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Ogun pays 564 pensioners gratuities
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Ogun okays weekly day off, ₦10,000 transport allowance for workers

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved a weekly day off and a N10,000 monthly transport allowance for civil servants in the state for three months, beginning from April 2026. The development was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Head of Service, Kehinde Onasanya. Onasanya said the measures were introduced to […]

eBay plans to lay off 1,000 workers
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eBay plans to lay off 1,000 workers

Alex Omenye E-commerce giant eBay said on Wednesday that it intends to lay off 1,000 workers, or around 9% of its staff due to the current state of the economy. In a blog post, the company announced that it will be eliminating contract positions in the upcoming months. CEO Jamie Iannone acknowledged that although the […]

Google signs $3bn US hydropower deal amid AI energy race
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Google lays off engineering workers

Google on Wednesday announced the layoff of hundreds of workers from a variety of departments, including services and engineering. The divisions that are impacted include the Devices and Services PA team, which oversees Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit hardware, and the voice-activated Google Assistant, which is a part of the knowledge and information product team restructure. […]

Amazon Prime Video lays off workers
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Amazon Prime Video lays off workers

Days after Twitch laid off workers, Amazon is cutting back on Prime Video and MGM Studios, laying off “several hundreds” of workers, according to The Information. By the end of this week, Amazon will have notified most other locations and has started notifying the impacted workers in the United States. Packages comprising separation money, transitional […]