Former Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 gubernatorial election, Senator Ayogu Eze, has reportedly died at the age of 66.Born in 1958, the former senator, who was in the senate between 2007 and 2015, was said to
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The National Council on Privatisation, NCP, has announced that it is aiming to merge the Central Bank of Nigeria’s NIRSAL Microfinance Ltd with the Bank of Agriculture.The Council disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, noting that it also plans to inject new capital into the institutions to rejuvenate them
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At least 118 inmates escaped from prison after heavy rains on Wednesday night damaged the facility in Suleja, Niger State.The downpour, which lasted several hours, wrecked parts of the medium-security prison, including the perimeter wall and surrounding buildings, spokesperson Adamu Duza said in a statement on Thursday.Service agents were hunting
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-Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaFarmers and herdsmen in the South-West, on Saturday, April 20, 2024 signed a peace pact to end clashes between the two warring groups and promote food security for the benefit of all. Present at the signing ceremony was the daughter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Iyaloja General, Folashade
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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has hinted of the arrest of a father and his son by the police for impersonating the latter during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this while on inspection tour of the UTME centres in Kaduna yesterday,
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A total of 376 public primary and secondary schools in Sokoto State are to be renovated under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-funded intervention project.The schools slated for renovation are 376 girls and mixed schools comprising of classrooms, hostels including fencing.The steering committee chairman
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To provide succour for the displaced people of Okuama community in Ughelli South local government area of Delta State, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, has inaugurated the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Management Committee for the area.At the event in Asaba, the state capital, yesterday, Governor Oborevwori charged the committee to carefully plan
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The Kano State House of Assembly has passed the Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC) and Prevention Bill 2024 into law.The bill sponsored by the member representing Dala constituency, Alhaji Lawan Hussaini, was considered in the committee of the whole house and third reading by the clerk, Alhaji Bashir
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The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, has assured the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) of the federal government's commitment to providing decent and affordable housing to its officers and men across the country.The minister gave the assurance at the maiden edition of the Nigeria Police Housing Summit
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A report by Save the Children International (SCI) has asserted that 15.6 million children in Nigeria will be on the brink of hunger crisis from June to August unless they receive essential food and cash assistance.The report said escalating insecurity, prolonged conflicts, banditry, and soaring food prices are exacerbating the
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