Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaInsecurity and sit-at-home protests in the South-East have led to massive economic losses estimated at almost N4 trillion in two years.A 2021 study conducted by SBM Intelligence for DevEast Foundation Ltd., a not-for-profit policy and business advocacy organisation, shows that the losses can be traced to specific factors
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Justice Adamu Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday ordered the Department of State Service (DSS) to charge the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, to Court within the next one week or release him on administrative bail.Justice
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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has suspended Max Air from domestic operations indefinitely.This was contained in a letter signed by director, operations training & licensing, Ibrahim Dambazau, on behalf of the Director-General of the authority, Musa Nuhu.The letter, with reference number NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/363, the NCAA directed the suspension of Parts
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Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said it will create no fewer than 10,000 jobs for youths in the Niger Delta region, through the Holistic Opportunity Project of Engagement (HOPE), code-named 'Project Hope.'NDDC managing director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, who disclosed this while flagging-off the project at the commission's headquarters in Port
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Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has said that his administration has enrolled thousands of out- of - school girls in an ongoing target of admitting 500,000 girls into public primary schools across the state.Zulum stated this on Tuesday when he hosted the United Nations deputy secretary general, Amina Mohammed,
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Activists and United Nations Ambassador, Malala Yousafzai, yesterday, visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where she met with Vice President Kashim Shettima, as part of her continued advocacy for girl child education.The visit, which coincides with her 26th birthday anniversary, saw her noting that over 120 million female children are still
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The detained suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, will today, know his fate concerning the fundamental human rights suit he filed to challenge his arrest and detention by the Department of State Services.Recall that on June 10, the DSS arrested the governor of the apex bank
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The senate has called on the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), ministry of agriculture and rural development, and the ministry of health, to urgently embark on a nationwide vaccination of livestock with the anthrax spore vaccine.The senate on Wednesday made the resolution after a motion sponsored by Ezenwa Francis,
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Nigeria’s Simi Nwogugu, Chief Executive Officer of JA Africa, has been named winner of the Africa Education Medal 2023.Founded last year by T4 Education and HP in collaboration with Microsoft, the Africa Education Medal is the region’s most prestigious education accolade. It was founded to recognise the work of those
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The abducted chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ekiti state, Paul Omotosho, has regained his freedom from captivity.According to a family source, Omotosho was released by his abductor in the early hours of Thursday, July 13.It is, however, unclear how much was paid to his abductors as ramsom
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