Tag: Occupy Nigeria
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Fuel subsidy: FG urged to channel revenue to health sector
An expert in the oil and gas industry has urged the federal government to use the opportunity presented by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis to remove fuel subsidy in real terms and channel the revenue to the health sector of the Nigerian economy. Faith Nwadishi, Director of Women in Extractives, who made the call during…
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Occupy Nigeria Members Protest Over 2019 Presidential Election
Members of a coalition of civil society groups, Occupy Nigeria, have protested against what they describe as the anomalies in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. The group held a sit-in on Monday at Unity Fountain in Abuja, where they condemned the incidents in Lagos, Imo, Kogi, Kano, and other states. “We are…
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Rivers Govt. gives N3.6 billion to SMEs, civil servants
The Rivers state government has approved an annual interest-free loan disbursement to the tune of N3,600,000,000.00 (three billion, six hundred thousand naira) for small businesses and civil servants in the State. The State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, made this known in an address during the 2018 Workers Day celebrations in Port Harcourt, where he also…
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Gov. Wike urges NLC, TUC to Occupy Nigeria
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have failed Nigerians by refusing to act in the face of unbridled killings of defenceless Nigerians across the country. The Rivers State Governor made the declaration in an address during the 2018 Workers Day celebrations in Port Harcourt…