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12 Feb
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a non-profit international organisation, conducted an awareness campaign in Lokoja on Thursday to highlight the importance of condom use and raise awareness about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Dr Onyeyili Ikemefuna, Kogi State Coordinator of AHF Nigeria, stated that the roadshow was part of the activities marking International Condom Day 2025,…
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A 37-year-old Nigerian woman, Margret Ene Mgbudom, was arraigned before a Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Navsari, India, for drug trafficking. Mgbudom was arrested by Gujarat’s State Monitoring Cell (SMC) after she was caught with 149.51 grams of imported cocaine and had been in their custody for a week. The Indian Express, an India-based news…
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South Africa on Wednesday indefinitely pushed back the coalition government's first national budget speech to parliament in a shock move following internal pressures over tax hikes. The speech to outline the government's fiscal priorities, including ways of raising revenue, was due to be delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in parliament. "We have decided to…
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has taken the campaign about child welfare funding to the legislative arm of government in Bauchi State, raising an alarm about the rate of children on the verge of dying. The Chief of the Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Nuzhat Rafique, while speaking during an advocacy meeting organized by the…
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, said the failed reconciliation with his estranged godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, ushered in an era of peace and freedom in the state. The governor said the failed peace accord was divine, stating that sometimes, God allows certain things to happen for a purpose. He…
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France's right-dominated Senate has backed a bill to ban religious symbols including the Muslim headscarf in all sport competitions, professional and amateur, sparking accusations of discrimination from the left and rights advocates. The bill still needs a majority of votes from the lower-house National Assembly to become law, but the right-leaning government has thrown its…
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Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has arrived at the Ogun State Police Command. The command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed his arrival in a statement on Wednesday. “The Ogun State Police Command wishes to inform the public that Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, arrived at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta,…
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The South-South people have expressed great worry over the demise of two great icons in the region in less than a week, Pa Edwin Clark, the leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), and Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of Afenifere. The South-South Elders Forum said it is indeed a troubling situation in the region…
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Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Lagos State has called on the impeached Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, to give peace a chance. Chairperson of IPAC in the state, Mrs Temilola Akinade, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. NAN recalls that the…
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Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham was hit with a two-match La Liga ban on Wednesday by the Spanish football federation's disciplinary committee after he was sent off for dissent. The England international was dismissed during the champions' 1-1 draw at Osasuna on Saturday by referee Jose Munuera Montero. Bellingham, who insisted he had been expressing his…
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The Association of Private Polytechnics in Nigeria has called on President Bola Tinubu to sponsor a Bill for an Act to abolish the dichotomy between Higher National Diploma (HND) and bachelor degrees. Dr Benjamin Achiatar, president of the association, made the call during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in…