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Breaking: N5.4t fuel subsidy: Presidency denies Wale Edun’s report

Daily Dispatch June 6, 2024

The Federal Government has denied a report authored by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. In the statement, Onanuga said the documents

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Acute Food Insecurity May Hit Nigeria, 17 Other Countries

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2024

Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots”, among them Nigeria, a new United Nations early warning report has revealed. The report released on Wednesday spotlighted the urgent need of assistance to prevent famine in Gaza and the Sudan, and further deterioration in the devastating hunger crises in […]

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30 govs lavished N968bn on refreshments, others in three months- Report

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2024

No fewer than 30 state governments of the federation spent N986.64bn on recurrent expenditures, including refreshments, sitting allowances, travelling, utilities, etc., in the first three months of 2024, The PUNCH reports. The states’ budget implementation reports, which were obtained from Open Nigerian States, a website supported by BudgIT that acts as a repository for

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Minimum wage: FG, Labour shift grounds

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2024

Labour agrees to come down to N100,000, but… [Resolution] Further to the negotiation by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage (NMW) and subsequent withdrawal of Labour from negotiation, the Leadership of the National Assembly intervened on 2nd June, 2024. The Organised Labour declared nationwide strike on Monday, 3rd June, 2024 to drive home its […]

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Businesses, Airports, Hospitals, Power Supply Affected As Labour Begins Nationwide Strike

Daily Dispatch June 3, 2024

Workers have downed tools across the nation as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) begin their industrial action over the hike in electricity tariff and a lack of consensus on a new minimum wage.  While the National Assembly had stepped in at the last minute to avoid the industrial action declared […]

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Breaking: Passengers stranded at Lagos Airport as NLC, TUC strike begins

Daily Dispatch June 3, 2024

The industrial action called by the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC, on Monday kicked off has passengers at the Lagos local airport where stranded as all operations has been cancelled. Checked by our reporter, informed that hundreds of passengers who thronged to the local arm of the airport were turned back by the security operatives. details […]