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Tinubu warns against anti-democratic forces, hails Abiola, Yar’Adua, others

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has praised the winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola and other heroes of democracy, including General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and Pa Alfred Rewane, among others. In his Democracy Day broadcast on Wednesday, the President also

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FULL TEXT: President Bola Tinubu’s national broadcast on 2024 Democracy Day

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2024

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, delivered the 2024 Democracy Day speech, addressing a variety of issues affecting the country. Tinubu pledged to implement democracy as Nigerians’ way of life. Read the full text below: My fellow Nigerians, let me begin by congratulating all of us for witnessing the celebration of another Democracy Day today, the […]

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Emefiele printed own version of the Naira different from what Buhari approved – Ex-Director of Operation

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2024

Ahmed Umar, a former Director of Currency Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has revealed that the former governor, Godwin Emefiele, proceeded to print a version of the Naira with his own design. Testifying at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Umar highlighted that the features in the design ordered […]

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Breaking: FG Increases Minimum Wage

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2024

The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage to N62,000, while organized labour has reduced its demand from N494,000 to N250,000. Labour, private sector operators bicker over minimum wage Already the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage has adjourned as there was no consensus at the meeting. The organized […]

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Minimum Wage: Nigerian Governors Dares NLC, TUC

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2024

The 36 state governors in the country have rejected the N60,000 minimum wage earlier proposed by the Federal Government. The governors said the N60,000 minimum wage was not sustainable. They noted that it would force some states in the country to borrow to pay workers’ salaries if the new take-home pay was implemented. They made […]

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How Tinubu is diverting funds through secret fuel subsidy – Atiku

Daily Dispatch June 6, 2024

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Bola Tinubu administration of diverting public funds through petrol subsidy, hence the refusal of the government to reveal how much is being spent on subsidy. Atiku said this in a statement on Thursday in reaction to a […]