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At least 29 suspected bandits have been reportedly killed following airstrikes conducted by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. A spokesperson to the state governor, Ibrahim Mohammed, said the airstrikes were conducted in the vicinity of Bakori hills and Yartsintsiya areas of the council. Mohammed said the airstrikes…
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President Bola Tinubu has praised the late Moshood Abiola, his wife Kudirat, Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka, and many other Nigerians who fought for the entrenchment of democracy in Nigeria following the annulment of the 12 June 1993 presidential election. Tinubu in his Democracy Day speech also hailed Shehu Yar’Adua and Chukwuemeka Ezeife (all late),…
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President Bola Tinubu has promised to preserve and strengthen democratic institutions and to deliver more dividends of democracy to Nigerians. Tinubu made this statement during his National Democracy Day speech on Wednesday. He said Nigeria has established a tradition of holding “transparent, open, and fair elections,” which gives credence to the country’s democratic bearing and…
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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has said that the government will send a new minimum wage bill to the National Assembly “soon”. “We shall soon send an executive bill to the National Assembly to enshrine what has been agreed upon as part of our law for the next five years or less,” Tinubu said in his…
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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said that Nigeria’s economy has been in desperate need of reform for decades. Tinubu said this during his Democracy Day Speech, adding that he understands the economic difficulties Nigeria faces as a nation. “Our economy has been in desperate need of reform for decades. It has been unbalanced because it…
