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Here are the top 5 stories that drove conversation today:
With the recent rise in industrial action by unions and government organizations, the Federal government is now taking steps to reduce them. However, it’s not the kind of step you’d have expected.
The Minister of Labor and Employment Dr Chris Ngige revealed today that the Federal Government will enforce the No work, No pay rule.
Apparently, this rule has been in existence for quite some time and will be fully enforced very soon. The case is even worse for workers providing essential services like healthcare, here’s what the minister said will happen if they embark on strike.
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A new revelation regarding Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu’s controversial petition to President Muhammadu Buhari has it that Dr Kachikwu only submitted his petition to the president after it had been leaked.
If you recall, the petition was dated August 30, 2017, however, it has been discovered that it was only submitted on October 5 after it leaked on October 3.
This has the potential for yet another controversy, with denials flying everywhere. Here are details on what’s really going on.
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The case against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, continues.
News broke earlier today that a Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the permanent forfeiture of 56 houses linked to the former minister.
You won’t believe how much the houses located in Lagos and Port Harcourt cost. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the mind-boggling sum were proceeds of crime.
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The unprecedented spread of the Monkeypox virus which broke out in Bayelsa last week has put the lawmakers on their toes.
The House of Representatives today summoned the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, after the issue was filed under “matters of urgent national importance.”
From indications, Adewole will have to explain to the House why the monkeypox virus could not be confirmed in Nigeria until laboratory investigations by WHO and referral to Dakar, Senegal.
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Meanwhile, in the Senate, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce went in hard as he made his submission on the issue of drug abuse on the House floor.
For over four minutes, the Senator spoke on the topic, ‘The Need to Check the Rising Menace of Pharmaceutical Drug Abuse among Youths Especially in Northern Nigeria.’
The high point of his speech was when he pointedly told the other senators to search within their households as he was certain they were accommodating drug addicts.
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