IThe Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has donated 100 hectares of land to the Nigeria Peace Corps ( NPC) for the construction of South-West Zonal Training School.The monarch said this at his palace during a familiarisation visit by the Corp’s Commandant General of NPC, Dr Mustapha Abubakar, on Friday
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The operatives of Seme border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said they have intercepted and seized 553 parcels of Cannabis Sativa otherwise known as Indian hemp which drug peddlers attempted to bring into the Country.The Command disclosed it arrested four suspects in connection with the seized illicit drugs.Abdullahi
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Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, has said it is unaware of the whereabouts of its Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Ari. Mr Ari was the official who illegally declared Aishatu Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the winner of the Adamawa State governorship election last Sunday.Both INEC
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Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje has pardoned 4,000 inmates in the last eight years, Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Malam Hassan Fagge, said on Friday in Kano.Fagge, in a statement, quoted Ganduje as stating this while pardoning 43 inmates at the Goron Dutse custodial facility to mark this
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Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says the commission is making arrangements to evacuate citizens from Sudan.This was contained in a statement by Mr Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NIDCOM in Abuja.Dabiri-Erewa said the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and the National Emergency Management Agency
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Air Peace has added Maiduguri to its growing network with four flight frequencies weekly.The airline operated its maiden flight to the Borno State capital on Friday, a statement by Stanley Olisa, the Spokesman of the airline said.With this new route, Air Peace now services 21 domestic routes.Olisa hinted that the
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The Anambra state government has approved the establishment of a bureau of missing persons.Paul Nwosu, the commissioner for Information in a statement on Saturday said the approval was made at the state executive council meeting.He said that the bureau would be domiciled in the ministry of Justice.He said the establishment
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The police high command said it has launched a rejuvenated Central Motor Registry (CMR) unit to enable seamless management of information of every motor vehicle and its ownership in Nigeria and to curb car theft.A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer and Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Olumuyiwa
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Federal government has announced the disbursement of N45.3 billion to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme. NG-CARES was launched on 20th January 2022.Minister of state budget and national planning, Prince Clem Agba made the
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Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said troops operating in the North East and North West killed 54 terrorists and rescued 216 civilians from captivity while 501 terrorists surrendered.The director Defence Media Operations Major General Musa Danmadami briefing journalists on the activities of Armed Forces between 6-20 April 2023 said the troops
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