The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) said it is working on new strategies for optimum implementation of the Employee Compensation Scheme (ECS).The initiative was made known by the NSITF managing director, Maureen Allagoa, at the fund's Regional Management Performance Review (MPR), where she said that the fund remains focused
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The Lagos State Government has closed down Alaba International Market.The Commissioner for Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, who confirmed the development, said the market was closed down due to poor waste disposal practices, among others.“Alaba International Market, Ojo, has been sealed up for poor waste disposal practices, failure to pay their waste
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The principal of Federal Government College Maiduguri, Malam Umar Habeeb Jibril, has disclosed that the recent hike in school fees at Unity colleges in the country has affected students' chances of enrolling in the school.The principal said despite the 200 carrying capacity for admission into the school in the last
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Vice President Kashim Shettima will deliver a keynote speech at the World Food Prize Foundation’s Norman Borlaug International Dialogue in the USA on Tuesday.Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement on Monday.According to Nkwocha,
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Benue State has been selected among the 19 Northern States to benefit from the $700 million World Bank-assisted project for Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) to address the challenges of land degradation and climate change on a multi-dimensional scale.The project coordinator, Victor Ama, who disclosed this during the inauguration
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has clarified the meeting he had with the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria.Wike said the meeting centred on how the FCT can partner with Israel to develop its agriculture sector.The minister said he had no constitutional powers to determine Nigeria's diplomatic
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A protest has followed the death of a middle-aged woman during childbirth in the Sankwala community of Cross River North senatorial district.The deceased, simply identified as Rebecca, died during delivery at the weekend because there were no resident doctors to attend to her in the public hospital she was rushed
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Activities in government offices, health facilities, and other areas have been grounded for days now in Benin City as a result of a lack of power.Investigations showed that the power outage was a result of the non-supply of gas to the Ossiomo power company, which has been supplying electricity to
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Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima arrived in the United States on Sunday for the African Development Bank’s World Food Prize.Shettima will participate in the AfDB World Food Prize-facilitated Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, which will commence on October 24 in Iowa.This was contained in a statement by the Spokesman to
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Another justice of the Supreme Court, Musa Dattijo, will officially retire from the bench on Friday, October 27, 2023.This is coming after the retirement of Justice Amina Augie on September 22, 2023, and the death of Justice Chima Nweze on July 31, 2023.With this development, the apex court has been
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