The Chairman of Tarauni Local Government Area, Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim Muhammad Sekure, has launched a free eye care initiative for residents suffering from glaucoma, trachoma, cataracts, and other vision problems. …
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Senior Advocate of Nigeria and public commentator, Dr. Monday Ubani, has faulted the lifetime no-fly sanction imposed on Ms. Comfort Emmanson by the Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, describing it …
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The Sokoto State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a scathing condemnation of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government, accusing it of driving Nigeria’s democracy toward …
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Sokoto SUBEB Boss Warns Against Negligence as FG Targets 75 Schools, Train 4,000 Teachers
Musa Na Allah, Sokoto The Executive Chairman of the Sokoto State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Umar Nagwari Tambuwal, has on Monday sounded a loud and uncompromising warning to engineers, …
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The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has issued a policy-backed caution on the “silent fiscal emergency” facing many States in Nigeria. The Report also called for the establishment of …
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PADAC, ACReSAL Plant Over 100,000 Trees to Combat Desertification, Erosion in Jigawa
The Project Advisory and Development Assistance Committee (PADAC), in collaboration with the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapkes Project (ACReSAL), has planted more than 100,000 trees across schools, military barracks, roadsides, …
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A civil society organisation working to promote economic and ecological justice in West Africa, has called on the Government of Akwa Ibom State to make fiscal and policy transparency a core …
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Coroner Orders Hospital to Disclose Records on Late Journalist Pelumi Onifade to MRA’s Lawyers
A Lagos State District Coroner, Mrs. Temitope Oladele, investigating the death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a reporter with Gboah TV who reportedly died in Police custody during the #EndSARS protests …
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Kano State Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Dahir Muhammad Hashim, has commissioned the Lungu Kal-Kal project at Layin Dan’isa, Yakasai Quarters, in Kano Municipal Local Government Area. Speaking …
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the Federal Government that a fresh nationwide strike is imminent if long-standing issues in the university system remain unaddressed. In a …