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9 Nov 2023
A 300-level student of the Department of Finance, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Barnabas Peter, has clinched the top spot at the start-up pitch competition of the project Innovation 2 Marketing (I2M) accelerated incubator programme.
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The Federal Government has launched the Digital Literacy for All Initiative (DL4ALL) at the Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Center Minna, Niger State. The Digital Literacy Initiative is a collaboration between the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) and the Federal Ministry of Youth Development. In his keynote address,…
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The Ondo State Government has expressed dismay over the withholding of results of some students who sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Ondo State by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). According to the Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology in the state, Olaolu Akindolire, some results of public…
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The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) condemned the detention and torture of a Nigerian citizen, Seaman Haruna Abbas, by a military general, as members of the Northern group called on the Federal Government to immediately institute a probe and punish the perpetrators. Abbas was said to have been unlawfully incarcerated and subjected to inhumane treatment…
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The United States military announced Monday that it had completed its withdrawal from Niger, after coup leaders in the African country demanded that its troops depart. The United States had more than 1,000 troops in Niger as part of anti-jihadist missions in several Sahel nations of West Africa, including a major drone base, but Niger's…
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Hospital doctors in England have accepted a 22.3-percent government pay offer, their union and the health ministry said Monday, ending a wave of damaging strikes that hit patient care. Junior doctors -- those below consultant level -- have staged a series of walk-outs over the last 18 months in protest at below-inflation wage increases since…
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The African Peace Organisation (APO) is set to organise the 3rd edition of the International African Energy, Oil and Gas (IAEOG) Summit, where Nigeria is billed to participate to promote business cooperation, stimulate investment, and create jobs among African countries. The summit, which seeks to address the challenge of poverty on the continent, is scheduled…
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A supplementary immunization campaign for measles will begin in Edo from Oct. 5 to Oct. 13 across the 18 local government areas of the state, an official has said. Mrs. Irene Uabor, Head, Health Education Unit, Edo Primary Health Care Development Agency, announced this in Benin on Monday. Uabor said that the campaign would focus…
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The Booker Prize for fiction shortlist for 2024, announced on Monday, featured the largest-ever number of women authors in its 55-year history as well as its first Dutch author. Five women and one man are in the running for the prestigious literary prize, from a longlist of 13 authors. They include writers from Australia, the…
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The Sokoto State Government, through the state Zakkat and Endowment Agency, on Monday commenced disbursement of monthly assistance to the needy in the state. READ ALSO:Sokoto govt explain deductions from civil servants’ salaries Inaugurating the exercise in Sokoto, Malam Lawal Maidoki, the Chairman of the agency, said the initiative was…
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Wife of Edo State Governor, Betsy Obaseki, on Monday, dismissed allegations by the opposition that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) plans to use "federal might" to influence the Edo State governorship election in their favour, assuring that President Bola Tinubu is committed to good governance. Obaseki, who spoke during an interview on an online…