Day: 20 May 2024

Ayatollah Khamenei names Mohkber as Iran’s interim president after Pres. Raisi’s tragic death in helicopter crash

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Following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last Sunday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has confirmed the appointment of Mohammad Mokhber as interim president. Khamenei who wields ultimate power in Iran made announcement on Monday, hours after it was confirmed that Raisi had been killed in a helicopter crash. Raisi was travelling with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who also died in the accident. “In accordance with Article 131 of the constitution, Mokhber is in charge of leading the executive branch,” said Khamenei in a statement,…

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NELFUND: 1.2m students from Federal institutions can access loan

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Managing Director of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, has disclosed that the maximum of 1.2 million students across federal tertiary institutions will access the students loan in the fist phase. Speaking ahead of the opening of the portal for applications on Friday, he said the first phase will be officially open for students in federal institutions whose institutions have completed the uploading of their data. While noting that the loan application process has been streamlined to ensure easy access for all eligible students in federal tertiary institutions,…

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Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Republic snub ECOWAS, form Alliance of Sahel States

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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have finalised plans to form a new confederation, the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States, marking a geopolitical shift in the region. This move showed their departure from their former colonial ruler, France, and a turn towards closer relations with Russia. The announcement was made following a meeting of the three nations’ foreign ministers in Niger’s capital, Niamey, on Friday, as reported by AFP. Niger’s Foreign Minister, Bakary Sangare, confirmed the finalisation of the draft text that outlines the institutionalisation and operationalisation of the…

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Minimum Wage: NLC,TUC agree to return to negotiation with FG

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The Organised Labour has agreed to attend the “negotiation” meeting of the Tripartite Committee on the Minimum Wage slated for Tuesday. The Vice President of the Trade Union Congress, Mr Etim Okon, confirmed this in an interview on Monday in Abuja. The Nigeria Labour Congress and the TUC had walked out of the negotiation meeting as the Federal Government proposed N48,000 as a new minimum wage for workers in the country. ‘The proposal falls significantly short of meeting our needs and aspirations,” the unions said. When I Heard It, I…

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Police unveils kidnappers new tactics

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The Ogun State Police Command has urged residents of the state to be conscious of new tactics deployed by kidnappers to get their victims. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, in an exclusive conversation with PUNCH Online on Saturday, said kidnappers now lay siege for their victims at their gates and attack when they are about to enter their homes. Odutola, who disclosed that a manhunt has been launched for the kidnapping syndicate, stressed that the incidents have become prevalent in the eastern part of the state. The spokesperson…

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Rivers Crisis: Ex-President Jonathan asks Wike, Fubara to calm down, work together

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for a truce in the Rivers State political crisis while urging the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to work together. Jonathan said this on Monday during the unveiling of the Trans-Kalabari Road in the state. The former President stressed that incessant battles between governors and their predecessors are now becoming a thing in the country while insisting that the recurrence would not augur well for their followers and residents of the affected states. He said, “Outgoing…

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Bring home a husband to me, Ooni of Ife charges daughter as she clocks 30

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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has taken to social media to celebrate his daughter, Adeola, who turns 30 on May 20. Ogunwusi, in his post on Monday, prayed to God to be with his daughter and asked her to bring a man home for marriage because she was ripe for it. The revered monarch reeled out his expectations to her every 10 years, saying that when she was 10, he spoke to her about school and the future, and when she turned 20, it was about listening and…

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