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Tinubu confers National Honours on Super Falcons, pledges $100,000 to Players

Frank Musa In honour of the Super Falcons' victory in Morocco in the just concluded Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), the President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, has graciously conferred national honours on all members of the female football squad. The epochal event took place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday, July 28, 2025, upon arrival of the team from Morocco. The president also pledged $100,000 in naira to each of the 24 players and an additional $50,000 to the eleven members of the technical crew. Super Falcons beat Morocco to lift 10th WAFCON Trophy The President also awarded a three-bedroom apartment to each of the players as well as members of the technical crew. "I have received this trophy on behalf of all Nigerians, and I say to you: thank you for the dedication, passion, and for reminding us of the strength of the Nigerian spirit." President Tinubu stated. "On behalf of a grateful nation, I hereby confer ...

JUST IN: Workers Set For Strike Tomorrow Over Minimum Wage

Workers Set For Strike Tomorrow Over Minimum Wage
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The organised labour will tomorrow (midnight of Wednesday) commence a nationwide  warning strike to compel the Federal Government (FG) in the ongoing negotiations over a new national minimum wage.

The strike option was agreed by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and United Labour Congress of Nigeria (ULC) after an emergency meeting in Lagos State.

A statement released yesterday by the NLC addressed to all industrial unions and all NLC state councils, informed them of the commencement of a nationwide warning strike in respect of the non-implementation of the National Minimum Wage, effective from midnight of Wednesday, September 26, 2018.

The statement by the NLC Secretary General, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson directed all industrial unions and state councils to commence mobilization immediately for an effective strike action nation-wide.

It would be recalled that the organised labour has been advocating for an upward review of the workers' minimum wage from N18,000 to N56,000.