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FG’s nine priority areas improving livelihood – Minister
The Federal Government in the last three years has made a concerted effort to improve the living conditions of the citizens. The Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, George Akume, said the government identified nine areas of priority and formulated a policy to ensure easy implementation. The identified nine priority areas included building a
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BREAKING: Gunmen behead Imo LG boss after collecting ransom
The abducted Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, has been beheaded. The council boss was butchered on Sunday after his abductors allegedly received N6 million as ransom. Video of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday, where his killers insisted that there would be no election in the
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Edo spent $150m on flood control, erosion management —Obaseki
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said the state government spent $150 million on flood control and erosion management in different locations. Obaseki made the disclosure at the official launch of the Edo State Flood, Erosion, and Watershed Management Agency in Benin at the weekend. Edo FEWMA is a new agency established by the
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Aviation workers’ strike grounds flights at Lagos airport
International flights at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Monday morning were grounded as workers of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc embarked on strike. According to NAHCO, the strike is due to salary increment. An affected passenger and aviation expert, Alex Nuba, said that NAHCO staff in the early hours of Monday walked out
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Buhari renews tenure of two DGs, appoints secretary
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the renewal of tenures of Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar and John Ohireime Asein as Directors General of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria and the Nigerian Copyright Commission respectively. The Director of Press and Public Relations in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Modupe Ogundoro, made the announcement
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Companies pay N11.5tn tax under Buhari – Report
The Federal Government has raked in N11.5tn from taxes paid by business organisations under the administration of Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), findings by The PUNCH have revealed. Data sourced from Company Income Tax reports published by the National Bureau of Statistics between 2015 and 2022 showed CIT collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Service
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University Delegates from UK are visiting your City
Aston University and University of Central Lancashire in partnership with ONCAMPUS based in the UK will be having a 4-city tour in Nigeria. The tour aimed at prospective students for the September 2023 start is slated to hold between the 24th and 30th January, 2023 in Benin, Abuja, Ibadan and Lagos. At these events, you would have the chance to have
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Imo to boost economy with ‘kindred initiative’
Imo State Government has explained how it plans to empower local families with its kindred model initiative. The Chief Economic Adviser to the government, Prof. Kenneth Amaeshi, during a virtual programme titled, ‘The potential of one kindred, one business initiative in Imo State,’ stated that the plan of the government was to empower families by
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YPP gov candidate denies visiting Ibori for endorsement
The governorship candidate of Young Progressive Party in Delta State, Sunny Ofehe, has met with the former governor James Ibori at his county home in Oghara, saying that the visit was not to plea with Ibori to endorse him or adopt him as his candidate but to play the elderstatesman role. The meeting which was
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Atiku’s wife against one-party rule in Lagos
Titi Abubakar, wife of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday urged residents in Lagos State to see the forthcoming election as an opportunity to use their votes to put an end to the continued rule by one party in the state. Speaking during a town hall meeting in Lagos State, Titi,
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