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Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State and the Chairperson, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, have urged Igbos in diaspora to invest in their various states in South-East to transform Igboland. The duo made the call during a two-day workshop themed “Sensitisation and Advocacy Programme For Promoting Diaspora Investment Potentials in South-East Nigeria”…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for the amendment of the law for a more cost-effective alternative methods of filling vacancies at the national and state assemblies. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call during the commission’s consultative meeting with political parties on Wednesday in Abuja. He urged stakeholders to prevail…
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The controversy surrounding the 'ruptured' womb of a patient who was operated at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has taken dimension as the management of the facility refuted the claims. Besides, the management of the hospital accused the popular Berekete programme, a public audience show in Kaduna State of allegedly plotting to damage its…
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Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has allocated a piece of land to the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for the establishment of its Regional Agency in Minna. The governor presented the Certificate of Occupancy to the Director General of NITDA Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi in Abuja. Bago, who re-echoed the significance of Information Technology…
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The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has expressed concern over the poor working conditions and dilapidated infrastructure in hospitals across the nation’s capital. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the association’s president, Dr George Ebong, announced the commencement of a three-day warning strike. He described Wuse General Hospital as…
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A Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yola on Wednesday remanded four men in a correctional facility for allegedly stealing household items worth more than N500,000. The defendants – Helton Tajipo, 21, Sunday Tukur, 25; Denis Edwin,19, and Hassan Lawan, 28, are residents of Buranji, Jimeta in Yola. They pleaded guilty to a three-count charge bordering…
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The Sokoto State Government has alerted boarder communities and other citizens of the state to be cautious of fleeing bandits. Ahmad Usman, Special Adviser to Gov. Ahmad Aliyu on Security Matters, gave the warning in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Sokoto. He said the move was sequell to the sustained military onslaught…
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The International Criminal Court on Wednesday confirmed it had issued an arrest warrant for the head of Libya's judicial police on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges, a day after Italy released him. The Hague-based court said in a statement the suspect had been arrested by Italian authorities in Turin on Sunday but reportedly…
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Lewis Hamilton drove a Ferrari Formula One car for the first time on Wednesday after the seven-time world champion took to the track at the team's test circuit and admitted it was "one of the best feelings" of his life. The 40-year-old Briton shocked the paddock last February when he announced, after 12 highly successful…
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Prices of grains have dropped in Gombe markets amid low demand of the produce. Checks at Gombe Central and Tudun Hatsi grain markets showed that prices of the commodities dropped by about 15 per cent in the past two weeks. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the markets on Wednesday,…