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President Bola Tinubu has announced the approval of N25,000 provisional allowance for junior federal workers over the next six months. He said the approval followed negotiations with labour unions and other stakeholders in the business community to increase the federal minimum wage without triggering undue inflation. “For the next six months, the average low-grade worker shall …

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The Programme Manager- Gender Justice at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation, Nafisa Atiku-Adejuwon, urged institutions to prevent survivors from being further victimised into silence and provide safe anonymous pathways for them to report such incidents. Atiku-Adejuwon also called for the building of a system of trust between university management and the student population.  “The response …

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Nigerian singer Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has lost his mother. Wizkid’s mum, Mrs Jane Dolapo Balogun, died at around 1.30 am, Friday. Confirming the incident to The PUNCH, Sunday Are, Wizkid’s longtime manager said Mrs Balogun died in the early hours of Friday. ‘Yes, she died this morning, at about 1.30 am, Sunday …

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