The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, NCPWD, says it is working ascediously to introduce a special allowance towards reducing financial burden on Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).Ayuba Gufwan, the Executive Secretary of the commission, said this on Monday in Abuja while briefing newsmen shortly after a road walk tagged: “Road
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Finnish authorities have said that the controversial pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, cannot be granted bail in Finland.A Senior Detective Superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, Mikko Laaksonen, told Punch newspaper on Saturday that the Finnish legal system does not permit bail for suspects accused of the kind of offences
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President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa.The presidential BNC, scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on December 2, 2024, at the South African
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Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in a midnight inferno that broke out at a farmers’ market popularly called “Oja agbe” at Moniya in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo state.Several shops, containers, and kiosks were affected by the fire, which was reported to have started around midnight.The intervention
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has nabbed a Nigerian businessman based in Brazil, Ezeokoli Sylva, who came into the country with 700 grams of cocaine buried in his stomach.The 59-year-old Ezeokoli, who was returning after 35 years in Brazil, was arrested on Friday, November 29, 2024, at the
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by Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaThe early days of any administration often set the tone for its tenure, revealing the priorities and style of governance that will shape its legacy.For Edo State, Governor Monday Okpebholo’s early days in office, beginning on November 12, 2024, have demonstrated a bold, decisive, and people-centric approach.
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