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The Plateau Government says it has rehabilitated and completed 49 abandoned road projects in the last 18 months. Mr Ubandoma Laven, the Commissioner for Works in the state, said this during a news conference on Saturday in Jos. Laven was reacting to the allegations raised by Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) that 80 per cent of…
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The University of Ibadan's (UI) management has beefed up security following Saturday’s robbery at Awo Hall. The university’s Director of Public Relations, Mrs Joke Akinpelu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident occurred at the hall of residence during the early hours of Saturday. Akinpelu said the thief entered only two rooms…
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Dr. Uchechukwu Nwokwu, National Coordinator, National Cancer Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, says 7.2 per cent out of 127,000 cancer cases recorded annually in Nigeria are children. Nwokwu said this at the sideline of a public enlightenment on Childhood cancer commemorating 2025 International Childhood Cancer Day, (ICCD) organised by Akanimo Cancer…
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The UK government on Saturday named two Britons detained in Iran as Craig and Lindsay Foreman, with their family saying they are determined to ensure the pair's "safe return". The two are currently being held in Kerman, a city and province in southeast Iran, the family said in a statement issued by the British foreign…
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Ghanaian authorities and local organisations are upping their efforts to combat the poaching of pangolins, an endangered mammal whose meat and scales are among the most trafficked internationally. An estimated one million of the animals -- also known as scaly anteaters -- were poached worldwide over the last decade, mainly due to demand for their…
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