Gabriel Okenwa
20 Jan 2024
The newly established and duly licenced Lux Mundi University, the first university to be cited in Umuahia, the Abia State capital has acquired over 106 hectares of land, including those donated by the host community
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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has pledged to revamp the leather and hides sector to boost employment and internally generated revenue (IGR). Speaking during a visit by Dr. Auwal Mustapha Imam, Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Leather Science and Technology (NILEST), Zulum highlighted Borno's comparative advantage with 11.7 million livestock. He emphasized the…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has offered an insight into how Chinese nationals are recruiting local and computer-savvy Nigerians to defraud mostly United Kingdom victims. The explanation comes just after the commission's operatives, acting on intelligence about emerging internet crimes involving foreigners, on Thursday, January 9, 2025, broke another syndicate of fraudsters specializing…
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stressed the importance of Nigerians working together to maintain the country's unity and praying for its progress, ensuring that the labours of heroes past are not in vain. Speaking on Friday at the special Jumat service to mark the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Sanwo-Olu, represented by the…
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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved the conduct of the 2023 and 2024 promotion exercises for eligible civil/public servants in the state. A total of 26,764 civil/public servants spanning junior, senior, and management cadres across Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the state government are expected to benefit from the exercises, which will…
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) and the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) have teamed up with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Global Surgery Unit, Nigeria Hub, to strengthen patient-centred surgical research and promote ethical standards. This was revealed during a three-day engagement conference themed “Equipping Surgeons for Surgical…
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The Nigeria Police Force has announced February 1, 2025, as the commencement date for enforcing mandatory third-party insurance for vehicle owners. This was disclosed following a meeting between the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, and the Commissioner for Insurance, Olusegun Ayo Omosehin. During the meeting at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, Omosehin, accompanied…
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In an effort to combat the widespread issue of vision impairment caused by cataracts, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC Limited) Foundation/Gte has launched 1,000 free cataract screening and extraction surgeries in the Southwest. The initiative, which will be implemented in phases, is set to cut across the six geopolitical zones of the country.…
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Nigerian gospel singer, Moses Bliss, has welcomed his first child, a bouncing baby boy, with his Ghanaian wife, Marie Wiseborn. The couple announced the joyous news on Friday via Instagram. The announcement came alongside the release of Bliss’s latest song video, which he described as a testimony to God’s faithfulness. Expressing his gratitude, Bliss shared,…
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A judge sentenced Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge Friday for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US president-elect's last-ditch efforts to avoid becoming the first felon in the White House. The judge spared Trump prison or a fine even though the 34 counts of falsifying business records on which…
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Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has announced plans to confer honorary degrees on Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Sheikh Sharif Ibrahim Sale during its 44th Convocation Ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 2025. The decision was approved by the university's Governing Council following recommendations by the Honorary Degrees Committee and subsequent endorsement by the Senate. Both…