Month: December 2017
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Bauchi Primary Health Care Agency Gulps over N600 Million from Basket Fund of State and Donor Partners
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi In line with the policy thrust of Federal and Bauchi State Government on ensuring transparency and accountability in public service, the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA) has presented its 2016 Audited financial statement to the public. Presenting the 2016 financial report to journalists in Bauchi, the Executive Chairman…
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Dogara advocates restorative justice in Nigeria
By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has queried the essence of the Nigerian Justice system, saying it does not reform convicted criminals, but instead makes them more hardened. The Speaker said this while receiving a delegation from Prison Fellowship Society of Nigeria, at his office. He noted that some…
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FG To Grow Television Advertising Market By $200m Yearly
…as Buhari Launches NTA, Ilorin Digital Switch Over By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Federal Government has announced plans to grow the television advertising market by $200 million per annum through audience measurement. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this on Wednesday at the launch of the Nigerian Television Authority ( NTA) Ilorin digital switch over. Represented by…
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Future Assured Programme: 1,100 Kwarans Benefit
By Steve Oni, Ilorin One thousand one hundred (1,100) participants from Kwara state under the Future Assured training programme of the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Hajia Aisha Buhari have graduated. Speaking at the graduation ceremony which was held at the Kwara State Government House premises on Wednesday, Mrs. Buhari disclosed that beneficiaries were trained…
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Edo PDP Blames Rise In Illegal Migration on Failed Governance
By Ikhili Monday Ebalu, Benin city The rise in the number of Edo indigenes seeking financial succour in Libya has been attributed to the abysmal failure of the Godwin Obaseki led All Progressives Congress (APC) government. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo state chapter chairman, Dan Orbih stated this in Benin City, while speaking with…
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IVTEC: Kwara House Passes Establishment Bill Into Law
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State House of Assembly has passed the bill for law providing for the establishment of the State’s Vocational Technical and Entrepreneurship Development College, (IVTEC), Ajase Ipo. The passage of the bill into law followed the consideration of the report on the bill, in which salient issues bordering on the…
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Kwara International Vocational College: World Bank to Sponsor 17,000 Students
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has disclosed that the World Bank would sponsor 17,000 people to acquire technical expertise at the International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurership College (IVEC), in the state. The vocational institute cited at Ajase-Ipo in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara state was floated by the…
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Saraki@55: Associates Mark His Birthday with Prayer
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Associates and supporters of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, have marked his 55th birthday with a special prayer. The prayer was held at Saraki’s Iloffa, GRA, Ilorin residence between 7.00 and 8.00 A.M. The celebration was low keyed as neither the Senate President nor his wife; Mrs Oluwatoyin Saraki attended…
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Dogara To Donate Proceeds Of Birthday Charity Match To IDPs
By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has disclosed that all monies generated at the charity football match organised by his friends in Sunday to mark his 50th birthday will be donated fully to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria. Dogara, who also expressed profound gratitude to his friends and…
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Bauchi Governor’s Wife Frees 52 Prisoners
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi Barrister Aisha Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar wife of the Bauchi State Governor has secured the release of 52 inmates serving various prison jail terms at the headquarters of Zaki, Tafawa Balewa, Nabardo, Alkaleri, Ningi, Misau, Katagum, Jama’are and Bauchi LGAs. Speaking during the formal release of the prisoners at the Bauchi Central…