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12 Nov
Wall Street stocks crept higher early Tuesday following last week's post-election surge, after voters sent Republican candidate Donald Trump back to the White House. About 20 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1 percent to 44,325.21, with the broad-based S&P 500 rising to 6,004.55. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index edged up 0.1…
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As part of its effort to tackle unemployment among Nigerian youths, the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, has completed the training of 541 young individuals in modern agricultural techniques, including cassava processing, beekeeping, and fisheries. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the two-week training programme, which took place at the Citizenship…
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A female National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Katsina State, Nafisa Umar-Hassan, has trained 20 women on poultry farming and feed production. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Prof. Ahmed Bakori, disclosed this at the graduation of the women in Katsina on Saturday. Commending the corps member, Bakori said the beneficiaries…
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The police in Borno on Friday recovered eight unexploded devices from the Dala and Gwange areas of Maiduguri. A statement by ASP Grace Michael, its spokesperson, said that the recoveries followed a distress call about some unidentified objects suspected to be explosives near an uncompleted building in Dala-Abuja Talakawa Area, Maiduguri. “Our Explosive Ordnance Disposal…
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Republic of Benin in a dominant display on Saturday emerged winners of the West Africa Regional Rowing Regatta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the maiden edition of the two-nation West Africa Regional Rowing Regatta was held at Bics Boat Club, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. The regatta which began Nov. 21 was rounded…
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A report from the Auditor-General of the Federation has uncovered over N197.72 billion in irregular contract payments across multiple ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). The Auditor-General’s Annual Report on Non-Compliance and Internal Control Weaknesses, covering the period from 2020 to 2021, exposes these breaches and calls for corrective action to recover misappropriated funds. Among the…
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Alhaji Jafaru Makarfi, a respected Islamic leader and retired public servant, is dead. Jafaru died in Kaduna at the age of 93. Alhaji Suleman Abdulkadir, who announced the death on behalf of the family on Saturday in Kaduna, said he passed away on Saturday night. Abdulkadir, who is also the Garkuwan Zazzau, said Makarfi was…
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President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after attending the 19th G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The President’s aircraft landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at approximately 10:20 p.m. local time. During the summit, Tinubu endorsed a global alliance to combat hunger and poverty, highlighting its importance…
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The title giant of Africa has for many years been attributed to Nigeria, the most populous and generally the richest African country in recent times. But the facts have changed between South Africa and Nigeria about who the true giant of Africa is. Nigeria in the last decade, has witnessed tremendous downturn in what has…
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Ngozi Orabueze, a staunch loyalist of separatist leader Simon Ekpa, has declared that the sit-at-home observed on Mondays in the Southeast should continue, despite Ekpa's recent arrest by Finnish authorities. Orabueze, who identifies herself as the Chief of Staff in the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), reaffirmed her support for the controversial protest action.…
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The Jigawa State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its members to embark on an indefinite strike following the state government’s failure to implement the approved N70,000 minimum wage. It is recalled that the state government had earlier constituted a committee to align with the national wage policy. While the committee made…