Okueyelegbe Maliki
16 Apr 2024
Over the past few years, Nigeria has grappled with a significant rise in communal land disputes leading to the tragic loss of lives and property, which have further tasked the capacity of the National Boundary Commission...
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Dingyadi, said the ministry needed increased funding to scale up the performance of key areas of its mandates.
He said the fund would be particularly used to renovate, reconstruct and re-equip the skills development centres
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Amid the economic hardship and digital glitches that dominated last year, financial transactions via electronic payment platforms rose by nearly 80 per cent to break the quadrillion mark for the first time in 2024
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Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has said that a staggering 1.4 million Nigerians are trapped in modern slavery. Speaking as Special Guest Speaker at the 2025 yearly academic summit at the University of Abuja, yesterday, the minister lamented that most victims of modern slavery were women and girls.
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Chairman of Ethan School of Health Technology, Dr Godspower Etinosa, has called on the government at all levels to increase budgetary allocation on health in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has called for increased government funding to support and scale up local research on indigenous diseases. The appeal was made during NIMR’s inaugural monthly media chat held in the research facility in Lagos
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In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, organisations face unprecedented challenges in safeguarding their data and assets from cyber threats. The traditional approaches to data security, which relied on perimeter defences, endpoint protection
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Suggestions from political leaders that military personnel who stake their lives to preserve the country should be honoured in life and death cannot come too soon. The Nigerian soldier today is a hero, as he spends his life trying to ward off enemies of the state and enemies of the citizens.
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As part of activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their alma mater, the Lagos Anglican Girls’ Grammar School Old Girls’ Association (LAGGSOGA) has announced the launch of N250 million endowment fund for the school.
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Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has declared that traditional and religious leaders play vital roles in promoting girls’ education by influencing local attitudes and driving social change.
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Labour Party (LP) has said its leadership is not aware of the N50m bribe allegedly being given by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government to leaders of the opposition parties.