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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has called on leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who are aggrieved over one issue or another to put the past behind them and come together to rescue the party. Fayose said that he was seeking peace, stating that it was not his wish for the…
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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has defended its N1.911 trillion 2024 budget before the Senate Committee on the NDDC. The Managing Director of the agency, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, presented the estimates of the fiscal document to the senators, stating that N100 billion was earmarked to settle some of its accumulated debts. Dr. Ogbuku made…
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, emerged as the Chairman of the South West Governors Forum on Monday. The governor, who read the communiqué after a meeting behind closed doors at the Lagos House, Ikeja, was unanimously nominated by his colleagues. The governor said the forum deliberated extensively on several matters, noting that the governors also…
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The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has ruled out strike action tomorrow, Tuesday, to press for a new national minimum wage. Ajaero disclosed this today, Monday, at the ongoing International Labour Conference (ILC) organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. He clarified that the submission of N62,000 as…
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State received the South-West Governors, who are currently in Lagos for their zonal meeting on Monday. Sanwo-Olu, accompanied by his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hazmat, received Governors Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Ademola Adeleke (Osun) and Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) at the Lagos House, Ikeja. In a statement…