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The Rose of Sharon Foundation (RoSF) recently hosted a one-day “Widowhood Rights Programme” at Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Council, aiming to educate widows on their legal rights and address their challenges.
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Participants at the first inclusive games organised by the Ellen Caulcrick Foundation have called on the promoters of the competition, which saw children with special needs compete alongside their peers without such challenges, to organise more of such events that bring out the best in the students.
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The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has restated her commitment to improving lives of Nigerians of all segments, especially the needy. She said this on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti while distributing food items, including bags of rice, noodles, spaghetti and vegetable oil to needy , under her pet project, ‘Renewed Hope Initiative, Food outreach’. Mrs. Tinubu…
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A bill to establish guidelines for the payment of judgments owed by the Federal Government and its agencies has passed its second reading in the House of Representatives. Rep. Mariam Onuoha (APC-Imo), who sponsored the bill during a session in Abuja on Thursday, noted Nigeria’s growing financial liabilities from judgment debts. In her debate on…
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Chad's military has been accused of killing "scores" of fishermen in Nigeria while targeting jihadists, days after 40 died in a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Chad, fishermen and anti-jihadist militia told AFP on Thursday. The Chadian army launched an airstrike pummelling Tilma island in Kukawa district on the Nigerian side of…
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public warning regarding the recall of Nivea BLACK & WHITE Invisible Roll-on deodorant. NAFDAC, in a statement, said the (50ml)product, marked “48H and bearing batch number 93529610, is harmful, and the public should discontinue the usage by submitting the remaining to…
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The African Union's health watchdog on Thursday warned that mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources to avoid a "more severe" pandemic than Covid-19. More than 1,100 people have died of mpox in Africa, where some 48,000 cases have been recorded since January, according to the Centres for Disease Control and…
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The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has said that the release of abducted Doctor and a teenage child who spent over 10 months in kidnappers den is indicative of overtures by terrorists leaders and their foot soldiers to surrender to troops. Spokesman of Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Edward Buba, who made the disclosure also noted…
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The Ekiti Government has awarded N300 million to 377 landowners whose lands were acquired for the construction of the State Agro Allied Cargo Airport in Ado-Ekiti. Governor Biodun Oyebanji said this on Thursday, in Ado-Ekiti, while disbursing cheques to the landowners from Ijan, Igbemo, Afao, Iworoko affected by the airport project. He also paid compensation…
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Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, on Thursday revealed a new government policy that would permit Nigerians who currently hold dollars outside the formal banking system to return those funds into the financial system. Edun said such individuals have a nine-month grace period to comply with the directive without attracting…