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Nigeria mobilizes $500m for sustainable food systems – Shettima
Nigeria has mobilized over half a billion dollars for innovative, profitable, equitable and sustainable food systems transformation initiative, according to the Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima. The Vice President made the disclosure while chairing a high-level meeting on the first day of the UN Food Systems Summit declared open in Rome, Italy by the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guteress.…
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Tinubu will redefine modern leadership in Africa – Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the administration of President Bola Tinubu will through its laudable accomplishments redefine leadership in Nigeria. Shettima who was speaking at the UN World Food Systems Financing Model meeting in Rome on Monday, said the administration was poised to shake the world after the recent downturns being experienced. According to him, Nigeria will regain its…
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PHOTO NEWS: Shettima represents Nigeria at UN World food systems financing summit in Rome
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday attended the UN World Food Systems Financing Summit in Rome, Italy. Shettima who left Abuja on Sunday for Rome is representing Nigeria at the summit on behalf of President Bola Tinubu.
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Shettima to represent Tinubu at global summits in Rome, St. Petersburg
Vice President Kashim Shettima will on Sunday depart Abuja to represent President Bola Tinubu at two major international Summits in Rome, Italy and St Petersburg, Russia. At the Rome event, Vice President Shettima will join other global leaders for the first Stocktaking Moment (STM) Summit themed “Transforming Food Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity,” holding from Monday to Wednesday. During…
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CJID hosts first-ever West Africa Journalism Innovation Conference
The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development is set the first-ever West Africa Journalism Innovation Conference (WAJIC’23). WAJIC’23 is set to take place at the Abuja Continental Hotel in Abuja between July 23 and 23. In a statement, Executive Director of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, Dr. Tobi Oluwatola, said the the conference will showcase prominent speakers and…
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We must be brave enough to reform military doctrine, practices – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu on Friday in Kaduna said Nigeria and the neighbouring countries in the Lake Chad region must display courage in reforming their military doctrine and practices. The President noted that the change in tactics had become necessary because the countries in the region are battling a ‘mobile and elusive irregular force’ that disregards established rules of warfare. Speaking…
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Tinubu approves establishment of Infrastructure Support Fund for states
…FAAC shares N907bn from N1.9tn June revenue President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) for the 36 states of the Federation as part of measures to cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal on the people. The approval was disclosed at the monthly meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), on Thursday July…
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Tinubu mourns exit of literary giant, Kole Omotoso
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed sadness over the passing of celebrated writer, author and literary scholar, Professor Kole Omotoso, saying his demise is a big loss to Nigeria, Africa and the literary world. Prof. Omotoso died in Johannesburg, South Africa on Wednesday at 80. President Tinubu described the well-known Prof. Omotoso as a literary giant that is reputed for…
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Court orders DSS to grant Nnamdi Kanu access to medical records, doctors of choice
A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Department of State Services (DSS) to provide Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), with access to his medical records and the freedom to choose his doctors. Judge Binta Nyako, who presided over the case, delivered the judgment on Thursday, dismissing the objections raised by the DSS,…
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Reps urge Tinubu to lift embargo on recruitment in govt agencies
The House of Representatives has urged President Bola Tinubu to lift the embargo on employment into agencies of government. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Francis Waive (APC-Delta) at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion earlier, Mr Waive said that the immediate past administration placed a ban on employment in agencies of the Federal…
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