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• AMDF Sensitises Police Officers on Kaduna VAPP Law November 25, 2021
  Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) has on Thursday, in Kaduna, held a Capacity Building session for Officers of the Nigeria Police, Kaduna State Command, on Gender Based Violence (GBV), and the existence of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law in Kaduna State. This was disclosed in a statement made available by its Programme Officer, […]
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• EFCC: I’m not above the law; Joining APC doesn’t give me immunity — Fani-Kayode November 24, 2021
  A former Aviation Minister and chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, has cleared the air on the recent invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, saying he is not above the law neither does joining the Ruling APC gives him immunity over arrest or detention. It was earlier reported how EFCC […]
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• Borno to invest in RUGA, agricultural projects November 15, 2021
  The Borno State Government is establishing Rural-Urban Grazing Areas (RUGAs) for herders displaced by Boko Haram insurgency in the state. The Projects Coordinator to Governor Babagana Zulum, Mallam Tijjani Mohammed; disclosed at the weekend, while briefing the Sudanese Economic Team leader to Borno, Dr Osman El-Fal at the Mafa RUGA centre on Dikwa road. Recalled […]
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• ASUU rejected planned N1m undergraduate school fees, says Osodeke October 30, 2021
  The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Emmanuel Osodeke, has revealed how the union, during its last negotiations, rejected Federal Government’s plan to increase school fees of all university students to N1m. He said government’s plan was to open an education bank and give each student a loan of N1m annually at […]
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• Anambra Poll: APGA candidate sacked by court for Soludo joins APC October 30, 2021
  A former candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance for the November 6 Anambra Governorship Election, Chukwuma Umeoji, has defected to the All Progressives Congress, a week to the poll. Umeoji, who is the current member of the House of Representatives representing Aguata Federal Constituency in Anambra State, was recently sacked by a Court decision […]
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• Nigeria’s eNaira goes live after official launch by Buhari October 25, 2021
  Nigeria’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira, has gone live after an official launching by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. The launch took place at the State House in Abuja. An earlier plan to unveil the digital currency on October 1 was shelved. Nigeria is one of only a few countries in the world […]
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• Rivers to punish distributors of unhygienic drinking water October 18, 2021
  The Rivers State Government has warned that any distributor found engaging in acts capable of compromising the quality of drinking water being served to the public would be punished. The state Commissioner for Water Resources and Rural Development, Dr Tamunosisi Gogo-Jaja, made the warning while speaking at the 2021 Global Hand Washing Day and the […]
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• COVID-19 Deaths At Lowest In 1 Year- WHO October 14, 2021
  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the death toll from Coronavirus (COVID-19) is now at its lowest level in almost a year. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said at a news conference on Wednesday in Geneva that vaccine inequality had persisted in spite of decline in COVID-19 deaths. Ghebreyesus reported that the death […]
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• Zamfara assembly suspends two members for supporting banditry October 13, 2021
  Zamfara State House of Assembly has on Monday suspended two of its members for their alleged involvement in aiding and abetting banditry in the state. According to a press release signed by the Director General Press Affairs of the House, Malan Mustafa Jafaru Kaura, the suspended members are Honourable Yusuf Muhammad Anka representing Anka consultancy […]
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• Gunmen kill baptist pastor, one other in Kaduna October 13, 2021
  Gunmen have reportedly killed a Baptist pastor and one other on Monday evening in Lisuru Gida, Ikulu Chiefdom, Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A resident who pleaded anonymity confirmed the incident to The PUNCH yesterday, saying the gunmen opened fire at the duo on their way home from their farms around 6pm. […]
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