Day: June 5, 2023

3 Days Per Week: Kwara Reduces Workdays For Civil Servants

Aliyu Aliyu

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Monday, met with labour leaders in the state on the recent removal of fuel subsidy. According to a statement issued by the state’s Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, on Monday, the governor stated that the subsidy removal was done to prevent further economic damage. To reduce the impact of the subsidy removal on their salaries, the governor approved an immediate reduction in work days for state civil servants to three days from five days. The statement partly read, “Kwara State Governor…

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Legendary Sprinter, Jim Hines, Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

+ Life and times of the first man to run 100m under 10 seconds United States of America sprinter Jim Hines, the first man to break the 10-second barrier for 100m, has died at the age of 76, World Athletics said on Monday. At the 1968 US Championships in Sacramento, Hines became the first man to officially go below 10 seconds for 100m, running a hand-timed 9.9sec. Later that year, in winning the 1968 Olympic 100m gold medal at altitude in Mexico City, Hines lowered the world record to an…

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BREAKING: Court Orders NLC Not To Embark On Strike

Abibat Babalola

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an interim order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from going on strike from Wednesday as planned, until the determination of the motion on notice. Justice O. Y. Anuwe issued the order on Monday, June 5, 2023, and adjourned further hearing till 19 June. Recall that the NLC has mobilised its members for an indefinite strike over the fuel subsidy removal. The NLC shunned the meeting with the Federal Government delegation held at the Presidential…

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My Husband’s Killer Offered N71 Million To Withdraw Case, I Rejected It –  Widow Of OAU Murdered PG Student

ADEOLA YUSUF

The widow of a Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Timothy Adegoke, said she rejected the N71 million offered to her to drop her pursuit of the prosecution of his murderers.Bolatito Adegoke said this in an interview with The Nation newspaper on Saturday. Her husband went missing after lodging in Hilton Hotel in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on a trip for his post-graduate programme at the university. His body was later found in a shallow grave in a bush in Ile-Ife. READ ALSO: Electricity Workers Union To…

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Electricity Workers Union To Join Labour In Nationwide Strike

Abibat Babalola

The National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has said it is joining the proposed nationwide strike scheduled for Wednesday, by the Nigerian Labour Congress. Acting General Secretary of the body, Dominic Igwebike, in a statement urged leaders of the body at national and state levels to begin mobilization ahead of the strike. Igwebike made the call in a statement titled: “Mobilization for Nationwide withdrawal of services.” READ ALSO: OPEC Downgrades Nigeria’s 2024 Oil Output To 1.38 million barrels Daily US Cessna Plane Crash Kills Trump Donor’s Family Members The Problem…

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OPEC Downgrades Nigeria’s 2024 Oil Output To 1.38 million barrels Daily

Abibat Babalola

…As Members Agrees To 4.7 MBD Production Cut In July       The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC+ members agreed to maintain their current supply curbs through the end of 2024, following a weekend of intense oil diplomacy in Vienna. Similarly, quotas for 2024 were lowered for production stragglers, Nigeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Congo and a few more countries. Under the arrangement Nigeria’s quota was lowered to 1.38 million barrels a day in 2024. READ ALSO: US Cessna Plane Crash Kills Trump Donor’s Family Members The Problem With…

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US Cessna Plane Crash Kills Trump Donor’s Family Members

Abibat Babalola

US officials on Monday morning confirmed the crash over Washington of a Cessna Citation aircraft carrying four passengers who were later confirmed to be family members of John Rumpel, a prominent Florida businessman and MAGA donor. Make America Great Again” or MAGA is an American political slogan which was popularized by Donald Trump during his successful 2016 presidential campaign. On Twitter, the National Transportation Safety Board said it’s investigating the crash. The agency said it will begin “the process of documenting the scene and examining the aircraft” when it gets to the scene on…

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The Problem With long Courtships, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

Let me start with a confession. I am a closet romantic. I love red roses and blue violets. I love petal-strewn, candle-lit scenes. I love to be wined and dined in exotic places. Everyone close to me knows that my vacations are incomplete without a beach and or a beachfront hotel room. The full works. Life is to be lived and what’s a well lived life as a woman if she has not been wowed by scented candles and exotic dinner on a beach? Every man, every woman must look…

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Appointments: ‘I will be fair, Just To All’- Bago

Abibat Babalola

… Promise to re-introduce CRK       MINNA: As lobbying for various political positions get intensified, Niger State Governor, Rt Hon Umar Bago has reiterated that he will only appoint into his cabinet those who are qualified. Speaking at a Special Thanksgiving Service to mark their inauguration at St. Michael Catholic Cathedral Church, Minna, Bago who was represented by his Deputy, Comrade Yakubu Garba said “we will be fair and just to all persons in the State but please put us in prayers”. Accordingly, he said “we will appoint…

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