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This is not the best of time for West Africa’s largest economy. Nigerians are inarguably in one of their toughest times in recent times. Evidently, Nigeria’s inflation rose to a 21-year high of 29.9 per cent in January 2024, which according to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data, was the highest since 2003. In the […]
•ANAMBRA SURVIVOR: ‘Captives killed like chickens’ in hell on earth •EDO: Akoko-Edo, Sasaro forest, Ayetero, Ososo-Makeke Road, Okpe Road, Bekuma horrors •A-IBOM: Creeks as kidnappers’ den •IMO/ ABIA: Echoes of a Prelate’s kidnapping •DELTA: Kidnapped priests fed with raw cassava. •Abductors spread tentacles, take over cemetery, forests Kidnapping spree has continued across the country despite security […]
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one 45-year-old, Okoro, and one 42-year-old, Patience, in a ‘one chance’ robbery in Lagos. PUNCH Online gathered that the incident occurred at about 6:00 am on Saturday. It was also learnt that the robbers often pose as commercial bus drivers while abducting unsuspecting passengers to different […]
Tired and weary from breezing in and out of several pharmacies, Mrs Precious Mark, an indigene of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, dragged her feet to the next store and sat for a while on a high stool reserved for staff to catch her breath. Her feet pain was throbbing with pains. She paid no heed […]
Indications have emerged that the organised labour is prepared to lower its demand for N1m minimum wage for workers in the country in line with realities on the ground. The shift in position will likely be communicated to the Federal Government during the second meeting of the tripartite committee on the minimum wage on Monday […]
