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Kogi police to probe attack on cop in political clash
The Kogi Commissioner of Police, Bethrand Onuoha, on Thursday, ordered an investigation into an alleged attack on a police officer in an alleged political clash in the Idah Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued by the state command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, in Lokoja, said the CP was worried over
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AfDB, AGF approve $1.2bn loan for women-led businesses
The African Guarantee Fund in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group has approved $1.2bn loan to empower women-led enterprises across Africa. This financial support will benefit women entrepreneurs in 32 countries on the continent. The announcement was made on Tuesday at the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa, Finance Series event in Lagos.
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BREAKING: Nigerian ambassador to Morocco, Nuhu Bamalli, dies
Nigeria’s ambassador to Morocco, Alhaji Mansur Nuhu Bamalli, is dead. Bamalli, who was appointed by Muhammadu Buhari last year, was also the Magajin Garin Zazzau and biological younger brother to the Emir of Zazzau, in Kaduna. A statement by the Media and Publicity officer of the Zazzau emirate council said Mansur Nuhu Bamalli died at
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Kano sponsors 1001 postgraduates on foreign scholarship
The Kano State Government is sponsoring a total of 1001 postgraduate students to India and Uganda for various postgraduate programmes. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf announced this during the flag off ceremony of the commencement of the scholarship scheme held at government House, Kano on Thursday evening. He said the foreign scholarship scheme is commencing with
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Ousted Niger president tried to escape, says junta leaders
Niger’s military rulers said they had foiled an attempt by Mohamed Bazoum, the former president they ousted in a coup in July, to escape their custody on Thursday. “At around three in the morning, the ousted president Mohamed Bazoum and his family, his two cooks and two security elements, tried to escape from his place
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We are winning drug war in FCT, says NDLEA commander
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Federal Capital Territory command has said the war against illicit drugs and trafficking in Nigeria was yielding positive results. The Commander of Narcotics, FCT commander, Kabir Tsakuwa made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. Tsakuwa said that the Federal Government
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Why naira is in free fall – Ex-minister Aganga
A former Minister of Finance, Olusegun Aganga, has explained that the naira would continue to be weak if the country remains an import-dependent country. Aganga speaking on Thursday at the 3rd Adeola Odutola lecture, during the 51st Annual General Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria on Thurday said Nigeria must produce for local consumption and
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LP lawmakers shun Abure, set to collect SUVs
Labour Party lawmakers in the National Assembly have ignored the advice of the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, not to be a part of the luxury official vehicles being planned for legislators. Abure had, in a statement on Monday, said the National Assembly leadership was planning to buy a Sport Utility Vehicle worth N160m for
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Ogun Assembly probes MAPOLY’s frequent strikes
The Ogun State House of Assembly has said it is ready to look into the frequent disruption of the academic calendar of the state-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta The PUNCH reports that the teaching and non-teaching staff of the school early this month embarked on a strike to demand their unpaid three months’ salaries. The
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Customs CG meets Wike, solicits land for schools in FCT
The acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, on Thursday, met with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike, to solicit lands in FCT to build schools. This was contained in a statement by the National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada on Friday. In the statement, Adeniyi who
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