A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Protect the Child Foundation, on Friday launched a skill acquisition and empowerment programme for no fewer than 100 beneficiaries from Lokoja and Idah in Kogi. At the inauguration in Lokoja, the NGO’s Executive Director, Mrs Ebulejonu Achimugu, said the initiative was aimed at combating Sexual and …
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THE Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Zaria has appealed to the government for additional equipment and improved funding to harness its potentials for providing the manpower needs of the aviation sector in the region. Dr Danjuma Ismail, Rector, NCAT Zaria, made the appeal in an interview with the News …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 25 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Kano. Its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Oyewale said that the suspects were arrested on Monday, opposite Bayero University Kano (BUK) New Site, Kano. According …
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Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed London with the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday at a London Clinic. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of The Vice-President, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nkwocha …
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Ebonyi youths have declared their support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections. The youths declared their support during the inauguration of the Ebonyi chapter of South-East Renewed Hope Agenda, on Saturday in Ebonyi. Its National Coordinator, Belusochukwu Enwere, who inaugurated the support group, lauded the youths …
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The Malala Fund has pledged 50 million U.S. dollars globally to tackle barriers hindering girls’ access to education. Nankwat Dakum, the Fund’s Communications Manager in Nigeria, revealed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Dakum said the funding forms part of the Fund’s new five-year strategy titled Strengthening …
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THE Ikeja Electric network has confirmed the conviction of three individuals by the Magistrate courts in Lagos for their involvement in the vandalism and theft of electricity distribution equipment. The Ikeja Electric commended the development, describing it as a demonstration of its unwavering stance against vandalism and other offenses that could hinder …
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A former French surgeon was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday after having confessed to the abuse of 299 patients, most of them minors. In what is considered to be France’s largest child-abuse trial. A retired medical doctor Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, admitted to abusing a total of …
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FIFTY years after its historic founding in Lagos, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) finds itself in a precarious position. What was once a model of African regionalism is now grappling with a widening internal rupture that threatens the unity it was built to protect. The bloc, born …
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…Faults claim that evidence was obtained under duress. A federal high court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday heard how the self-acclaimed leader of the separatist group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, smuggled into Nigeria a radio transmitter which he set up in Ubuluisiuzor, in Ihiala local government area …
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