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Beauty queen, Jael Kallamu from Plateau State, has emerged the winner of the Queen of Queens Beauty Pageant and Regal Awards Nigeria 2024. The pageant which featured contestants from various states across Nigeria, took place on November 16 at the Merit House in Maitama, Abuja. Kallamu, who represented Anambra State won the pageant with her…
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Executive Council, has approved the procurement of more than 1000 laptops for Secondary Schools as part of efforts to digitise teaching and learning in FCT schools. Dr Danlami Hayyo, Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, FCT Administration, disclosed this while briefing newsmen after the 10th council’s meeting in Abuja on Monday. Hayyo…
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The Federal Capital Territory Executive Council, has approved a contract for the procurement of agricultural inputs to promote dry season farming in the territory. Mr Lawan Geidam, Mandate Secretary, Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, disclosed this shortly after the 10th council meeting in Abuja on Monday. Geidam identified the inputs to be procured as 250…
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The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election Peter Obi has extended heartfelt congratulations to teenage motorsport sensation Ugo Ugochukwu Orlandi for his groundbreaking victory at the 71st Macau Grand Prix. Writing on his X-Handle, Obi lauded the 17-year-old driver for becoming the first American in over 40 years to…
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President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians of better economic output as the economy continues to expand following the newly released third quarter Gross Domestic Product report by the National Bureau of Statistics. According to the NBS, Nigeria's GDP grew by 3.46%, compared to the 3.19% growth recorded in the second quarter. The growth in GDP…
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The Northern Youth Assembly (NYA) has faulted the suspension of the chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Mamman Mike Osuman SAN over utterances against President Bola Tinubu. The assembly worried that rather than defending the interest of the region, ACF had reduced itself to a mere protecting agent of Tinubu's administration. NYA however demanded…
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Experts at Nigeria's agricultural sector, the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), and Heifer International Nigeria workshop, on Monday, called for a data-driven, de-risked mechanization model as a critical step to addressing Nigeria's food security challenges. Stakeholders engaged in insightful workshop discussions, addressing best practices for improving mechanization in Nigeria. Topics included land cluster farming to…
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Nigeria's men's volleyball team delivered a commanding performance at the ongoing African Military Games 2024 (AMGA) in Abuja, securing an emphatic 3-0 (25-17, 25-8, 25-13) win over Sierra Leone on Monday. The match, held at the indoor sports hall of the Moshood Abiola Stadium saw Nigeria make their first victory in the men's volleyball event…
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The National Agency for the Control of AIDS ( NACA) has expressed its determination to scale up the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services nationwide. The agency stressed the need to promote universal access to free antenatal care and abolish user fees for PMTCT services nationwide. Director General of NACA, Dr Temitope Ilori,…
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The North-Central All Progressives (APC) Forum has distanced President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from blame on the alleged lopsided appointments of government functionaries from the zone. The forum led by Saleh Zazzaga, in a statement, Monday heaped the blame on the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Sen George Akume, for the alleged infraction.…
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The Nigeria Women for Agricultural Progress and Development Initiative (NWAPDI) has raised concerns over the rate of violence against women farmers, saying they are gradually being silenced in communities. NWAPDI president, Omolara Swensson, raised the concern yesterday in Abuja during a train-the-trainer workshop in commemoration of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, stating that…