KATSINA Government says it has approved the release of N1.5 billion as state intervention to its Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to enhance teaching and learning in primary schools across the state. The board’s Executive Chairman, Dr Kabir Magaji, stated this in Katsina on Thursday at a press briefing on …
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THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched Global Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan (SPRP) to tackle dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviruses. The world body said in a statement that the plan was launched on Thursday. According to the organisation, the plan is aimed at reducing the burden, sufferings and …
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Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has congratulated former Gov. Olusegun Mimiko on the occasion of his 70th birthday, describing him as an exceptional leader. Newsextra24 reports that Mimiko was a former governor of Ondo State from 2009 to 2017. Aiyedatiwa, in his congratulatory message signed by his Spokesperson, Mr …
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OSUN State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, approved the sum of three billion, three hundred million Naira (N3,300,000,000.00) for the payment of accrued rights (bond certificates) of workers who retired under the Contributory Pension Scheme across the state. The state government made this known through a statement by Ayanleye Aina, the State …
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summon against immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The court ordered Bello to attend court and answer to a fresh 16-count charge pending against him. By the summons, Bello is to attend court …
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PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted four tax reform bills to the House of Representatives, urging for their consideration and prompt passage. The announcement was made during a plenary session on Thursday, where Speaker Abbas Tajudeen read the President’s letter outlining the significance of the proposed legislation. https://newsextra24.com/just-in-court-bars-vio-others-from-stopping-impounding-confiscating-vehicles/ The bills, …
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THE Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Directorate of Road Traffic Services, popularly known as VIO from stopping vehicles on the road, confiscating vehicles, and imposing fines on motorists. https://newsextra24.com/court-sentences-former-singapore-minister-to-a-year-in-prison/ Justice Evelyn Maha issued the order on Wednesday October 2, 2024, in a judgment on a fundamental rights …
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A breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people – one in two of them children, the UN migration office, IOM has said. New data from the International Organisation for Migration, on Wednesday indicates, a 22 per cent spike in …
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Old graves could be reused under new recommendations put forward to manage the shortage of burial space in Britain. Under the proposed changes put forward by the Law Commission, graveyards declared “full’’ during the Victorian era could also be reopened. The commission has warned the urban areas across England and …
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THE UN has said new estimates from humanitarians in East Africa indicate that nearly 67 million people in the region are now in need of assistance. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric made this known on Wednesday while briefing reporters in New York. “That is more than 20 per cent of the …
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