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20 percent of 11,000 Nigeria’s children have sickle cell trait – NPC
Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi The National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed that 20 per cent of over 11, 000 children who were sampled in the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey(NDHS) under genotype test have sickle cell trait in Nigeria. The Federal Commissioner in the commission in- charge of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara
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Nasarawa Assembly passes Hotel Licensing Board bill to boost security, IGR
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a Law for the Establishment of the state’s Hotel Licensing Board to regulate activities of hotels and boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House, announced the passage of the bill after Alhaji Tanko Tunga, the Majority Leader, moved
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AMAC to complete community town hall project Feb. 2020 – Chairman
Work on the Jiwa Community Town Hall in Abuja is to be completed in February 2020, Mr Abdullahi Candido, Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), has said. He gave the assurance on Monday when he led Dr Ramatu Aliyu, FCT Minister of State, on a one-day tour of the council’s projects. According to Candido, the
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Prices of tomato, other vegetables, livestock drop in Lagos markets
Prices of tomato and other vegetables had dropped considerably in some major markets in Lagos on Monday — one week to Christmas — a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey revealed. The survey was conducted at Mile 12 and Oyingbo markets. NAN reports that a 40 kilogramme(kg) basket of tomato, which cost between
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FCT police recovers body of woman dismembered by assailant
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Police Command Monday, said it has recovered the remains of a woman whose body was mutilated by her assailants and dumped in a refuse bag. This is just as the command said it has launched an investigation to arrest the perpetrators of the gruesome act. To this end,
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Welder remanded over alleged attempted kidnap of Chinese
A 32-year-old welder, Peter Agwo, who allegedly attempted to kidnap a Chinese national, was on Monday remanded on the orders of a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. The Magistrate, Mrs E.N. Ojuromi, ordered that Agwo should be kept at the Ikoyi Correctional Facililty pending advice of the state Director of Public Prosecutions. She adjourned
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Electricity consumer group opposes N1.2tr bailout for GenCos, DisCos
The Electricity Consumer Protection Forum on Monday opposed the request by power Generation Companies (Gencos) and Distribution Companies (DisCos) for N1.2 trillion bailout from the Federal Government (FG). The group’s National Coordinator, Mr Adeola Samuel-Ilori, made its position known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that the
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2019 Igala Lagos party closes with grand awards galas
2019 annual. Igala Lagos party Nigeria’s finally ended on Sunday night with a closing ceremony and gala awards and pageantry. The 3rd edition of the party with the theme: “unveiling young talent,”, was unique of its kind. As expected, the night of the closing ceremony for the party saw celebrities and key players in the entertainment industry
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New Minimum Wage: Labour to embark on 2-day warning strike in Ogun
Laide Raheem, Abeokuta Organised Labour in Ogun State has directed workers in local governments and civil/public services to proceed on a two-day warning strike over “inaction of the state government on the implementation of the new national minimum wage”. This directive was contained in a communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting of
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Senate to pass Buhari’s $30bn loan request – Lawan
Fred Itua, Abuja Despite his earlier caution to the Executive to minimise its planned borrowing, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has revealed that the 9th Senate will pass President Muhammadu Buhari’s $29.9 billion loan request. Lawan who spoke in Abuja during a media parley, however, said the various standing committees will carry out serious
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Abiodun: I’ve reserved more commissioner slots for women
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has assured that more women will be appointed into the state executive council as well as agencies and boards of the state government. Abiodun, who allayed the fears of women as protests continued to trail his list of commissioner-nominees, said new commissionership positions reserved exclusively for women would be
Europa League round of 32 draw: Arsenal face Olympiacos; Man Utd tackle Club Brugge
Arsenal will play Olympiacos in the Europa League round of 32, while Manchester United will face Club Brugge. Elsewhere, Wolves will play La Liga side Espanyol, while Scottish champions Celtic face FC Copenhagen. Steven Gerrard’s Rangers will head to Portugal to face Braga. The first-leg ties will be played on February 20, while the return
Champions League draw: Man City face Real Madrid, Liverpool draw Atletico
Manchester City will face Real Madrid while holders Liverpool have been drawn against Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League. Chelsea take on Bayern Munich in a repeat of the 2012 final won by the Blues while Tottenham face RB Leipzig. In the pick of the other ties, Borussia Dortmund will play
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PSV sack van Bommel after two wins in eight games
Mark van Bommel has been sacked as head coach of PSV Eindhoven after two wins in eight games in the Dutch Eridivise. PSV are fourth in the league, 10 points behind leaders Ajax, and lost 3-1 to Feyenoord on Sunday. Ex-Barcelona and Netherlands midfielder Van Bommel, 42, who won four league titles in two playing
China lodges stern representations with US over expelling Chinese officials
China has lodged stern representations with the United States over the expelling of Chinese officials, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular briefing in Beijing on Monday. The U.S. government covertly moved to expel two officials from the Chinese embassy earlier this year after they drove onto a military base, the New York
Ozil row: China’s Arsenal fans burn shirts in anger at Xinjiang post
Chinese football fans have burned Arsenal football shirts and called on the club to fire star player Mesut Özil after he publicly criticised China’s treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang. On Friday, Özil, who is usually quiet on social media, posted a message on his Instagram profile describing Uighurs in the far north-western region of China
Student protests against India’s citizenship law spread after clashes on campuses
Protests over a new citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses across India on Monday as critics said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with India’s founding as a secular republic. Anger with Modi’s Hindu nationalist government was further fuelled by allegations of police brutality at Jamia
Obama: Women are indisputably better than men
If women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes, former US President Barack Obama has said. Speaking in Singapore, he said women aren’t perfect, but are “indisputably better” than men. He said most of the problems in the world came from old people, mostly men,
Ljungberg says rudderless Arsenal must pick new manager
Arsenal’s interim head coach Freddie Ljungberg said the club needed to hurry up and appoint a new permanent manager after a crushing 3-0 home loss to Manchester City on Sunday, and he appeared to accept that he is unlikely to get the job himself. The London side managed just one shot on target in the
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