Author: Centre for Nigeria Progress

News Governor Uzodimma Uzodimma approves N104,000 minimum wage for Imo workers Imo State's Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) was, placing it at 28th among Nigerian states, significantly below its target, with its Imo State Internal Revenue Service (IIRS) responsible for its collection. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports these figures, and the IIRS is the authority tasked with increasing the …

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Mar-a-Lago, FL — Former President Donald Trump has once again dazzled the medical community with his groundbreaking health insights, offering Americans what he describes as “better, cheaper, and more tremendous” alternatives to science. Speaking from behind a podium decorated with Diet Coke cans, Trump assured supporters that his approach to medicine “makes Dr. Fauci look …

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In a move that has left diplomats confused, travel agents ecstatic, and fact-checkers working triple shifts, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently returned from international trips with what can only be described as the diplomatic equivalent of a magic bean. Not just one, but two! He announced a revolutionary visa-free regime with the United Arab Emirates …

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When God created the alphabet, He had no idea one day a Nigerian governor would try to turn it into a cabinet list. But here we are, watching Monday Okpebholo, the self-proclaimed “Administrative Alphabet Professor,” make history in Edo State by discovering every single letter and assigning it a ministry — budget be damned. It …

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BENIN CITY – In a tragic turn of events that has left satirists and political observers weeping into their cups of palm wine, the concept of Irony was declared critically ill today after being found battered and unconscious outside the Edo State Government House. The prime suspect in the assault? Governor Monday Okpebholo, who has …

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