Niger State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development to finance four major projects to the tune of $114 million.The state government, in a statement issued in Minna, the state capital, yesterday, indicated that the MoU was signed at the ECOWAS
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Over 5,000 persons including women, children and the aged have been killed in Moon council ward in Kwande local government area of Benue State from 2013 to date by the marauding herdsmen.The fleeing president-general of the Moon Development Association, Isaac Sor, who disclosed this in an interview, said over 10 primary
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has said he would rather work to ensure peace for the party to overcome its present challenges than leave it.Obi stated this in Gombe in an interview with journalists after inaugurating a borehole he donated to Tike Ram
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A 28-year-old Nigerian woman, Pelumi Nubi, who embarked on a solo road trip from London has arrived in Lagos after over two months.Nubi, a travel content creator arrived Lagos at about 10 am on Sunday, April 7 and he was received at the Seme border into Lagos territory by top
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The federal government has declared Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024, respectively as public holidays to mark this year's Eid-el-Fitr celebration.This was announced by the minister of interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the federal government yesterday in Abuja.Tunji-ojo, in a congratulatory message
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The New Nigerian People's Party (NNPP), at the weekend, successfully conducted its national convention.At the event, the party also ratified the appointment of new National Working Committee (NWC) members and unveiled a new logo.The new NWC members are Dr. Ajuji Ahmed as acting national chairman, Prince Onu Nwaeze as acting
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja for an order of mandamus, seeking to compel the senate president, Godswill Akpabio, to refer the alleged N3.7 trillion budget padding to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution of suspected perpetrators.SERAP urged the court,
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First Lady Remi Tinubu has called on all Nigerians to join the fight to ensure "Health for All" across the country.In her World Health Day message, Mrs. Tinubu highlighted the significant progress made in Nigeria's healthcare sector, while acknowledging that the gap in equitable access to quality healthcare remains a
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The officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), have excelled and emerged best at the just concluded US Special Programme for Embassy Augmentation Response (SPEAR) team mission at Amman, Jordan.The training, which commenced on the 10th of March 2024 and concluded on the 3rd of April 2024, was designed to
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Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) has phased out the process of registering medical laboratory facilities manually in the country.With this development, practitioners and proprietors would no longer be required to come to the headquarters in Abuja with piles of documents, seeking to open paper files, which would slow
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