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The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr. Peter Obi, has attributed the high level of insecurity in the country to widespread poverty. He vowed to fight poverty to reduce criminal activities across the country if given the mandate in the 2027 presidential election. Obi disclosed this during a town hall meeting with stakeholders and supporters in Lokoja on Tuesday.
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Suspected kidnappers have abducted eight people, including two secondary school students, in an attack on Nuru Suraj Estate, Millennium City, Kaduna. The attackers reportedly invaded the estate shortly after midnight on Tuesday, abducting eight people from two neighbouring houses before releasing two elderly women because of their ages.
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The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has said President Bola Tinubu’s request for approval to borrow $20.51bn and €1.45bn vindicates his October 12 warning about a loan plan of up to $20 billion. Atiku said the President’s failure to identify the specific projects the loans would fund raises serious concerns.
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The independent ministerial committee probing the deaths of miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State has recommended the dismissal of the State Commandant and other personnel found culpable in the incident. This is one of the recommendations presented by the committee’s chairman, Jonathan Kure, in the report to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in Abuja on Tuesday.
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The Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, have reached an agreement on a series of measures to ease the economic difficulties facing workers, including a N70,000 transport intervention and the payment of 19 months’ arrears owed health workers. The resolutions were reached at a conciliation meeting held at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment yesterday, following an earlier meeting convened on October 22.
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. Five people lost their lives on Monday when a vehicle in the convoy of Gov. Mohammed Bago rammed into another vehicle, resulting in multiple fatalities. It was learnt on Tuesday that the accident, which occurred at Gidan Mangoro in Minna, involved a Toyota Hilux conveying the Director-General of the Government House, Mr Dauda Chikuba, and another vehicle conveying five students of the Federal University of Technology.
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Seven persons have been killed after gunmen attacked the Georo community in the Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday night. The attackers, who invaded the community at about 10:20 pm, reportedly opened fire sporadically, shooting victims in their shops and at a local restaurant. A member of the community, Mr Bot Silas, who confirmed the incident in Jos on Monday, said the sudden attack threw residents into panic.
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The Rainbow Coalition led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has unveiled its preferred candidates for the 2027 general elections in Rivers State, drawing from the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party. The candidates were unveiled at a ceremony held at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, October 27, as the coalition seeks to mobilise support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election.
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Troops of the Maritime Component of Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke have repelled suspected armed herders in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The troops also recovered a cache of arms and other items during the operation. The Acting Media Information Officer of OPWS, Lieutenant Ahmad Zubairu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday.
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Presidential candidate of Allied Peoples Movement, APM, Engineer Seyi Makinde has alleged that the gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2027 general elections, Senator Sharafadeen Alli is planning to create tension among the residents through misleading statements.
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The South East Council of Traditional Rulers, SECTR, has lamented that the timetable for the 2027 general elections, especially the January 16 date for the Presidential and National Assembly polls, is unfavourable to the Igbos.
The traditional rulers made the lamentation after their quarterly delegate meeting, and urged the Igbos who would be travelling for festivities at that election period to ensure that they return to their registration areas in the cities to cast their votes en masse.
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The National Secretary of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, Comrade Gbenga Olowoyo has reaffirmed organised labour’s demand for a N500,000 minimum wage, saying the amount reflects the financial burden on Nigerian workers amid the rising cost of living.
Olowoyo said labour remained committed to the proposed wage but was open to reasonable negotiations with the Federal Government to reach an agreement that would improve workers’ welfare.
He spoke during an interview on Arise News on Tuesday, following a meeting between organised labour and the Federal Government that lasted more than six hours to discuss workers’ welfare and measures to cushion the impact of rising petrol prices.
The labour leader also welcomed the Federal Government’s agreement to provide workers with N70,000 transport support monthly for six months, beginning in November, describing the intervention as a positive outcome of negotiations.
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DeleteWhen will these borrowing ever stop?
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