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Top 5 Stories Of The Day| Discos Threaten to Strike Over Alleged Unlawful Military Attacks on its Electricity Workers
Discos threaten to strike over alleged unlawful military attacks on its electricity workers NBS reveals Nigeria's inflation dropped to 23.18% Dangote announced desire to construct largest port in Ogun State…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | CBN Sets Daily Withdrawal limit on POS to ₦100k Per Customer
CBN sets daily withdrawal limit on POS to ₦100k per customer CAC deregistered 300,000 companies in a year NBS reveals there were 52 million crimes recorded in one year Inspector…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Supreme Court Dismisses Suit Against Tinubu, Fines Ex-presidential Candidate ₦5m
Supreme Court dismisses suit against Tinubu, fines ex-presidential candidate ₦5m Inflation rises to 34.6% as food prices continue increasing Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announce visa-free travel and residency rights…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | NLC Protests NBS’ Report on Unemployment Rate in Q2 of 2024
NLC protests NBS’ report on unemployment rate in Q2 of 2024 FG begins an investigation of migrated civil servants still on the payroll despite the resignation Tinubu is set to…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | NBS Reveals 10 Nigerian States with the Highest Food Inflation
NBS reveals 10 Nigerian states with the highest food inflation National Assembly criticised as Nigeria’s debt hits ₦138 trillion Osun State announces 16-day celebration for Adeleke’s second anniversary NHRC opens…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Changes Company Name to ‘First Holdco’
First Bank of Nigeria Holdings changes company name to ‘First Holdco’ NJC suspends judges in Rivers and Anambra over alleged misuse of judicial authority FG reveals plan for $1m AfDB…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | NBS Report that Every Nigerian Owes ₦620k
NBS report that every Nigerian owes ₦620k Dangote and IPMAN come to an agreement on petrol lifting DisCo at risk of being sanctioned by FG agencies for charging metre change…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Oil Marketers Claim Dangote’s ₦950/litre Fuel Might Justify More Importation
Oil Marketers claim Dangote's ₦950/litre fuel might justify more importation Tinubu announces Disaster Relief Fund for Borno flood victims Inflation reduces for the second month in a row jAMB works…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | FG Approves Age 18 as Age Limit for WAEC and NECO
FG approves age 18 as age limit for WAEC and NECO NBS reports Nigeria’s GDP increased by 3.19% in the second quarter of 2024 FG threatens to shut down filling…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Lagos State Government Warns Lagosians of Traffic Diversion at Ikeja Along
Lagos State Government warns Lagosians of traffic diversion at Ikeja Along Aviation workers vow to strike due to deduction of 50% of revenue Ex-NANTA chief urges FG to step in…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Tinubu Renames National Theatre after Wole Soyinka
Tinubu renames National Theatre after Wole Soyinka Rema paid $3 million to perform at an Indian billionaire’s wedding Tragedy strikes Plateau State as 22 pupils die and 132 severely injured…
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Ghana and Others Suffer Power Outage as Nigeria Reduces Gas Supply for Three Weeks
Ghana and others suffer power outage as Nigeria reduces gas supply for three weeks MultiChoice allegedly fixes subscription prices of DSTV/GOTV after court ruling NLC reacts to Tinubu's speech on…
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Supreme Court Asked to Sack President Tinubu Based on ‘Lis Pendens’ | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Supreme Court asked to sack President Tinubu based on ‘Lis Pendens’ NBS reveals oil revenue rose by 83% within the third quarter of 2023 Nasarawa and Cross Rivers earn larger…
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It’ll be difficult to rig 2023 elections — INEC; I have proven my world record was not luck – Tobi Amusan | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
It’ll be difficult to rig 2023 elections — INECPay pension to older persons — UN tasks BuhariRename UNN to ‘Queen Elizabeth University of Nigeria’, Adamu Garba tells BuhariNigeria’s foreign trade…
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FG seeks to expand its loan foot prints to Latin America
It's another Wednesday being a Nigerian in Nigeria, and the daily reminder for today of this distressing fact is the news that the Federal Government of Nigeria is looking to…
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The Late 5: Chief of Air Staff says Badeh’s death is unacceptable; ‘Buhari never directed NBS to change unemployment figures’ | Other top stories
These are the stories that drove conversation today. Amidst chaos - boos and praises - President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2019 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National…
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7,396 prisoners in Lagos; Trump’s fortune plunges by $600 million | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
N140 billion - The amount the Senate Committees on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport claim they have recovered in their probe of the Nigeria Customs Service. 7,396 -…
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23 doctors managing 24 Zamfara hospitals | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
N14.06 trillion - According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria's domestic debt portfolio as at June 2017 is put at this amount. 23 doctors - Minister of Health,…
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The Big 5: Nigerian Air Force joins Operation Python Dance II; ‘Army may have killed Nnamdi Kanu’; and other top stories
Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico Tuesday, with the death toll rising to up to 139…
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Nigeria’s domestic debts hit N14.06tn in June – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its report on Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt – June 2017 data yesterday, said Nigeria’s foreign debt stood at $15.05 billion, while the…
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Nigeria officially out of recession – NBS report
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday that Nigeria grew by 0.55 percent in GDP terms for Q2 2017. According to the Nigerian Gross Domestic Product report released…
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N136.5m spent on Hajj; 110,000 displaced in Benue | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
12.1 million - The numbers of viewers who tuned in to watch the final episode of the seventh season of HBO series, Game of Thrones. An additional 4 million caught…
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120 cut-off mark; 360 bank staff sacked every week | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
120 - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced that minimum cut-off marks for the university degree for the 2017 academic year be put at 120 while polytechnics and…
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[The Injustice Blog] The NBS report on the Nigerian Police is absolutely correct
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in a recent report tagged ‘Corruption in Nigeria - Bribery, as Experienced by the…
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About 360 were sacked in the banking sector every week from Jan to June
The National Bureau of Statistics in a recent data analysis has shown that 8,663 people lost their jobs in the first half of 2017. The figure shows that an average…
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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today
These are the top five stories you should monitor today. 1. Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday issued a stern warning to those issuing quit notice to…
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How many judges have been arrested for bribery? | NJC rejects NBS report on bribe
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has dismissed a recent report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, where it graded judiciary workers as the second highest receiver of bribe in the country.…
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N400bn bribe; 170 refugees evacuated | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
N553.77 million - On Tuesday, the EFCC announced it recovered this amount from corrupt politicians in the South East. 312 - The number of people who died after heavy rains…
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Govt officials received N400bn bribe in a year – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said government officials were paid an estimated N400bn in bribes within a year. The bureau made this known in its National Corruption Report released…
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Unemployment rate increases to 14.2% – NBS (FULL REPORT)
Statistician General of the National Bureau of Statistics of Nigeria, Dr Yemi Kale has released statistics of the number of unemployed people and the rate of unemployment for 2016. Kale…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy