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The Ogun State government has reiterated its commitment to working closely with the Labour Unions and their affiliates to create an enabling environment for the well-being of its workers. The State's Head of Service, Mr Kehinde Onasanya, gave this assurance while declaring open the 5th State Branch Quadrennial Delegates’ Conference of the Association of Senior…
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A US federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that would require the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom in the conservative southern state. District Judge John deGravelles said the law is unconstitutional and a violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution. The separation of church and…
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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, has condemned the sale of the tertiary institution's properties worth billions of naira by the management without remitting the proceeds into the federal government account. Besides, it would be recalled that the lecturers petitioned the House of Representatives over the alleged fraud surrounding the sales…
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The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday inaugurated an anti-crime outreach program on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at the Jiwa Town Hall, Jiwa Town, Abuja, as part of its efforts to intensify community-based anti-crime policing strategies. The programme put together by the Police Campaign Against Cultism & Other Vices (POCACOV), "Breaking the Circle: Parental Responsibility in…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed Tuesday on an emergency trip to Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine with European allies in the race before Donald Trump takes the White House. The top US diplomat under outgoing President Joe Biden will meet Wednesday "with his NATO and European Union counterparts to discuss support…
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The Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (NMCO) has issued 7,141 mining licenses, but only 1,000 are active, according to Director General Obadiah Nkom. Nkom said this while receiving the House Committee on Solid Minerals, led by Chairman Jonathan Gaza, at the NMCO office in Abuja on Tuesday. He emphasised the need for reform, citing the recent…
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The Commissioner for Information in Anambra, Dr Law Mefor, says the 2024 Christmas and New Year celebration will be exciting and peaceful in the state. Mefor gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday. The commissioner said the administration of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo was working assiduously…
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The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into Law a bill to provide for Social Security Scheme, which enables retirees access to 25 per cent of their retirement entitlement. The bill, which was sponsored by Ali Kalat, a member representing Jema’a Constituency, was passed into law after the Chairman, Joint Special Duties and…
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Around half the people in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte were without potable water Tuesday after a "technical incident" at a treatment plant, a local authority said in a statement. The "event of electrical origin" at the Ouroveni plant overnight from Monday to Tuesday "is leading to water cuts mostly located in the…
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The Kwara House of Assembly has urged the state government to partner with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to increase the number of medical graduates deployed to the state, particularly in rural areas. The call followed a motion by Mr Bello Oniboki (APC/Afon) and seconded by Mr Abolarin Gabriel (APC/Ekiti) at Tuesday plenary, highlighting…