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25 Nov
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…
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Fiorentina's Serie A match with Inter Milan was stopped on Sunday after midfielder Edoardo Bove suddenly collapsed to the ground. Bove was rushed away in an ambulance as players and fans looked on in horror following his sudden fall with 16 minutes on the clock. Sky Sport report that the 22-year-old, on loan at Fiorentina…
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The Nigeria Police Force has announced that it has successfully repelled a terrorist attack on the Jakana Divisional Police Headquarters in Borno State, leaving several of the assailants with varying degrees of bullet wounds. The force's spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Adejobi said the attack took place around 1:00 a.m.…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been called upon to sanction the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum
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The Female Elite Corps of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has inaugurated an extensive sensitisation campaign
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The Oyo State Government has approved the conversion of 551 serving officers into various desired sub-officer and officer cadres in the civil and public service of the state. The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Chief Kamoru Abiodun Aderibigbe, made the disclosure in Ibadan. Aderibigbe explained that the government settled for the 551 officers,…
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The Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), on Sunday, appealed to the people of northern Nigeria to see President Tinubu's tax reforms as a crucial step to turnaround revenue generation in Nigeria and the economy generally. The National President of the group, Olalekan Hammed, made the call in a chat with The Guardian in Ibadan, the…
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said its officials were not the men captured in a viral video destroying bags of sachet water being transported by a truck in Lagos. The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunboh Wahab, had fingered NAFDAC as responsible for the action…
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Scott McTominay made sure that Napoli will stay top of Serie A for at least another week with the only goal in Sunday's 1-0 win at Torino while challengers Lazio fell to a 3-1 defeat at Parma. Napoli are provisionally four points ahead of the chasing pack thanks to McTominay's neat finish in the 31st…
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The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has ordered an investigation into allegations of unauthorised salary deductions affecting officers of the paramilitary services. The complaints, which were raised online, allege that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) has been deducting funds from officers' salaries without proper justification. Additionally, there have been concerns about delays…
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Plans are afoot by the Katsina state government to establish a mini hydroelectric power station after signing a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ocean Solutions Energie to expand access to sustainable electricity. Governor Umaru Dikko Radda, who made this known on Sunday in Abuja, explained that the initiative was aimed at boosting power supply…