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Benue teaching hospital is bringing cancer care closer to millions in north-central Nigeria
In 2022 and about a year before he became governor, Hyacinth Alia arrived at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) after receiving news that a relative had been admitted there. By the time he got there, the patient had died. The hospital was in darkness and smelled so badly. From that point, Alia knew that if he became governor…
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Tinubu’s reforms raise Nasarawa monthly allocation from N4.5bn to N16bn — Sule
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, says the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu have increased the state’s monthly allocation from the Federation Account from about N4.5 billion to approximately N16 billion. Sule said the increase in revenue had given the state more financial space to execute major infrastructure and development projects. The governor spoke on Saturday in Lafia when…
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New roads and bridges are reshaping movement, agriculture in Benue, Nigeria’s food basket
Two years after the President Bola Tinubu administration scrapped the fuel subsidy regime, states began receiving larger allocations from the federal government. Benue is offering a visible answer to a question many Nigerians continue to ask: where is the money going? Across the state, new roads, bridges and an urban underpass are emerging as officials point to infrastructure as evidence…
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Nasarawa now executes N90bn projects without bank loans — Sule
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, says the state has been able to execute infrastructure projects worth about N90 billion without taking bank loans, following an increase in its monthly federal allocation. Sule attributed the improved financial capacity to the economic reforms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, particularly the removal of the fuel subsidy. He spoke on Friday while receiving journalists…
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NCPC boss Adegbite cautions Onaiyekan against attacking rival candidates
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, Stephen Adegbite, has advised former Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, to avoid disparaging political opponents while supporting his preferred presidential candidate. Adegbite made the remarks on Friday during an interview on TVC, while reacting to comments made by Onaiyekan after the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria met with President Bola…
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Sunday Dare urges youths to embrace patriotism, responsible leadership
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, has urged Nigerians, especially young people, to embrace patriotism, integrity, humanitarian values and responsible leadership to help build a peaceful and prosperous country. Dare made the call while delivering a lecture titled “Peace, Leadership and Nation Building” at Northwest University, Kano, where he spoke about Nigeria’s challenges…
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Increased federal allocation has improved infrastructure in Benue — Alia
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has attributed the renewed pace of infrastructure development and efforts to revive moribund industries in the state to increased federal allocations under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Alia said the additional resources had provided his administration with greater fiscal space to execute capital projects, pay salaries and pensions, strengthen infrastructure and revive economic assets such as…
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INTERVIEW: Why we’re turning Benue farm produce into finished products for local, export markets — Alia
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, speaks on his administration’s development blueprint, ongoing infrastructure projects, reforms in education and healthcare, agricultural industrialisation, security and the state’s new 30-year development plan. In this interview, conducted during a media parley with the Presidential Media Team of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, led by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who were…
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Benue had no development master plan in 50 years, now we have 30-year blueprint — Alia
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has revealed that the state operated for 50 years without a comprehensive development master plan, saying his administration has begun implementing a 30-year blueprint designed to ensure continuity in governance beyond individual administrations. Alia disclosed this on Friday while speaking during a media parley with the Presidential Media Team of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, led…
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Tinubu’s leadership helped ease West Africa tensions, says outgoing ECOWAS chief
Outgoing President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, has credited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with helping to reduce political and security tensions and strengthen regional integration across West Africa. Touray made the assessment after a farewell audience with Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, ahead of the expiration of the current ECOWAS Commission’s mandate at the end of August.…
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