Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari commitment in fighting for the upliftment of Nigerian workers.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/05/01/workers-day-ngige-lauds-buhari-says-he-is-fighting-for-a-buoyant-economy/

Ghana is set to inaugurate drones that would make on-demand, emergency deliveries of 148 high priority products, including emergency and routine vaccines, blood products and life-saving medications.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/30/ups-to-launch-drones-for-emergency-vaccinations/

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is mulling a Collateral Management Regime (CMR) to regulate the activities of financial Fintech firms and startups in the country.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/30/cbn-plans-collateral-mgt-regime-to-regulate-fintech/

Following a spate of suicide attacks on Easter Sunday that killed at least 250 people and injured hundreds, Sri Lanka has banned face coverings in public.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/30/sri-lanka-no-more-face-coverings-after-suicide-bombings/

Help might finally land on the laps of Zainab Aliyu as President Buhari directs the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to see that Zainab Aliyu who is detained in Saudi Arabia over drug-related offence is not executed.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/30/zainab-aliyu-buhari-steps-to-save-the-nigerian-whos-about-to-be-executed-in-saudi-arabia/

Ogun State Government on Monday said it is ready to hand over the keys to the Government House, Oke-Igbein, Abeokuta, to the governor-elect, Dapo Abiodun.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/30/were-ready-to-hand-over-ogun-govt-tells-dapo-abiodun/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today (Monday) arraign Bauchi State Governor-elect, Senator Bala Mohammed, on fresh six counts bordering on alleged failure to declare his assets and false information.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/29/efcc-to-arraign-bauchi-gov-elect-on-fresh-six-counts/

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would be taking its campaign for clean and fit banknotes with the launch of the Clean Note Policy and Banknote Fitness Guidelines.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/29/cbn-to-launch-clean-note-policy/

There were high hopes that multi-fund structure that was introduced in the management of pension funds will give workers better returns.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/29/the-case-for-multi-fund-structure-for-pension-management/

Manchester City fought very hard at Turf Moor to see off stubborn Burnley, while Liverpool made light work of Huddersfield town in a 5-0 rout.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/29/five-things-we-learned-in-the-premier-league-this-weekend-2/

Four persons have been caught with a deep freezer loaded with marijuana.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/29/four-arrested-with-freezer-load-of-marijuana/

The federal government said that gas flaring was a tremendous waste, stating that 80 per cent of gas is being wasted.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/28/how-fg-plans-to-curb-80-gas-flaring-for-viable-use/

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Governor Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on Friday said that total aggregate loans granted by Microfinance Banks (MFBs) to micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country stood at N482.896 billion as at December 2018.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/27/mfbs-credit-to-msmes-stands-at-n482-89b-cbn/

Shareholders of Fidelity Bank on Friday unanimously approved the payment of a total dividend of N3.19 billion declared by the board of directors for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2018.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/27/fidelity-bank-shareholders-approve-n3-19b-dividend/

The Nigerian Labour Congress has issued a warning to State governors to implement the 30,000 minimum wage signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, threatening that workers may embark on strike to force its implementation.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/26/implement-n30000-minimum-wage-now-nlc-warns-state-governors/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Transportation and Construction Services Limited, Mr Babagana Dalori.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/24/n7bn-ponzi-scheme-ceo-galaxy-transport-in-efcc-net/

An auto crash that involved two vehicles at the Toll-Gate, Sango-Ota, on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway has killed one person while two others sustained various injuries.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/23/one-killed-two-injured-in-accident-on-lagos-abeokuta-expressway/

Billy McNeill who was the former Captain of Celtic has passed away at the age of 79.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/23/breaking-celtic-legend-billy-mcneill-is-dead/

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the quick intervention and response to the affected communities in the recent communal conflicts in Adamawa and Taraba.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/23/adamawa-taraba-communal-crises-buhari-calls-for-quick-intervention/

Following the horrendous bomb blast inside a Church on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka, the death toll has risen to 310 a police spokesman said on Tuesday.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/23/just-in-sri-lanka-bomb-blast-death-toll-mounts-to-310/

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has remained dogged in his statement on the family ties between Yoruba and Igbo nations, saying the two major ethnic groups in Nigeria are inseparable members of the same family.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/23/ohanaeze-reacts-as-ooni-insists-igbo-are-from-ile-ife/

Not more than 10 people have been killed as suspected gunmen on Sunday night reportedly attacked Yar Center, Sherere village in Kankara local government area of Katsina State.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/22/10-people-dead-as-gunmen-attack-kastina-village/

A 30-year-old man, Danjuma Bisalla, has been nabbed for allegedly murdering his wife, Uwani, for saying that she would remarry if her husband died.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/22/man-kills-wife-for-saying-she-wants-to-remarry/

WEMA Bank Plc will unveil an improved version of its fully digital bank, ALAT, as part of efforts to deepen its footprint in the retail banking space.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/22/wema-bank-introduces-digital-alat/

Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc recorded a leap of 167 per cent in its profit before tax totalling N540m as against N202m recorded in 2017.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/22/sovereign-trust-records-n504m-profit-in-2018/

About 138 persons were killed and 450 hurt in the explosions, which coincided with Easter celebrations.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/22/bloody-easter-explosions-rip-through-churches-hotels-world-leaders-react/

The battle for the minimum wage has been won and lost. Buhari has signed it. But what are the Economic and historical implications of wage increases in Nigeria?

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/21/minimum-wage-sad-part-of-the-wage-increase/

How Nigerian trending topics on twitter come up should be a course studied in Nigerian tertiary institutions.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/20/michael-jackson-vs-beyonce-battle-nigerians-compare/

YBNL Boss Olamide Adedeji has blasted the Nigerian police over extrajudicial killings carried out by its operatives on innocent Nigerians.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/20/sars-brutality-olamide-advises-nigerians/

The Chief Executive Officer, Jumia Nigeria, Juliet Anammah, has stated why the company chose New York to list under an Initial Public Offer.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/19/why-jumia-listed-on-new-york-stock-exchange/

Following a statement made by the spokesman for the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign Council, Festus Keyamo that one does not need to be WAEC holder before contesting for the highest office in the Land, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in reply, has asked President Buhari to submit his WAEC certificate to the tribunal.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/16/submit-your-waec-certificate-to-tribunal-pdp-to-buhari/

The Spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign Council Festus Keyamo has said that one does not need a WAEC certificate to become President of Nigeria.

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https://seriousmata.com/2019/04/15/buhari-does-not-need-a-waec-certificate-to-become-nigeria-president-keyamo/