Nigeria
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Media practitioners, including independent social media buffs, have been charged to verify any story before publishing or sharing to avoid spreading fake news.
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In recognition of recent gains made in the fight against oil theft in the country, the National Probity and Value for Nation Building Organisation (NPVNBO) has lauded Tantita Pipeline Surveillance and Security Company for its role in complementing the military’s effort to secure the country’s critical assets.
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The Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Lagos-West, has said that it will start its three-day 2024 yearly synod at Methodist Church Nigeria, Odi-Olowo, Mushin, Lagos, today, April 19, to Sunday, April 21, 2024, with both the ministerial and lay sessions.
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Lagos State Government, yesterday, said that the test-run of the Red Line Rail project would commence next week.
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Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja was yesterday told how one Ugo Emmanuel Ejima allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter.
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Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 19-year-old man, Jamiu Akande for alleged sexual abuse on nine-year-old girl at Pakata Area in ilorin.
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President Bola Tinubu has approved policies to overhaul the education sector towards improved learning and acquiring skills, increasing enrollment and ensuring the security of students.
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Two African professional coaching bodies, the Life Coaches Association of Nigeria (LCAN) and the African Board of Consultants, Coaches, and Coaching Psychologists (ABCCCP), have a partnership to boost the coaching profession across the continent.
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The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) said that it has successfully recovered and destroyed over 6,000 illicit and obsolete small and light weapons from various security agencies and operational theatres in the country in the last three years.
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The Federal Government is set to develop a sustainable roadmap for HIV control, vaccination and disease outbreak response in the country.
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The Edo State government, yesterday, said that plans are underway to light up 50 communities across the state in the first phase of its renewable energy projects.
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The Management of ARISE News Channel has announced that the cable news network has gone live in South Africa, in addition to nine other countries in Southern Africa, on Multichoice/DSTV Channel 416.
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The Federal Government has charged stakeholders in the automotive sector on the realisation of made-in-Nigeria vehicles for economic growth and development. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Anite, said this on Thursday in Abuja, during a Dialogue on Automotive Component Manufacturing in Nigeria. According to Anite, the country has the consumer base…
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The Lagos State Government said it will test run the Redline Rail from Agbado to Iddo next week. The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday. Omotoso said that for two months, various interest groups and stakeholders will be invited to take a ride on…
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Police in Lagos State have intercepted some bags of substances, suspected to be Indian Hemp, at a Jetty in Ojo area of Lagos and arrested a suspect.
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Nigerian Army troops have successfully repelled an attack by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra.
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Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu is working to put Nigeria on a solid economic pedestal.
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Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Thursday concluded a seven-day campaign tour of the 18 local government areas of the state ahead of the Saturday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress(APC).
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Rising inflation and weak earnings have pushed 10 million Nigerians into poverty in 2023, the World Bank in its Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2024 has stated.
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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the country would be able to ramp up oil and gas production to feed Dangote and other local refineries by curtailing pipeline vandalisation and oil theft through its new partnership with the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Ahmad Aruwa, has accused the presidency of working against the party’s suspended National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.