Nigerian Govt, states can pay minimum wage with recovered loot – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that both the federal and state governments have the ability to pay the minimum wage provided looted funds are recovered. Falana made this statement in an interview with Channels Television, monitored by DAILY POST. “The state governments that are saying they have no money to pay, the money is there. “All they need, including the Federal Government, is to muster the political will to collect and recover money…

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US court jails Nigerian three years for $5.6m fraud scheme

A Nigerian man, Tochukwu Nwosisi, 52, who lives in Indiana, was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison for his involvement in a global advance-fee scheme that defrauded victims of over $5.6 million. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, from at least February 2015 to January 2018, Nwosisi participated in an […] The post US court jails Nigerian three years for $5.6m fraud scheme appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News –…

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Kano: 4.7m pupils learning on bare floor, indictment on govt, wealthy individuals – Shehu Sani

Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has described reports that 4.7 million school pupils in Kano State learn while sitting on the bare floor as unfortunate. DAILY POST recalls that the Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf recently accused the immediate past administration led by Abdullahi Ganduje of neglecting the education sector. The governor claimed that when his administration took over in May 2023, about 4.7 million pupils were sitting on bare floor in primary schools across the…

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Oyo/Osun customs seize illegal items, generate N6.3bn in May

Despite the economic headwinds encountered for most parts of the second quarter of 2024, the Oyo/Osun Customs Area Command has declared generation of the sum of N6.34bn for May 2024. Cumulatively, when added to the revenue generated for January to April 2024, the sum of ₦30.66bn has been generated as revenue from January to May […] The post Oyo/Osun customs seize illegal items, generate N6.3bn in May appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria…

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June 12: Opposition’s Failure To Unite, Threat To Democracy – Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday said the failings of the opposition parties to uphold the functionality of their existence is the major threat to Nigeria’s democracy. Atiku, who stated this in his Democracy Day message, said the failure of opposition political parties to form a coalition and articulate a plan of good governance makes them more guilty than the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) which, he said, has brought a dawn of gloom in…

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Speaker Abbas Reshuffles House Committees

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has reshuffled Committees and appointed Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin as chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Habit. Jibrin who before this appointment was chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and had chaired the Appropriation and Finance Committees in preceding assemblies. The new chairman who served as executive director of the Federal Housing Authority is expected to lead the committee for efficient oversight of the…

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Edo: NNPP Elders Overrule Guber Candidate’s Suspension

Leaders of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), led by the former Vice Presidential candidate, Bishop Isaac Idahosa, in Edo State have intervened in the impasse within the party ahead of the forthcoming governorship poll in the state. The impasse had led to the suspension of the party’s governorship candidate Pastor Azemhe Azena by his ward. However, at a meeting of the elders, held in Etsako East Local Government, it was unanimously agreed that the suspension…

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June 12: Nigerians Are Angry Over Hardship – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said Nigerians are angry over the hardship in the country. The opposition party also said All Progressives Congress (APC) administrations since 2015 has desecrated the democratic principles, legacies and values which the late Chief MKO Abiola laboured and died for. PDP, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, to mark the Democracy Day,  charged Nigerians to speak against the anti-democratic tendencies of the APC which, according…

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Democracy Day: Nigeria Needs Compassionate Leaders – ACC

The Allied Conservative Congress (ACC) yesterday said Nigerians need compassionate leaders with the milk of human kindness and conservative ideology. The party stated this while commending Nigerians on the occasion of this year’s Democracy Day and 25 years of uninterrupted democracy. The party said June 12 is a testament of Nigerians faith in democracy and resolve to consolidate, deepen and strengthen it. The national secretary of ACC, Alhaji Lawal Mohammed, in a statement, said it is…

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Nigeria Yet To Attain Democracy We Sacrificed For, Agbakoba, Ozekhome

Prominent civil rights activists, who played key roles in the agitation for the return of democratic rule in Nigeria, have lamented that political leaders have not lived up to expectations. They noted that despite the sacrifices made to ensure democratic rule, the country’s situation has worsened. Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), said that although the gains of the struggle for the actualisation of the June 12 mandate freely given…

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