Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has repatriated 217 destitute, street beggars, and vagabonds, evacuated from the streets of the Federal Capital City (FCC) in Abuja.The director of the department of Social Welfare Services, Social Development Secretariat (SDS) of the FCTA, Alhaji Sani Amar-Rabe, disclosed this to journalists at the FCT
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Director of Research, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Prof Oliver Ezechi, has said that 28 women die daily of cervical cancer in the country.At an event to check the scourge among girls and women yesterday, Ezechi identified vaccination gaps, poor awareness, cultural issues and screening as some of the
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Kano State government has approved the formation of a 17-member Transition Committee for the handing over of the leadership baton to the incoming administration in the state.The council also approved a 100-member sub-committee that will be drawn from various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).The commissioner for information and internal affairs,
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The Bauchi State Project Management Unit of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) project is to intervene at the Yankari Game Reserve in the renovations and restoration of degraded lands.This was made known by the state project coordinator, Dr Ibrahim Kabir in an interaction with the management of the
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Sixty-seven vehicles have been released to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shi’ite by the police in Zaria, Kaduna State.This was an execution of the judgement of Kaduna State High Court which directs the defendants to release unto the plaintiffs their respective vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles.The two
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After 78 days in the Big Brother house, 25-year-old South African journalist, Makhosazane, known as Khosi, yesterday emerged the winner of the maiden edition of Big Brother Titans (BBTitans) reality TV show.Tagged Ziyakhala Wahala, the show, which is the brainchild of DSTV, and sponsored by Flutterwave and Bambo, had Nigeria’s
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The Media Adviser to the Labour Party (LP) presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi, Valentine Obienyem, has raised the alarm over what he calls a “clandestine plot” to arrest and prosecute the former Anambra State governor on treasonable charges.Obienyem, in a statement on Sunday night, claimed the Obi media team had discovered
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The presidential transition council has distanced itself from a Twitter handle.On February 9, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the establishment of the transition council to coordinate the activities geared towards ensuring a smooth transition of power from the current administration to the next.The council is chaired by the SGF while members
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Kano State government has appointed Former Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Chair Prof. Attahiru Jega as Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the Governing Council of the state-owned Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kumbotso.The announcement was made by Malam Muhammad Garba, the Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Kano State, after the state’s Executive
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-Agency ReportsUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have held their first phone call since July 2022.According to the statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Lavrov told Blinken that the media has "inflated" the story, and that Gershkovich has allegedly been "caught red-handed trying
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