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Ogun inaugurates emergency medical treatment committee
The Ogun State Government has inaugurated the Emergency Medical Treatment Committee to ensure a collaborative response to trauma and medical emergencies within the shortest possible time frame. The committee, according to a statement on Wednesday consists of stakeholders drawn from various relevant government agencies and professional bodies including traffic, security agencies, health, media and emergency…
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Sanwo-Olu provides 40,000 bins to aid waste management
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled the ‘Adopt-a-Bin’ programme with initial 40,000 standard bins designed to promote effective waste management. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, unveiled the scheme on Wednesday. He said, “Today, we are at the threshold of another phase, in our…
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Firm unveils graduate trainee initiative
Reckitt Benckiser Nigeria Limited has unveiled a recruitment drive for its 2022 graduate trainee programme, tagged, Reckitt Trailblazers with a career forum at the Pan -Atlantic University, Lagos. The General Manager, Reckitt Sub Saharan Africa, Mr Akbar Shah, who was the guest speaker at the forum, advised the students to always be ready to take…
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Avoid cutting corners, govt advises estate developers
The Lagos State Government has advised real estate developers in the state to desist from cutting corners and ensure the right professionals undertake construction projects. The General Manager, Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority, Kehinde Osinaike, said this in a statement on Wednesday. Osinaike was quoted to have said this during a courtesy visit by…
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Abia Assembly adjourns as deputy speaker, majority leader escape sack
THE Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Chinedum Orji, was forced to wind down the activities of the House on Tuesday following an attempt to impeach some principal officers. Those who escaped sack included the Deputy Speaker and member representing Ohafia South State Constituency, Ifeanyi Uchendu and the Majority Leader and member representing Obingwa East…
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PDP draws battle line with Ebonyi Assembly
THE Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has said forgery, lies and falsehood can no longer thrive in the state House of Assembly, irrespective of the powerful forces in the ruling All Progressives Congress. It said though the 15 All Progressive Congress lawmakers in the assembly had purportedly declared the seat of the…
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Court voids APC congresses in Anambra, restores 2018 executives
An Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka, on Wednesday, voided the ward, local government and state congresses held by the All Progressives Congress in the state in January. Seventeen former chairmen of the party in the local government areas led by Lawrence Emegini had gone to court seeking a declaration that their tenure still…
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Osun PDP holds congress, two die, many injured
Two persons were confirmed dead during the violence that broke out in some parts of Osun State during the ad hoc ward delegates’ congress of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday. It was learnt that one of the victims, Toib Mutallib, was hacked to death by suspected political thugs that stormed his ward in Agberire,…
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LG poll: Gunmen attack Enugu polling units, five feared killed
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have reportedly killed five persons and injured many after burning vehicles during separate attacks at two polling units at Enugu South and Agbani council areas. The state Independent Electoral Commission held local government elections in the 17 council areas in the state and 260 councillorship wards. Hoodlums caused havoc at the venue…
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PDP threatens legal action as Zamfara Assembly impeaches deputy gov
The Peoples Democratic Party has threatened legal action over the removal of the Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Mahdi Gusau, by the state House of Assembly on Wednesday. This is just as Governor Bello Matawalle urged the newly-inaugurated Deputy Governor, Mohammed Nasiha, to be ready for the challenges ahead of him. Matawalle, who spoke immediately after…
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