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16 Aug
The Chief Imam, National Defence College (NDC), Squadron Leader Abdulhakeem Hanafi, has urged participants of NDC Course 32 to embody the spirit of dedication and sacrifice in discharging their constitutional duties. READ ALSO:Military foil N943m oil theft in the South-South, arrest 23 Hanafi made the call during a Special Jumu’ah Prayer as part of…
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The Challenged Parenthood Initiative (CPI), an NGO, has expressed concern over the spate of teenage pregnancy in Kogi. The Director of the initiative, Eunice Agbogun disclosed this on Sunday in Lokoja, when the organization paid the hospital bill of a young girl who gave birth out of wedlock. Agbogun said that the young mother would…
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Piqued by the high rate of open defecation in Nigeria, the YouthWASH initiative has called on governments to expedite actions to end the menace in the country. The group, which raised concerns that out of the 774 local government areas, only 135 LGAs have been certified Open Defecation Free (ODF), emphasized the need for the…
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Mohamed Salah says he is disappointed by Liverpool's failure to offer him a new contract and believes he is "more out than in" as he nears the end of his existing deal. The 32-year-old, who has scored 12 goals in all competitions this season, is out of contract at the end of the 2024/25 campaign.…
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Citing the rate at which airlines are acquiring more aircraft to scale up their capacity, the Acting Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Chris Najomo, has assured seamless flight operations during the Yuletide season. The Acting DGCA, who gave the assurance during an awareness campaign to sensitise passengers on their rights…
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A Financial Expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, says the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is likely to raise interest rates again. Uwaleke, the Director, Institute of Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University, is also the President, Capital Market Academics of Nigeria. He said this in an interview with the…
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Senior Partner and Head of the Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practice group at Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has stated that Nigeria ought to hit a N500 trillion budget yearly by 2030 if the twin efforts of tax and governance revenue are escalated. He also stated that the possibility of hitting…
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The Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers in the House of Representatives has called for the reconstitution of the national leadership of the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The coalition made the call in a statement issued by its spokesman, Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP-Imo) on Sunday in Abuja. The lawmaker alleged that some national…
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United Arab Emirates authorities identified on Monday the three suspects in the murder of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi in the Gulf country, saying they were from Uzbekistan. The suspects were arrested on Sunday after the body of UAE-based rabbi Tzvi Kogan, 28, was found by security services. "The authorities revealed the identities of the three perpetrators,…
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It is not advisable for the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to further tighten the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR). An economic expert, Dr Chijioke Ekechukwu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Ekechukwu, a former president of the Abuja Chamber…
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African countries are grappling with hurdles that impede sustainable development in the face of pressing challenges. Dr. Eric Ogunleye, Director of the African Development Institute, said this on the sidelines of the ongoing 2024 African Economic Conference (AEC) in Gaborone, Botswana. Ogunleye named some of the challenges faced by nations on the continent to include…