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target=_blank>UNICEF: Girls Cannot Reach Full Potential While Child Marriage Persists
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that persistent child marriage in Bauchi and Gombe states could undermine the development potential of girls and, by extension, the wider society. UNICEF Bauchi Field Office Chief, Dr. Nuzhat Rafique, gave the warning during a stakeholders engagement held to mark the International Day of the Girl Child…
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E2%82%A611bn-medical-equipment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imo-apc-guber-candidate-akagburuonye-donates-%25e2%2582%25a611bn-medical-equipment target=_blank>Imo APC Guber Candidate, Akagburuonye Donates ₦11bn Medical Equipment
The All Progressives Congress’ (APC’s) gubernatorial hopeful in Imo State, Chief Barrister Success Obioma Akagburuonye, has donated $7.8 million worth of medical equipment estimated at N11billion to the Imo State government, with a caveat that 27 Local Government Areas must benefit from the gesture. Akagburuonye announced this robust good will before the assemblage of members…
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target=_blank>FG: Nigeria’s Destination Is Growth, Shared Prosperity
The Federal Government has said its economic reform agenda is not merely aimed at restoring macroeconomic stability but at achieving sustained growth and shared prosperity for Nigerians. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Prof. Taiwo Oyedele, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the launch of the October 2026 Nigeria Development Update…
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target=_blank>Kwara: NSCDC Nabs Two Suspected Transformer Cable Vandals
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has arrested two suspects in connection with the alleged vandalisation of transformer cables and other criminal activities in Tanke-Iledu area of Ilorin. A statement by the Command’s spokesman, ASCI Ayoola Michael Shola, said: “The suspects, Nurah Abdullahi, 20, popularly known as Hartabo, and Sherif…
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target=_blank>FAAN Delivers Ambulifts For Lagos Airport
As part of efforts to improve access for passengers with reduced mobility, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has received two ambulifts for use at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. FAAN announced the delivery in a statement posted on its official X account on Thursday, stating that the ambulifts would assist passengers who need…
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target=_blank>Another NAF Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing On Benue Farmland
Nigerian Air Force, NAF, helicopter has made a “precautionary landing” on a farmland in Benue State after completing a close air support mission for ground troops operating against suspected kidnappers. The incident occurred in the Utur Tse-Igboji community of Makurdi, where eyewitnesses reported seeing the military aircraft land on farmland. According to the NAF, the…
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target=_blank>NiMet Wins AfriGEO Weather, Climate Award
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has won the AfriGEO Weather, Climate and Early Warning Services Award for its contributions to weather and climate services and climate resilience through Earth observation. The award was presented to the Director-General/CEO of NiMet, Prof. Charles Anosike, by the Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Prof….
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target=_blank>Soludo’s Aide Opara Exposes Obi’s Media Team Over Alleged Inconsistency
Media Aide to Governor Charles Soludo and National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Mazi Ejimofor Opara said that the inconsistencies of Media Team to the Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress ( NDC )Mr Peter Obi has been exposed through a recent submission by its head Mr Valentine Obienyem. Opara…
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target=_blank>Obi’s Integrity Posture Demarkets Other Ex-Govs — Umahi
Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, on Tuesday explained why he has remained one of the strongest critics of the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi, saying his opposition to the former Anambra State governor was not personal but rooted in what he described as Obi’s tendency to portray himself…
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target=_blank>Power Plants Utilise 81% Of Available Capacity In September – NERC
Nigeria’s grid-connected power plants utilised an average of 81 per cent of their available generation capacity in September 2026, as the average available capacity stood at 5,038 megawatts (MW), according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). NERC disclosed this in its September 2026 Operational Performance of Power Plants Factsheet, which provides an assessment of…
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