Federal commissioner in the National Population Commission (NPC), Borno State, Barr Isa Audu Buratai has said the agency spent N160 billion for 800,000 pieces of Samsung Personal Data Assistance (PDA) gadgets that cost N200,000 each for the cancelled census.He said of the N800 billion budgeted for the general census, about
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Kaduna State Peace Commission in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has trained over 40 journalists and media practitioners on “Conflict Early Warning Early Response System (CEWERS) and Conflict Sensitive Reporting.”The commission’s vice chairman, Dr Saleh Momale during the training on Monday in Kaduna called on the people of
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A Nigeria-born engineer, Michael Okechukwu Amuzie, has been appointed to represent the American state of New Jersey in the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors as well as the Conference Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).The board members are the chief boiler inspectors representing most
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Preparatory to the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on Tuesday 13th June, 2023, the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has set up a taskforce to handle the screening and documentation of legislative aides for incoming senators and members of the House of Representatives.Inaugurating the taskforce at the Conference Room
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The Senate has approved the request of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to appoint 20 special advisers (SAs).Tinubu's request was read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the upper legislative chamber yesterday.In the request to the Senate, the President did not list who the 20 Special advisers are.But
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Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved N130,000,000.00 as zonal intervention for each polytechnic in its 2023 intervention line, geared towards reinvigorating skills acquisition in polytechnics across the country.This was disclosed yesterday by the director of infrastructure of the Fund, Malam Buhari Mika'Ilu at the TETFund/NBTE Sensitisation Workshop on the
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Federal government has dragged the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 governorship election in Ogun State, Hon Ladi Adebutu, a leading commercial bank and its management, as well as 10 other persons, before the court for money laundering, bribery, and criminal conspiracy, among others.In
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