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12 Jul 2023
Opara Chukwuebuka Praise aka Saint Baby is a content creator, songwriter and movie script writer.
12 Jul 2023
A prominent activist and Chief Executive Officer of Connected Development, Mallam Hamzat Lawal, has urged President Bola Tinubu to prioritise youth integration in governance. Lawal's letter comes amid speculations that the president's ministerial list would be released soon. He advised the president to involve them in shaping policies related to education, the environment, climate change,…
11 Jul 2023
Presenting the bus to the students, yesterday, Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, said the agency was also designing interventions to address students’ hostel challenges and others.
11 Jul 2023
Africa's leading payments technology company, Flutterwave, has launched Tuition, a new payment product, to allow African users to conveniently pay fees to educational institutions within Africa and overseas using their local currencies.
11 Jul 2023
Association of Orphanages and Homes Operators in National, (ASOHON), has advocated for the formulation of a policy framework that makes special considerations for the care of orphans and vulnerable children across the country. President of the association, Rev. Dr. Gabriel Oyediji said that a policy framework will not only ensure special considerations for orphans but…
11 Jul 2023
The Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, today visited the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, at the Office of the National Security Adviser, Three Arms Zone, Abuja, pledging to work in harmony with other agencies to fight insecurity.
11 Jul 2023
The Kogi state governorship candidate of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka has raised the alarm over the plot to assassinate him.
11 Jul 2023
The Kogi State Government has denied any involvement in "any clandestine plan to frame anyone," particularly those it refers to as "political Lilliputians of questionable character." This is stated in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, in response to reports that Governor Yahaya Bello and security chiefs…
11 Jul 2023
A coalition of non-profit organization, Good Governance and Change Initiative (GGCI) yesterday demanded a re-visit to the recommendations of the 2006 white paper report that exposes and indicted presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on a scandalous land deal.
11 Jul 2023
A statement signed by the Command's spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, yesterday, said the Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka condemned the police assault and brutality of the man in a video trending on the social media.
11 Jul 2023
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a 24-year-old tiler, Yusuf Olalekan Ibrahim from Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State for offences bordering on cybercrime.
11 Jul 2023
Says consumption of fruits ripened with calcium carbide may cause cancer, heart, kidney failure The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to take stringent regulatory actions to stem the dangerous tide of Drug Hawking and Ripening of Fruits with Calcium Carbide. She noted that consumption…
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President Bola Tinubu and President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, have promised to give fresh direction to the justice sector in the country through a holistic overhaul.
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged the Army to establish military formations in Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Hills, bordering Cameroon and Chad in the North East, to counter terrorism in the areas.
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has challenged privileged Nigerians to help in tackling water scarcity and provide Almajiri children access to Western education.
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The probe instituted by the Kaduna State House of Assembly against former Governor Nasir el-Rufai has begun, as the lawmakers directed the Ministry of Finance to supply documents relating to financial transactions between May 29, 2015 and 2023.
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A joint committee of the House of Representatives has summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, to appear before it on May 8 over a probe on environmental degradation caused by the activities of oil companies in oil-producing communities.
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday, said his successor in 2027 from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) must be between the age bracket of 50 and 52 years of age.
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Worried by challenges confronting developing countries, United Nations has called for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) stimulus of at least $500 billion yearly to scale-up affordable long-term financing for countries, alongside series of structural reforms to institutions and rules that make up the international financial architecture.
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the take-off of the first phase of the Consumer Credit Scheme, commencing with civil servants.
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National oil companies in Africa, financiers and global players, yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa moved to unlock barriers to existing oil and gas projects across the continent amid a $1.5 trillion investment portfolio.
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Due to its strategic function as an interventionist agency in the South-South region, the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that the commission is marred with so much distrust and suspicion by residents.