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Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has signed a bill converting the Reference Hospital, Okene to Confluence University of Science
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In what they described as a celebration of “eight years of unprecedented strides”, indigenes and residents of Okene in Kogi State, on Sunday, trooped out in their thousands to welcome the immediate past governor, Yahaya Bello, back home after two impactful tenures.
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Real Madrid attacker Vinicius Junior won the FIFA Best men's player of the year award at a ceremony in Doha on Tuesday, while Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati picked up the women's prize for the second time. The award comes two months after 24-year-old Vinicius was second in the Ballon d'Or, with Real electing to snub…
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Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday accused Kenyan telecoms firm Safaricom of pressuring a leading media group following a report that it was involved in police surveillance. The Nation Media Group published an investigation in October that accused Safaricom of handing customer data to the security forces to track suspects. RSF said Safaricom…
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Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has approved a new education policy, geared toward improving learning environment, increasing enrollment and academic security in the state. The governor was represented by his deputy, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, at the ceremony on Tuesday in Yola. Fintiri, however, expressed optimism that the new policy would ensure every child has access…
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The United States said Tuesday it felt "cautious optimism" on the prospects of reaching a ceasefire in the 14-month war in Gaza, although it acknowledged that similar hopes had been dashed before. Hamas on Tuesday said that talks mediated by Qatar were "serious and positive," a day after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz described the…
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Japanese auto giants Honda Motor and Nissan Motor will enter talks on a merger aimed at helping them compete against Tesla and other electric vehicle makers, newspaper Nikkei reported early Wednesday. The two firms are looking to operate under a single holding company and will soon sign a memorandum of understanding for the new entity,…
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The military chief of Syria's victorious Islamist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, said on Tuesday it would be "the first" to dissolve its armed wing and integrate into the armed forces. "In any state, all military units must be integrated into this institution," Murhaf Abu Qasra, known by his nom de guerre Abu Hassan al-Hamawi, said…
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A New York architect believed to be responsible for a series of murders on Long Island has been charged with a seventh homicide, that of a woman whose remains were found in 2000, prosecutors said Tuesday. Rex Heuermann had already been charged with the murders of six women whose bodies were found near Gilgo Beach…
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The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state’s 2025 Appropriation Bill of N526.9 billion The bill was passed during the assembly’s plenary session after the Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Alhaji Abdullahi Zakari (APC-Rabah), presented the committee’s report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. Ahmed Aliyu presented…
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The United States on Tuesday demanded that Iran free an Iranian-American journalist sentenced to 10 years in prison, in the first known arrest of an American by Tehran since a prisoner swap last year. Reza Valizadeh, who holds both Iranian and US citizenship and worked for US-funded Persian-language Radio Farda, was convicted of charges of…
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Five Palestinian families on Tuesday sued the State Department over Washington's billions in military aid to Israel, demanding the enforcement of US rules to curb arms flows due to allegations of human rights abuses. The complaint, filed on Tuesday and to which the State Department has 60 days to respond, calls for the implementation of…