RENOWNED writer Ngozi Chimamanda Adichie is to be honoured with the United Nations Foundation Global Leadership Award on November 20 in New York.A statement by the UN Foundation said she is being honoured for “her work using literature and storytelling to connect with people across generations and cultures.”The award will be presented at the
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THE United Nations Children’s Fund has said Nigeria has the second-largest number of child brides in the world, with 23 million girls and women married out as children in the country, thereby ending their educational strive.Mr Bhanu Pathak, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, stated this in Bauchi State on Saturday
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Vice President Yemi Osibanjo hinted yesterday that the newly inaugurated Railway Wagon assembly plant in Kajola, Ogun State, will create 5000 direct and indirect jobs.He said the plant which is a private investment to be undertaken by Messers CCECC is central in the production of rolling stock needed for the railway modernization programme being
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