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The United States (U.S.) has officially opened the application for the 2023 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE). The U.S. government on Thursday threw the application open via the Twitter handle of the United States Diplomatic Mission Nigeria. https://twitter.com/USinNigeria/status/1666762264467189763?t=zpBiSJXAgMnSNxx4uF4qYw&s=08 "Attention: Calling Nigerian Businesswomen! The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) —Nigeria is receiving applications for AWE Cohort…

Three fraudsters were sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by Justice Muhammad Sifawa of the Sokoto State High Court for impersonating foreigners and defrauding their victims in the process.

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has approved the request of Gov. Abdullahi Sule for appointment of 20 Special Advisers.

Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State, on Thursday, inaugurated the 10th Kebbi State Assembly at the legislative chambers in Birnin Kebbi.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba on Thursday commended the National Assembly (NASS) for its historic passage of the Police Pension Board Bill.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan had his bail renewed in over a dozen cases Thursday, a month after his three-day detention sparked violence, thousands of arrests, and the resignations of much of his party's leadership.

Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12, 2023 public holiday to mark this year's Democracy Day celebration

The UN's health agency on Thursday declared an end to a nearly four-month epidemic of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, saying the disease, a cousin of Ebola, had caused 35 confirmed or suspected deaths.

At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded by a blast Thursday at a funeral service for an Afghan acting provincial governor assassinated by a suicide bomber earlier this week, the ministry of interior said.

The Police, on Thursday, arraigned a 42-year-old Chef, Paul Afolabi, before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, over alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating.

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2023 World Food Safety Day on Thursday, Dr Walter Mulombo, Country Representative of World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nigeria says about 420,000 people die yearly around the world from food contamination. Dr Mulombo said this in Abuja at the commemoration organised by the Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), WHO and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) with the theme: “Food Standards Save Lives”.

The Police on Thursday arraigned a trader, Gabriel Okoro, before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly assaulting a woman.