THE National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Friday, reunited the remaining nine of the 19 children rescued from their abductors with their families in Kebbi. The Head of NAPTIP in the state, Misbahu Kaura, handed over the children to their parents at the Government House …
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Gov. Hyacinth Alia, on Friday, launched a five-year, N853 billion programme to support Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue. The governor, during the unveiling of the Action Plan in Makurdi, said the aim was to foster the IDPs safe return to their ancestral homes. According to him, the Action Plan, …
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EDO has recorded 56 Lassa Fever cases and eight deaths between Dec. 30, 2024 and January 2025, says the Commissioner for Health, Dr Cyril Oshiomhole. Oshiomhole confirmed the incident on Friday in Benin while formally declaring the situation of Lassa Fever in the state “The 2025 epidemic year began on …
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The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has announced its relocation from Benin City to Abuja, effective Monday. The tribunal, according to a notice by its Secretary, Mua’azu Bagudu, on Friday in Benin, will now sit at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Airport Road, Abuja. “I am directed to notify all …
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THE U.S. Department of the Interior (DoI) on Friday said that the Gulf of Mexico is now to be known as the “Gulf of America” following an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump. On Monday, Trump issued an order saying that the body of water on the south coast …
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AN NGO, Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative (EWEI), on Friday sensitised no fewer than 60 men and boys from Kujama community in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State to combat violence against women. The engagement, which was under EWEI’s “Together We Can” project, was supported by the United Nations Trust Fund …
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A prospective member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) yet to be identified has been killed in a fatal road accident that occurred in Ebonyi state on Wednesday. The prospective corps member, a female, was among a group of 12 prospective corp members in a 14 seater bus belonging …
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THE Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday, upheld the death sentence on Dr Ramon Adedoyin, a prominent hotel owner, for his involvement in the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a former Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The appellate court while delivering judgment, affirmed the earlier …
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…Set to raise additional N200 billion in combination of Rights & Special Placement to complete CBN recapitalization requirement. Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has announced that it will be completing its capital raise through a combination of a Rights issue …
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THE new Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has yet to begin the month-long traditional rites to pave the way for his coronation. It was gathered that Owoade had to return to his Canadian base to officially resign from his workplaces and engagements in Canada. This is coming ten days …
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