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Tinubu: Accurate population data essential for tailored, innovative, permanent solutions to Nigeria’s challenges
President Bola Tinubu says accurate information on the size, characteristics, and distribution of the nation’s population is imperative both for planning and for the effective delivery of public services to Nigerians. Speaking at the launch of the Digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System, and the National Geospatial Data Repository at the State House, on Wednesday, President Tinubu said Nigeria’s…
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Anambra peace commission seals off mass grave site for investigation
The Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (TJP) has sealed off a suspected mass grave site in the state for forensic investigation. The site was discovered during the second phase of public hearing by the commission, which was set up to inquire into the violent agitations and restiveness in the state and in neighbouring states. The commission, headed by Prof…
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Betta Edu expresses FG’s readiness to lift 100,000 people from poverty through subsidize adire production
Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu has announced the readiness of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda to support locally produced Adire for local and international Market. Edu made this known while meeting with market and women in Itoku and Asero markets in Abeokuta, Ogun State. She also took time to sensitize the market women on the…
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WHO chief urges humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza amid ongoing ‘intense bombardment’
The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO)Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday urged for all parties in Gaza to agree to a humanitarian cease-fire as “intense bombardment” in the blockaded Palestinian enclave continues into a second month. “It has been a month of intense bombardment in Gaza. 10,000 people have died. Over 4,000 of them were children,” Tedros Adhanom…
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Ghana turns to cocoa traders for $400 million loan amid debt woes
As part of its debt-restructuring plan, Ghana is looking to raise $400 million from cocoa traders to fund its industry operations. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that Ghana’s Cocoa board (Cocobod), the industry regulator, is seeking funds from traders as the country faces difficulties in obtaining loans from international banks. Some of the cocoa firms that are involved in the financing…
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NASENI, agric ministry agree to partner on agro-industrialization, climate change mitigation, others
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have commenced discussions on how to deploy existing technical competencies and other resources by the two institutions to improve agro allied-industries development targets, climate change mitigations and smart solar irrigation aimed at dry-season farming. The trio of the Minister of Agriculture &…
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FG working with mining communities to promote development
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has reaffirmed the significance of host communities and traditional rulers to the conducive environment required for socio-economic development of host communities. Alake stated this while playing host to Attah of Igala and President of Kogi State Traditional Rulers Council, HRH Ata Matthew Opaluwa, who paid him a courtesy visit in the office…
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Sanwo-Olu promises continued partnership with CIPM for professionalism in civil service
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday reiterated his administration’s commitment to enhance professionalism among civil servants and public servants in the State. He said the Lagos State Government will continue to be in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) to ensure professionalism in the human resources cadre of the civil servants in the…
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Towards building a new Edo, By Kassim Afegbua
I returned from Benin City yesterday with a huge feeling of nostalgia, reminiscencing on the fond memories of events that dominated my engagements in 2016, after a fulfilling service as Commissioner for Information in the state. I looked back with nostalgia, reflecting on the time when Senator Adams Oshiomhole was in the saddle in the state. Recalled his fierce quest…
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Irish chef breaks Hilda Baci’s cooking record
An Irish chef who runs a restaurant in Japan, Alan Fisher, has smashed two Guinness World Records titles for the longest cooking and baking marathons by an individual. Alan Fisher cooked for 119 hours and 57 minutes and baked for 47 hours and 21 minutes, beating the previous records held by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci and American baker Wendy Sandner.…
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