Nigeria
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Rivers State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor and his Finance counterpart, Isaac Kamalu, who rejected their redeployments by the Governor Siminialayi Fubara administration to the Ministries of Special Duties (Government House) and Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment, have resigned from the cabinet.
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Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has revealed that about 282 million people in 59 countries and territories experienced high levels of acute hunger in 2023, showing a worldwide increase of 24 million from the previous year.
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A traditional ruler in Osun State, Oba Adetoyese Oyeniyi, Odugbemi I, Olufi of Gbongan, has officially announced the indefinite suspension of three chiefs, who occupy different positions within the Gbongan Chieftaincy hierarchy.
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Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), John Asien, and Executive Secretary, Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA), Emmanuel Abimbola, have appealed to the media and security agencies to collaborate with the commission in the fight against piracy.
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Ogun State government has sealed three religious centres over alleged contravention of the state laws on noise pollution as well as defying government’s repeated order on the menace.
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More than 50 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Ebonyi State Government has said as soon as it completes the construction of the 3.2 kilometre runway for Wilberforce Chuba Okadigbo International Airport, it will float an airline.
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has officially launched the Lagos State Social Intervention programme, tagged "EKO CARES," with the distribution of foodstuff to 500,000 households and vulnerable people.
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“I am fulfilled and happy that I had the opportunity to work in this institution of higher learning.” Those were the words of Prof. Ndubisi Nwokoma as the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Senate, yesterday, celebrated him ahead of his retirement from active service.
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A twelve-year-old boy, identified as David Kingsley, has shot and killed his six-year-old brother, Solomon Kingsley, in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State.
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The Bokkos Cultural Development Council Vanguard, yesterday, demanded justice for what it called the heinous and senseless murder of Mr Joseph Matindiong Jelmang in the Marish community, Bokkos Local Council of Plateau State .
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Experts in the environment sector have called for adoption, utilisation and implementation of research findings pertaining to Extreme Events affecting the country.