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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Bauchi Chief Field Office has decried the 30 per cent of deliveries taking place in healthcare facilities in the state. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria-Bauchi Field Office, expressed this on Tuesday during the 2024 Bauchi State Primary Health Care Annual Retreat in Gombe.…
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The Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass, and Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State are to deliver the Al-Hikmah University, Adeta, Kwara State's convocation and anniversary lectures, respectively, as the school churns out 2,211 graduates in a fortnight. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Noah Yusuf, yesterday, at a pre-convocation press conference, said the events,…
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The Kano/Jigawa command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized 2,179 kilograms of pangolin scales in a joint enforcement operation with the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC). A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Saidu Nuruddeen, said one suspect had been arrested in Mubi,Adamawa,in connection with the matter. Nuruddeen said the command was supported…
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An Area Court sitting at Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, has committed an 18-year-old boy, Mustapha Aminu, to a Borstal facility for juveniles for keeping bad company and taking hard drugs. Delivering judgment in a case brought against Aminu, on Tuesday in Ilorin, the trial judge, Mr Toyin Aluko, held that Aminu should spend the next one year…
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Professor of Religious Studies, Prof. Abdulrazak Kilani, has advised the Federal Government to work out modalities on a Memorandum of Understanding with other countries to reduce the exodus of Nigerians seeking greener pastures and stop brain drain in the country. Kilani stated this at the UNILORIN Alumni Conference held in Abeokuta, the state capital, yesterday,…
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Avila Naturalle Limited, a leading Nigerian manufacturer of natural beauty, skincare and wellness products, has commenced its inaugural shipment to Kenya through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), after being recently selected amongst the Nigerian frontline companies to pioneer Nigeria’s inaugural shipment to other African countries. Speaking during the ceremony in Lagos, Senior Trade…
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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, the 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…
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Three Venezuelan police officers, a businessman and a forensic expert were on Tuesday sentenced to prison terms of between 15 and 20 years for complicity in the 2015 murder of rapper Canserbero. Tyrone Gonzalez, or Canserbero, as he was better known, died in 2015 at the age of 26 in a fall from the 10th…
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Delta Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori on Tuesday called on government agencies and other employers of corps members not to reject them but provide a conducive environment for them to perform optimally. Oborevwori made the call on Thursday at the closing of the orientation programme of corps members in the Batch C, Stream 1, at Issele-Uku. Oborevwori…
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The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division was killed on Tuesday in a brazen attack in Moscow claimed by Kyiv—the most senior military figure assassinated in Russia yet as the Kremlin's campaign in Ukraine drags on. Igor Kirillov was killed along with his assistant when an explosive device attached to a scooter went…