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The Leadership of Non-Indigene Youths Association in Kebbi State has appealed to Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu to abolish monetary gifts he usually gives them during Sallah and fasting in the state. They urged the governor to instead find other means ...

No fewer than 941 workers in Abia State Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are now due for 2018 promotions, while another 333 and 442 are for confirmation and conversion respectively. Head of Service, Onyii Wamah, who confirmed this, said it ...

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) have asked the Federal Government and states to enact strong and effective laws to check excessive tobacco intake in the country. They said that an effective tax ...

Human rights activist, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, has lamented that the proliferation of unlicensed firearms was fuelling the killings nationwide. Okei-Odumakin spoke alongside fellow guest lecturer, Professor Dele Adetoye, in Ado-Ekiti, during the inaugural Comrade Bunmi Ojo Memorial Lecture. Assailants had ...

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed N2 million to 200 youths in Taraba State under its Micro Enterprises Enhancement Scheme (MEES). The directorate had also early this year given out N3 million to 300 beneficiaries under the scheme. ...

Leader of House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has sought an end incessant security threats and economic challenges bedeviling the nation. Doguwa, who stated this while speaking with journalists at Arafah in Saudi Arabia at a special prayer to celebrate ...

The Alliance for Africa (AfA), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has advocated stringent measures to tackle the increasing violence against women, girls and children in Imo State. Rising from a two-day capacity training organised in Owerri with support from the African ...

The Ebonyi Government has insisted that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) remained proscribed in the South East, warning its members against holding processions in the state. The warning was subsequent upon a protest in Abakaliki by the outlawed group against ...

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has solicited more support for the Nigerian Army to enable it effectively tackle the nation’s myriad of security challenges. He commended the efforts of the military in the ongoing anti-insurgency war in the North East. ...

Civil society organisations have urged the Ninth National Assembly to amend the Universal Basic Education Act (2004) to extend its coverage from Junior to Senior Secondary Education from nine to 12 years. The COSs said the amendment will help guaranty ...