Month: November 2017
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NAWOJ calls for enforcement of laws on violence against women and children
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi As the world mark International day of elimination of violence against women, women comprising of magistrates, security agents, media and civil servants in Bauchi State has called on federal and state governments to enforce laws against persons who perpetrate violence women and children. The women who made the call at an…
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30-yr-old undergraduate commits suicide in Bauchi
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi A 300 Level student of the Department of Technology and Education, Wood Work Section of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi has committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree. National trail gathered that the incident occurred at the Gubi campus of the institution along Kano Road where the deceased whose…
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New Telegraph award will spur us to do more- Dogara
By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has received the award for the Leadership In Public Service Award from the New Telegraph Newspapers. He was recognised for his outstanding contributions to the stability of the House of Representatives and service to the country in general. Receiving the award on behalf…
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Dogara felicitates with Sarkin Sudan at 80
By Aaron Ossai The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has felicitated with the Sarkin Sudan of Wurno, Ambassador Alhaji Shehu Malami on the occasion of his 80th Birthday. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, the Speaker described the octogenarian as an accomplished…
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Kwara Governor Presents N181 bn Budget For 2018
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has presented a budget estimate of N181, 886, 056, 555.00 for the 2018 Financial Year. Laying the budget before the lawmakers at the State House of Assembly on Thursday, Governor Ahmed said the proposed budget reflects an increase of N15, 781,009,150 or 9.5% compared to…
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Police Nab Man with 7 Human Heads
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state Police Command has arrested one Olayinka Abass Akeem with a bag containing seven human heads. Briefing journalists in Ilorin, the state capital, on Thursday, the Commissioner of Police, Lawan Ado, disclosed that “after credible intelligence by the Command’s eagle-eyed operatives along Ajase-Ipo road on 21/11/2017 at about 0500hrs,…
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I Pray for Peace in Nigeria, Pope Tells Dogara
By Aaron Ossai His Holiness, Pope Francis, has said that he has been praying for the peace and stability of Nigeria. The Pope made this known when he met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, in Saint Peters Square, Vatican City. The Speaker had led Nigerian delegation to the Holy…
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Osinbajo Commissions US$15 Syringe/Needle Production Plant In Ilorin
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commissioned, a US$15 syringe and needle production plant, HMA Medical Limited in Ilorin with an installed capacity to produce 200 million syringes and 350 million needles annually. The plant which is a wholly indigenous –owned venture with partnership with a Sino-German according to its Chairman, Board of…
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Tambuwal flags off ICT training for 23,000 civil servants
By Najem Francis, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has flagged off special computer appreciation training for 23,361 civil servants in Sokoto state. The program, believed to be the largest of its kind in the public sector in the country, will see to the training of 23,361 workers in computer appreciation and other aspects of information and…
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Nigeria now investor friendly, Dogara tells Italian businessmen
By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has urged Italian business community to take advantage of the ongoing reforms by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to invest in Nigeria. Dogara spoke in Rome, Italy when he met with leaders of Nigerian community in Italy and some Italian businessmen at a meeting organised…