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Senate Alerts Military On Terrorists’ Enclaves In Kwara, Niger States
By Abdulateef Bamgbose The Senate has identified terrorists’ enclaves in communities within three local government areas of Kwara and Niger States, respectively. Accordingly, the chamber, on Tuesday, urged the Military to carry out a comprehensive onslaught of bandits and criminal
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Int’l Widows’ Day: Helpline Foundation To Train 370 Women
By Ismaila Jimoh, Abuja A non-governmental organisation, Helpline Foundation for the Needy, in Abuja, today, revealed that it is set to train 370 indigenous widows in FCT and its environs on skills acquisition. The various skills which included weaving of
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Tambuwal Nominates Six Commissioners, Reinstates Chief Of Staff,Others
By Ibrahim Goronyo,Sokoto Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has sent the names of Hon. Bashir Mohammed Lambara, Hon. Abubakar Dange and Hon. Abdullahi Yusuf Hausawa to the state House of Assembly (SOHA) for clearance to be appointed as
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Buhari Transmits Business Facilitation Bill To National Assembly
By Abdulateef Bamgbose The Senate has received the Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022, forwarded to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, for consideration and passage. The bill was accompanied by a letter dated 17th June, 2022. The letter, addressed
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Senate Passes Bills To Establish Medical Centres in Four States, Amends Teaching Hospitals Act
By Abdulateef Bamgbose The Senate, on Tuesday, passed four bills to establish Federal Medical Centres in four states of the federation. The medical centers will be established in Osogbo, Osun State; Onitsha, Anambra State; Gada, Sokoto State; and Ijebu-Ode, Ogun
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Zamfara State Govt Presents Letter Of Appointment To Newly Appointed Emir Of Bazai
Ahmad Ibrahim Gusau Presenting the letter to the Emir of Bazai, Alhaji Muhammad Aliyu Moriki, the State Governor said the State Department, among other measures, took into consideration the criteria which Jangeru Emirate Council king makers have duly followed to
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Nigeria Currently Records 3.2m IDPs, 84,000 Refugees – UNHCR
By Blessing Otobong-Gabriel The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR has said that Nigeria currently has 3.2 million internally displaced persons and 84,000 refugees that most of the refugees in Nigeria come predominately from SW and NW regions of Cameroon affected by
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68,633 Candidates Jostle for Space In 110 Unity Colleges
By Chika Mefor-Nwachukwu A total of 68,633 out of 71,733 candidates who registered for the 2022 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE, will be jostling for slots in the 110 unity colleges in Nigeria. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu disclosed
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NBS Flags-off NASC To Address Agricultural Statistics Production Weaknesses
Blessing Otobong-Gabriel The National Bureau of Statistics has kick-started the Training of Trainers of the National Agriculture Sample Census, NASC, to address the weaknesses in agricultural statistics production in Nigeria. In his keynote address at the event yesterday, the Statistician-General
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Former APC Senatorial Aspirant In Nasarawa Urges Party To Punish Erring Stakeholders
By David Christopher, Lafia A senatorial aspirant in the just concluded primary election of the All Progressive Congress APC in Nasarawa West, Nasarawa State, Barr. Labaran Shaibu Magaji, has stated that it is high time for the Party’s sincere stakeholders
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