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8 Jan
Enugu State government plans to establish a trust fund for climate-related activities, which will be driven by young leaders and plant about 10,000 trees in a pilot scheme in the Udi local council of the state.
8 Dec
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Blue Carbon for a carbon capture project to plant one billion new trees on 760,000 hectares in the state.
2 Nov
Asagba of Asaba, HRM Joseph Edozien, and his cabinet will today plant 76 masquerade trees in honour of their late daughter, the late Maryam Babangida, for her outstanding contributions towards the empowerment of Nigerian women. The tree planting is to draw public attention to the need to renew individual and collective commitment to the fight…
19 Aug 2023
The Rotary Club of Festac Town, Lagos State, has taken its push for a beautiful environment and a healthy society a notch higher with increased tree planting and immunisation exercises in the area. Within one month of his assumption of office, the new President, Rotarian Vincent Chinedu Iwueze, has rallied members of the club to…
9 Jul 2023
National Senior Citizens Center, (NSCC), has said that it has secured 21.6-hectare farmland under its Grandmothers Arise for Good Initiative economic tree crop and vegetable planting project to engage women and men aged sixty and above in productive living.
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Akwa Ibom State Government has indicated readiness to commence aggressive desilting of gutters and flood channels across the state.
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The Delta State Police Command has urged Point-of-Sale (POS) operators to be cautious when handling large cash transactions, particularly those involving armed individuals. It noted that customers requesting large cash transactions should be accompanied by a video by the POS operator. Police spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, stated on Friday in a post on X, noting…
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Lagos State government on Friday said it has apprehended 10 fake enforcement officials around the Cele/Itire axis of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway of the state. The apprehended persons; Ojo Oluwaseun, Rafiu Agbabiaka, Babatunde Ibrahim, Abiodun Olusegun, Daniel Olanrewaju, Aweda Kabiru, Olufowobi Michael, Olamilekan Olasupo, Bunmi James and Iyiola Shola(female) were caught carrying out unauthorised enforcement using…
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Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to prove they have the mental strength to bounce back from a painful spell that wrecked their Champions League challenge and dented their Premier League title bid.
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The WHO announced Friday it had approved a new, simpler version of an existing oral cholera vaccine, which should help increase the number of available doses as global cases surge.
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The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has monitored the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise in Abuja. Prof. Oloyede who monitored the exercise at the Kogo Computer Based Tests (CBT) Centre in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, expressed satisfaction with the process. He reiterated the examination body's earlier order…
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The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has warned newly-registered companies against paying certain fees to obtain tax identification number (TIN) amongst others. The management of CAC gave this warning in a statement on its X handle on Friday. CAC said it noticed email messages sent to directors of newly-registered companies. READ ALSO: CAC targets registration of…
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that NATO must choose whether it really is an ally of Ukraine by accelerating weapons supplies to help his struggling forces.