The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has listed Nigeria and 11 others as 12 hardest hit countries by food and nutrition crisis. A new global report indicated that 7.3 million adolescent girls and women, aged 15-49, in the most populous black nation, are undernourished. Others captured in the report include
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that commercial banks are to give both old and new N500 and N1,000 notes to customers.It said the old notes are legal tender following the directive of the Supreme Court.The Nation reported that CBN’s spokesman Isa Abdulmumin said banks have begun to
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Fire has destroyed Goods worth millions of naira at Akere Spare Parts Market, Ajegunle in the Apapa area of Lagos State.The lifeless body of a 65-year-old security guard was also said to have been recovered near the scene of the incident.The Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Adeseye
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The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the Feb 25 election, Peter Obi, has cancelled his campaign trip to states ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.The Labour Party candidate in a statement on Wednesday said he had initially made plans to commence a “whistle-stop campaign”.Obi, however, said he will be heading to
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Aisha Yesufu, a diehard supporter of Peter Obi, has disagreed with the Party and presidential candidate over who becomes the next Governor of Enugu State.The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, had in a tweet called on the Obidients to come out en masse to cast their
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Southern and Middle Belt Alliance, a pro-democracy group, has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and heads of security agencies responsible for the conduct of free, fair and credible elections to resign if they cannot conduct free, fair and credible elections.In a
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Chatham House, a British Policy institute, has condemned the performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the conduct of the last presidential and National Assembly elections.Recall that the now President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had on December 5, 2022, appeared at Chatham House to defend his manifesto. His counterparts
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has finalised arrangements to honour President Muhammadu Buhari with an award in recognition of his achievements in the defence and promotion of democracy as a system of government throughout the subregion.ECOWAS Chairman, Guinea Bissau’s Umaro Sissoco Embalo, made this known on Tuesday
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The Supreme Court Tuesday in Abuja, upheld the nomination of Obong Akan Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Akwa Ibom State.In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun in the suit marked SC/CV/158/2023, the apex court dismissed Senator Ita Enang’s appeal against the decision
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the upgrade of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, Kogi State, to a Teaching Hospital.The Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Lokoja, Prof. Akinwumi Olayemi, on Tuesday, disclosed this in a joint press conference at the Adankolo campus of the institution in Lokoja.Olayemi said the President made the
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