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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By Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaBarring any unforeseen circumstance, the 10th National Assembly will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, two days after the lifespan of the current 9th National Assembly would have expired on Sunday, June 11.Recall that the current National Assembly was inaugurated on June 11, 2019. Its lifespan
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A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a senior pastor of the Alter of Solution Church, Chidiebere Okoroafor, to death for murdering his mistress and two other persons in Oyigbo, Rivers state.Justice S. Benson, who presided over the case, in his judgment in the murder trial delivered, on
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Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has continued to battle trolls on social media following her face-off with the Lagos State government which has ordered her to pay the sum of N18,640,092.00 in personal income tax within seven days or face jail.In a letter sent to the actress on Monday, the Lagos
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An Abuja Federal High Court has stopped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) from detaining former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.The court also stopped the Department of
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