-touching projects in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, in a ceremony which also commemorated the 60th birthday of the governor.Some of the projects included the 1.3-kilometre underground
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A border patrol team of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Nigerian Immigration Service, Department of State Service and Nigerian Army led by chief superintendent of customs, A.A. Ibrahim, now assistant comptroller of Customs attached along Yauri- Jega Road in Kebbi State have intercepted 40 cartons and sacks containing 6,240 pieces of
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