Author: Opalim Lifted

Hope on salary increase for workers in 2023 - FG

Hope on salary increase for workers in 2023 – FGPlans are underway for an upward review of salary structures for civil servants by the Federal Government, Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Chris Ngige hinted yesterday. He said the government was already reviewing the civil and public servants’ salary structures and will soon make a pronouncement on salary increase to cushion the effect of rising inflation. The minister, who spoke with State House reporters after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, appraised the outgoing year and described 2022 as a year of industrial disputes. He used…

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National security: Belarus sentence former olympic swimmer over fake news

A Minsk court sentenced in absentia former Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia and political activist Alexander Opeykin to 12 years in prison for calling for sanctions and actions aimed at harming the national security of Belarus. “They were found guilty of public calls to commit actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of Belarus, including the use of restrictive measures (sanctions) against Belarus, individuals and legal entities of the republic,” the state news BelTA agency reported on Monday. “Such actions entailed grave consequences.” Belarus has been shunned by the United Nations and many countries for an ongoing crackdown on…

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Calabar carnival is the biggest street party in Nigeria

Road Safety Corps has confirmed seven persons dead and 29 injured in an incident that occurred during the annual Calabar Carnival on Tuesday. The Sector Commander of the Corps, Maikano Hassan, confirmed the number of casualties to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said that the incident occurred in front of the Jumat Mosque in Bogobiri in the capital city of Cross River during the Bikers Carnival activity of the carnival. Hassan listed the number of injured to include 21 male adults, three women, two male children and three female children. He said that the injured were rushed to the…

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A view of a car covered in snow after heavy snowfall in Regent, North Dakota, US December 23, 2022, in this picture obtained from social media

The death toll in the New York city of Buffalo has risen to 28, with thousands still without power amid a monster winter storm that has battered North America. Across the US, at least 62 people have been confirmed dead across nine states. In Buffalo, a state official said that military police are being brought in to help manage traffic in the city, where a driving ban remains in place. Looting has been reported in parts of the city during the emergency. Officials have said conditions are improving, with very little snowfall on Tuesday and slightly warmer weather on the…

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Peter Obi will win 2023 presidential election - Doyin Okupe

Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Doyin Okupe insists presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will win the 2023 election. The politician made an analysis on Tuesday in response to ThisDay Election Centre Projections. Okupe said the projections were “false, bogus and do not represent the actual situation on ground across the nation”. The former presidential aide declared that they were “essentially aimed at misinforming the public”. Okupe said the calculations ignored many important electoral parameters that have operated in Nigeria’s polity for over six decades. Peter Obi and his ObiDients are Hitler in the making – Soludo “Without any doubt, PO will score…

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Davido cut ties with actress Eniola Badmus over monetizing son’s death

Famous Nigerian Afrobeats musician, David Adeleke, professionally known by his stage name Davido, has unfollowed actress Eniola Badmus. Prior to his son’s death in october, the duo had been best of friends over the years. It now seems like the once envied friendship between the singer and the actress has come to an abrupt end as he unfollowed her on Instagram. Davido blamed for Ifeanyi’s death, Reggie Rockstone reacts Recall that Eniola Badmus made headlines for announcing Ifeanyi Adeleke’s death and reportedly exploiting the toddler’s death for monetary gains. After a check conducted on Davido’s Instagram page, it was noticed…

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Serbia

The Serbian army says it is at its “highest level of combat readiness” after weeks of escalating tensions between her state and Kosovo. President Aleksandar Vucic says he will “take all measures to protect our people and preserve the state”. The sabre-rattling is louder than ever and follows media claims that Pristina is preparing “an attack” on ethnic Serb areas in north Kosovo. The government in Pristina has made no comment about the allegations. But it has previously accused Mr Vucic of playing “games” to stir up trouble. The European Union has been attempting to mediate. Switzerland comeback to win…

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Nigeria’s increased debt and the way out

Most governments, multilateral organisations and the private sector across the world usually resort to borrowing to bridge revenue shortfalls and infrastructure financing. It is, therefore, understandable that the Federal Government borrows to finance budget deficits, specific projects and refinance maturing debt obligations. However, Nigeria’s growing debt profile has been an object of discourse and concern for stakeholders in recent times. Indeed, the country’s public debt has been under scrutiny for the rate of growth, debt service to revenue ratio and how it is utilised. For instance, the total debt stock which stood at N7.50 trillion in 2012 had grown to…

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Covid

Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening, even as rising infections further strained the health system and roiled the economy. Zero-tolerance measures – from shuttered borders to frequent lockdowns – have battered China’s economy since early 2020, fuelling last month the mainland’s biggest show of public discontent since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012. His policy U-turn this month means the virus is now spreading largely unchecked across the country of 1.4 billion people. Official statistics, however, showed only one COVID…

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Nigeria: Police arrest six in Plateau attempted kidnapping case kidnappers

A pregnant woman (name withheld) has been confirmed dead in Dnakundna village in Shiroro local government area of Niger state after she was gang raped by bandits. The deceased woman was among the numerous villagers that were fleeing the village following threat of an attack by the bandits as a result of their (villagers) inability to pay N2million levy imposed on them by the bandits to allow them harvest their farm produce. According to the deceased family source who spoke to Daily Sun in Minna on Monday, the latest incident occurred on Thursday morning, 24 hours to the expiration of…

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