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  • 8th October 2024

    Jigawa spends N4bn to relocate 195 students from Sudan

  • 8th October 2024

    Kogi begins mass livestock vaccination against anthrax

  • 8th October 2024

    State House spent N22bn on overhead

  • 8th October 2024

    OPL 245: Milan prosecutors jailed for hiding evidence in Shell, Eni trial

  • 8th October 2024

    Indonesian dad sells 11-month-old baby on Facebook to bet online

  • 8th October 2024

    Obasanjo, others for maiden Afe Babalola Day in Ekiti

Kebbi fishermen kill hippopotamus linked to emir guard's death

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NOA begins sensitisation on new national anthem

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Dont withhold Osun LG allocation, IPAC tells FG

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The Jigawa State Government has spent N4 billion to relocate 195 students from war-torn Sudan to India and Cyprus, ensuring their education continued smoothly despite the civil unrest. Many of these s...

8th October 2024

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The Kogi State Government has launched a statewide vaccination campaign targeting livestock, with 540,000 doses of the Anthrax Spore Vaccine set to be administered to cattle, sheep, and goats across t...

8th October 2024

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The State House management on Tuesday disclosed that its overhead expenditure amounted to N22.62bn, spread across seven cost centres. These include the State House Headquarters, State House Operations...

8th October 2024

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Two Italian prosecutors, Fabio De Pasquale and Sergio Spadaro, have been sentenced to eight months in prison for concealing vital evidence in the high-profile trial involving Shell, Eni, and the contr...

8th October 2024

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A 36-year-old Indonesian man has been arrested in West Jakarta for allegedly selling his 11-month-old baby online for 15 million rupiah, approximately US$955 without his wife’s consent. The man,...

8th October 2024

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The Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe, has set aside October 18 of every year for the celebration of a legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, in the ...

8th October 2024

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A group of 40 fishermen has successfully hunted down a mother hippopotamus responsible for the death of Usman Maigadi, a guard at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri, Dr. Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullah...

8th October 2024

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The Presidential Amnesty Programme has distanced itself from a purported ‘demobilisation exercise’ being promoted in the Niger Delta by individuals who are collecting money from unsuspecti...

8th October 2024

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The National Orientation Agency on Tuesday, unveiled in Enugu, a sensitisation and public enlightenment campaign on Nigeria’s new national anthem and national values charter. Addressing journali...

8th October 2024

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The Federal Government has approved Dangote Refinery as the exclusive supplier of jet fuel for Nigeria’s airline operators. This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Developme...

8th October 2024

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Inter-Party Advisory Committee in Osun State, on Tuesday, appealed to the Federal Government not to withhold monthly allocation due to the local government areas in the state from the Federation Accou...

8th October 2024

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The National Human Rights Commission has decried the excessive loss of lives on Nigerian roads while disclosing that about 1,471 deaths were recorded in the first quarter of 2024 as reported by the Fe...

8th October 2024

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The Lagos State Government has condemned the “unprovoked attack” on officers of the Environmental Sanitation Corps also known as KAI by personnel of the Nigerian Army in the Yaba area of...

8th October 2024

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The newly deployed Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Mohammed, has vowed to ‘swiftly’ restore normalcy in the local government areas of the state where arson and violence broke...

8th October 2024

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The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has described the exclusion of medical and dental lecturers from vying for the vacant office of the Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe Universi...

8th October 2024

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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to ensure that those responsible for the recent arson attacks on local government secretariats in the state will face justice. The governor made thi...

8th October 2024

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Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has threatened to seal any shop or plaza closed on Mondays in compliance with the sit-at-home order initially declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra...

8th October 2024

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The Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Ahmed Alkali, has reiterated the significance of the transport sector in the nation’s economy, describing it as a strong enabler of economic growth a...

8th October 2024

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The University of Benin has appointed a former Enugu State Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development, Dr. Victor Nnam, as an Associate Professor. The announcement was contained in a letter signed b...

8th October 2024

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The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners has commended the House of Representatives for calling for the review of the price list for medicine and Medicare under the National Health In...

8th October 2024

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The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack has re-introduced the civil service anthem for workers in the Federal Civil Service. According to Walson-Jack, the anthem aims to encourag...

8th October 2024

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A Nigerian lecturer based in the United States, Prof Emeka Aniagolu, on Tuesday, described the 2009 scrapping of history from the primary and secondary school curriculum as a bad idea. The don, who ta...

8th October 2024

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The Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, Dr. Olusola Odumosu, has emphasised the importance of professionalism and adherence to the rules of e...

8th October 2024

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The Ekiti State Governor, Abiodun Oyebanji, has said the leadership problem in Nigeria stems from the ethnoreligious and geopolitical considerations by electorate. Oyebanji also stressed that Nigerian...

8th October 2024

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The House of Representatives has initiated steps to increase the funding of the National Orientation Agency to enhance its service delivery. The House’s resolution followed the adoption of a mot...

8th October 2024

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The House of Representatives on Tuesday, commenced preliminary moves to increase the funding of the National Orientation Agency to enhance its service delivery. The resolution of the House followed th...

8th October 2024

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Global police body, Interpol, has launched a new campaign to identify 46 women whose remains have been found across Europe. These are unsolved cases, with some dating back decades, involving women who...

8th October 2024

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The Federal Government has unveiled the 2024 Transparency and Integrity Index Assessment, highlighting its commitment to enhancing accountability across public institutions. The event, organised by th...

8th October 2024

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The House of Representatives on Tuesday, urged federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies to demonstrate commitment to promoting sustainable practices in green projects to address issues relating t...

8th October 2024

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A popular activist, Deji Adeyanju, has confirmed that the singer and social media sensation, Darlington Okoye, aka Speed Darlington, said to be missing is being detained by the Nigerian Police Force i...

8th October 2024

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The Federal Government has inaugurated the National Task Force on the European Union Deforestation Regulation. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, disclosed this at a press ...

8th October 2024

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