Omoo Dadaa Foundation
26 Sep
The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA), in collaboration with the Omoo Dadaa Foundation, has distributed school bags and books to pupils at Ojodu Primary School yesterday.
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No fewer than two humanitarian workers held captive by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have regained their freedom after enduring years of trauma. Ms. Alice Loksha Nggatah, a 42-year-old nurse and UNICEF staff member from Hawul Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, was abducted along with two International Committee of the Red…
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The National Library of Nigeria will this week unveil a new logo and a five-year strategic plan as part of activities to commemorate its 60th anniversary. This is even as it said it has preserved more than five million titles in 13 million volumes of intellectual resources across the country. National Librarian, Prof. Chinwe Anunobi,…
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Can you remember when, if ever, Nigeria's healthcare system was not in a "state of crisis?" I know you have been reading about this issue in the national dailies long before I started writing about it today and the stories I write will sound very similar to those you read 20 to 30 years ago.…
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Some Lagos State residents have raised concerns over the sudden hike in the price of onions in the state by over 50 per cent. The residents comprising of traders and consumers disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. NAN reports that a bag of onions now…
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President Bola Tinubu on Sunday conferred Nigeria's national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on the visiting Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. President Tinubu bestowed the honour on the visitor during the Nigeria/India Bilateral Meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President said the award was bestowed on the…
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have thwarted attempts by drug syndicates to export large consignments of cocaine, methamphetamine, and opioids through Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey, and Qatar. On November 5, 2024, NDLEA officers intercepted 13 parcels…
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Ondo state went to the polls earlier on Saturday to elect a governor, with the incumbent, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and his closest challenger, Agboola Ajayi, being the favourites. There were 16 other candidates on the ballot. The Independent National Electoral Commission is set to announce the official results from all the 18 local governments of the…
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In its mandate to sustain surplus food production in the state and across the country, the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) in Nasarawa State has distributed massive farm inputs to 282 farmers in five local government areas of the state. In a keynote address at the flag-off ceremony, Governor Abdullahi Sule commended the administration of…
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Tanzanian rescue workers dug through the ruins of a collapsed building for a second day on Sunday, hoping to pull survivors from beneath the rubble. The four-storey block came down at around 9:00 am (0600 GMT) on Saturday in the east African country's busy Kariakoo market, in the centre of the commercial capital Dar es…
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A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Citizens Gavel, has commended the recent actions taken by the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Kano Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in addressing misconduct within the judiciary. The NJC had on Friday sacked two senior judges and sanctioned several others over misconduct. The NJC, in a statement by its Deputy…