National
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has officially launched the Lagos State Social Intervention programme, tagged "EKO CARES," with the distribution of foodstuff to 500,000 households and vulnerable people.
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“I am fulfilled and happy that I had the opportunity to work in this institution of higher learning.” Those were the words of Prof. Ndubisi Nwokoma as the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Senate, yesterday, celebrated him ahead of his retirement from active service.
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Experts in the environment sector have called for adoption, utilisation and implementation of research findings pertaining to Extreme Events affecting the country.
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Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, yesterday, inaugurated the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Management Committee for displaced people of Okuama Community, in Ughelli South Local Council, charging them to carefully plan the resettlement and rehabilitation of the innocent citizens of the community.
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Former Editor-in-Chief/Chief Executive Officer of Newswatch magazine, Ray Ekpu, has announced the passing of his wife, Uyai Ray Ekpu, after a brief illness.
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To sanitise the mining sector, the Federal Government has revoked 924 dormant licences, six months after revoking 1,663 titles.
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The Iyase of Asaba (the prime minister), Chief Patrick Onyeobi, died on Monday night at the age of 91. Onyeobi, a technocrat, was the Secretary to the Government and Head of Service in the defunct Bendel State.
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The Methodist Church, Nigeria, has called on the government at all levels in the country to be sensitive to the plights of citizens and urgently “make them breathe fresh air.”
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The Registered Trustees of the Centre for Law & Civil Culture (CLCC) has asked the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to comply fully with the judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos, which ordered it to disclose the revenue generated from tollgates and parking lots’ fees in all Federal Government-owned airports.
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European Union, (EU), and it's partners, are seeking ways to mitigate persistent farmers/herders conflicts over natural resources in communities of Adamawa and Taraba states.
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A Federal High Court, Lagos has adjourned sine die (indefinitely) the suit filed against First Bank Holdings by the bank's shareholder, Olusegun Samuel Onagoruwa, seeking to stop the yearly General Meeting of the bank.
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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.