First Lady, Remi Tinubu, has advocated for a renewed commitment, especially at the state level to the fight against tuberculosis in Nigeria. This is even as she pledged N1bn to tackle the disease.She was speaking during her investiture as the Global and National Stop TB Champion at the State House
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The managing director and chief executive officer of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Mohammed Alkali has said that insecurity is one of the major challenges hindering the agency’s activities in the North East Zone.At a meeting with the representatives of the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the NEDC
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Suspended senator representing Bauchi Central senatorial district, Abdul Ahmed Ningi, has written a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Upper House leadership to reinstate him within seven days.Ningi, who wrote Akpabio through his lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), warned that if his suspension was not lifted at the
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The Kaduna State government recorded 32,297 cases of tuberculosis in 2023. It, however, reduced the risk of spreading the disease during the period.The state commissioner for health, Umma Kaltume-Ahmed, disclosed the figure at a press briefing to mark the World Tuberculosis Day celebration yesterday in Kaduna.She said tuberculosis case detection
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Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have invaded a shrine and arrested a witch doctor and 25 others suspected to be involved in car-snatching in the state.Parading the suspects at the command headquarters in Port Harcourt yesterday, the commissioner of police, Olatunji Disu, said three of the suspects identified
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Akwa Ibom State governor, Umo Eno, has launched free food programme and access voucher for the vulnerable to alleviate the prevailing hunger and poverty exacerbated by the current socio-economic travails in the country.To complement the scheme, the governor, who performed the ceremony at the popular Itam International Market in Itu
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Minister of Education Professor Tahir Mamman, has expressed concern about low enrollment of students into Federal Unity Colleges among the northern states of the country, emphasizing the need to fill in the gap and utilise their quota in 2024.Mamman stated this recently when he visited Kano State Ministry of Education
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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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