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Rising cost of living
Unpaid salaries of workers
N56,000 Minimum Wage
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Nigerian workers have been plunged into a terrible situation of hunger, suffering and indebtedness. Never before has real wages fallen to the level they...
Bailout Funds Fraud
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*NCSU, NLC protest
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by Nnamdi Ikeagu
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