Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) has charged the National Assembly's Committee on Constitutional Amendment to consider incorporating the group into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for better performance.This was sequel to a proposal submitted by the VGN to the National Assembly (NASS) through the House of Representatives.While briefing newsmen after
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The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the federal government, has provided assistance to about 3,000 schools in Nigeria in the last five years.UNICEF chief of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), Dr Jane Bevan, disclosed this when she visited the minister of water resources and sanitation, Prof
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his election as the president of the Republic of Senegal.Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, noted that president-elect Faye comes with great promise and a sterling record, wishing him success as he takes on this important job of
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By Larry Olubanjo, AbujaFemale footballers all around the world have contributed a lot to world football; they have evolved over the years and has garnered so many applauds.Lots of women have also broken the barriers of obscurity, limitations and have taken the responsibilities to change the status quo.Female football has
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A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ruled that Sir Celestine Omehia is not logically recognisable as a former governor of the state and, as such, is not entitled to the recognition, pension, and fringe benefits of a former governor.Omehia had approached the court in suit no.
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The National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Audu Titus Amba, has condemned state governments for owing primary school teachers salaries that ran into several months in spite of the current harsh economic situation in the country.He, however, called on the federal government to, through constitutional amendment,
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has written to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, expressing its concerns over the current challenges faced by Nigerian Muslims in obtaining visas to travel to the Holy Land for lesser hajj (Umrah) in this Ramadan period.This was contained in a press statement signed
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Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has signed the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS) Teaching Hospital Bill 2024 into Law.Mbah, who commended the Enugu State House of Assembly for accelerating action on the processing and passage of the executive bill, said that establishing SUMAS Teaching Hospital was
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaRecently, at least 17 soldiers, including four officers, were killed in Delta State, Nigeria, while responding to a distress call during fighting between two communities.The attack in the oil-rich, riverine Delta State happened in the Bomadi council area when the soldiers, deployed to keep the peace, were allegedly
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The Police Service Commission (PSC), has fixed April 16, 2024 for the medical screening of applicants for recruitment into police constable. This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, yesterday.Ani said the choice of April 16, was to allow for the completion of the
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