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12 Aug 2024
With Africa projected to be the most urbanised by 2050, experts have tasked facilities managers to shift focus toward sustainable buildings and urban facilities management in cities. They highlighted the crucial role of facilities managers in enhancing sustainability in African cities, noting that buildings are significant consumers of resources and contributors to waste generation, as…
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A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has upheld the nomination and appointment of HRH Ajofe Chief Jonah Idris Okai as Onu Abocho.
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Saturday's key Serie A title clash with Inter Milan couldn't have come at a worse time for Napoli as the former league leaders struggle through their worst form of the season. Trailing Inter by a point after conceding top spot in limp fashion at Como last weekend, Napoli host Inter in Naples without a win…
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The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has appealed for the continued support of external solicitors’ of the Corporation in facilitating debt recovery and assets realisation of failed banks. Mr Hassan Bello, the Managing Director of NDIC, made the appeal at the 2024 Sensitisation Seminar for External Solicitors of the NDIC in Abuja on Thursday. Bello,…
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The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has said that the federal government, through the ministry, has successfully developed over 100 slums and upgraded urban renewal projects within the past two years in the country. Dangiwa dropped the hint when he received the Minister of State for Regional Development, Uba M. Ahmadu, in…
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The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has appealed to traders in the state to reduce the prices goods during the Ramadan. The Sultan made the appeal in a statement issued by the Secretary-General, JNI, Prof. Khalid Aliyu, on Thursday in Kaduna. He also called on Muslims in the…
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A 35-year-old truck driver, David Ofort, on Thursday appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly damaging an electricity transformer valued at N3.2 million. The defendant, whose address is unknown, is facing a two-count charge of unlawful breaking and stealing. The prosecutor, DSP Clement Okuoimose, told the court that the defendant committed the offences…
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Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has called for a live broadcast of her Senate probe proceedings,
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A group, Massive Awareness for Rare Diseases (MARD) Nigeria, on Thursday, visited markets in the Igbona area of Osogbo, the capital of Osun
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A seven-member panel has been constituted to probe the diversion of salaries and financial irregularities in the Kano State civil service payroll system. The high-powered technical panel, headed by the immediate past Accountant General and Commissioner for Rural Development, AbdulKareem Abdulsalam, is equally entrusted with investigating and recommending punitive measures against culprits. Inaugurating the technical…
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The Oyo State government, on Thursday, enrolled 10,000 vulnerable pupils in its health insurance scheme for free. The flag-off took place at Idi Ape, Ibadan, the state capital. Speaking, Governor Seyi Makinde of the state, who was represented by his deputy, Bayo Lawal, described the initiative as historic in the state, saying it would afford…