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minimum wage

Buhari not sincere about workers’ minimum wage, says Fayose

Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said President Muhammadu Buhari was never sincere with workers on the N30,000 minimum wage, describing today’s setting up an advisory technical committee on the as diversionary and plot to further deceive the workers. He said the President became jittery when the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)

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Ekiti

22-year-old to be hanged in Ekiti for armed robbery

An Ado-Ekiti high court on Wednesday sentenced one Alonge Ajayi, 22, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts and consequently found Ajayi guilty as charged. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 22-year-old robbed with guns on Oct. 30, 2017, at

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food

Don’t re-elect governors who failed to pay salaries, Buhari tells Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians not to re-elect governors who failed in their first terms, especially those who failed to pay civil servants salaries even after collecting bailouts from the federal government. Mr Buhari, who is also seeking reelection on the platform of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), said Nigerians’ votes should

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media

Expose my wife, son if they get govt deals ― Buhari challenges media

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the media to expose his wife, Aisha, or his son, Yusuf if they are found to have benefitted from government deals. Buhari said this during an interview aired on Arise TV. The President described as unfair allegations that he was protecting some corrupt persons in his government while those in

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social media

The biggest opposition military has is social media not Boko Haram, says Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the biggest problem the military has is probably the social media and not Boko Haram. Segun Adeyemi, media aide to the minister, quoted Mohammed as saying this at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister said the federal government is planning to launch a national campaign to

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Fayose

2019: Be ready for a shocker ― Fayose hints Buhari, APC

Former Governor of Ekiti State and South west coordinator of the Atiku/Obi campaign , Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday declared that the result of the February Presidential election would shock the ruling party. He said President Muhammadu Buhari should not be carried away by his past electoral feat in the northern part of the country, as

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murder

81-year-old man sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder

A High court in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, sentenced 81-year-old Richard Ogunbayo to 25 years imprisonment for the murder of one Felix Esan. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, while delivering his judgment in Ado-Ekiti, said the prosecution could not substantiate evidence of murder against the convict but a case of manslaughter. The judge, however, sentenced Ogunbayo to

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