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• Insecurity: MURIC faults Jonathan, says Buhari not responsible for current challenges in north December 18, 2021
  The Muslim Rights Concern has blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan for the current security challenges in the north. MURIC stated that the insecurity in the northern part of the country was not the fault of the Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) regime, since the issues began before he came to power. In a statement on […]
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• ASUU’s Ultimatum to FG ends, lecturers say demands unmet December 6, 2021
  The Federal Government has begun moves to prevent an industrial action in the country’s public universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ three-week deadline ended on Sunday. The  Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, said  the ministry had written a letter to the Ministry of […]
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• Zamfara trains 5,000 women, youths in modern fish farming December 6, 2021
  Zamfara State has trained 5,000 women and youths in modern fish farming under Gov. Bello Matawalle’s Youths Farmers Empowerment Scheme. The latest set of trainees was given fish farming equipment worth millions of Naira in Gusau on Sunday. The training was organised and sponsored by the Commissioner for Finance, Sufiyanu Yuguda. The Head of Service, […]
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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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