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FG Secures $1.3bn facility For Kano-Niger Rail Line Project

The federal government, through the Ministry of Transportation, has announced a major milestone in the financing of the Kano-Katsina-Jibiya-Maradi in Niger railway project, with the securing of a $1.3 billion facility.The project is under the construction of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), who is funding the project through

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Gunmen invade UNTH, abduct director, security officer

Gunmen attacked the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla, in Enugu State, Nigeria’s southeast, on Tuesday.Reports gathered indicate that the attackers, suspected to be kidnappers, abducted a female director and a security officer in the facility.Some staff members of the hospital who spoke to journalists said the director

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Consequences Of Mind Boggling N3trn Budget Padding

by Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaNorthern senators, under the aegis of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), recently confronted the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over the alleged padding of the 2024 budget with about N3 trillion worth of projects.Representatives of the 58-member Forum, led by its chairman, Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi), confronted Akpabio at

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School Children Abduction: I’m ready to lead dialogue between Govt and bandits — Gumi

Following the recent terrorist attacks in Kaduna and Sokoto, a renowned Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has expressed readiness to lead a holistic dialogue between the federal government and terrorists for the release of all kidnapped Nigerians.Gumi, in an interview with Leadership Newspaper last night in Kaduna, described

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