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Tue, 24 May 2022 06:36:58 GMT
When Inclusive Education and Recycling Meet With An Innovator's Dream
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- How do you get children to school and clean up plastic waste at the same time? Well, you could start a school that accepts recyclables as payment. And that is precisely what innovator Grace Amuzie did with her sister Rose Amu...

Tue, 24 May 2022 04:44:18 GMT
World Bank Earmarks U.S.$30 Billion to Address Global Food Insecurity
[This Day] The World Bank has announced plans to invest over $30 billion to address the ongoing global food security crisis in the next 15 months.

Tue, 24 May 2022 04:57:13 GMT
Supreme Court Justice Laments Corruption, Inequity in Nigeria's Judiciary
[Premium Times] "Nothing stops the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, the ICPC and other investigatory agencies from opening the books of the judiciary to expose the corruption in the management of their budgetary resources."

Mon, 23 May 2022 12:25:31 GMT
Nigerian Govt Sets Up New Phone Call Tax
[Premium Times] The government plans to use the tax to fund healthcare services to vulnerable Nigerians.

Mon, 23 May 2022 12:25:08 GMT
Commonwealth Countries Lagging in Malaria Elimination Race - Report
[Vanguard] Despite significant efforts to maintain malaria programming through the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria and several Commonwealth countries are falling behind in the race to halve malaria cases and incidence by 2023.

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:32:39 GMT
President Buhari Questions Judiciary's Commitment to Anti-Corruption Fight
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said the loss of cases in the courts on technical grounds cast a slur on the integrity of the judiciary and questioned its commitment to the fight against corruption.

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:13:32 GMT
Nigerian Court Gives Kidnap Kingpin Evans 14-Day to File Defence
[This Day] A Lagos High Court yesterday gave convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans, 14 days to file his statement of defence in a suit filed against him by one of his victims, Chief Donatus Dunu.

Tue, 24 May 2022 04:56:55 GMT
Yahoo-Yahoo - UK Extradites Nigerian to U.S. for Alleged Email Fraud
[Premium Times] According to the details of the case already assigned to a U.S. District Judge, Paul Gritty, Mr Anuebunwa would be tried alongside two other Nigerians.

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:59:13 GMT
Lagos Develops Off-Grid Electrification Strategy, Action Plan
[This Day] The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, yesterday announced that it had developed the Lagos State Off-Grid Electrification Strategy and Action Plan with support from the British-funded Africa Clean...

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:50:57 GMT
2023 - Only Five Presidential Aspirants Are Real Contenders, Says Fayemi
[This Day] Abuja, Ado-Ekiti -- Governor of Ekiti State and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that out of the 23 presidential aspirants of the party only five of them are real c...

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:48:57 GMT
Aisha Buhari, Dolapo Osinbajo Storm APC Secretariat
[This Day] Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, wife of the Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo, as well as the Minister of Women Affairs, Paulen Tallen yesterday stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:34:33 GMT
Group Berates Ondo APC Chairman Over Poor Handling of Party
[This Day] A group, Sunshine Movement, has berated the Ondo All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Ondo State, Ade Adetimehin over his poor handling of party affairs in the state.

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:26:59 GMT
Insecurity in Anambra - a Conspiracy of Silence
[This Day] Three days after the beheading of Anambra lawmaker Okechukwu Okoye, the presidency, prominent Anambra groups, and politicians have yet to condemn the barbaric act.

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:24:39 GMT
Adamu - Ekiti My First Test, I Will Not Fail to Deliver
[This Day] With 26 days to the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State, National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has vowed to ensure that his party emerges victorious in the poll, which he called his first l...

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:26:59 GMT
Ekiti 2022 - Don't Come Home 'Crying', Adamu Charges APC Campaign Committee
[Premium Times] The Ekiti State governorship holds on June 18.

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:26:57 GMT
2023 - Wike, Makinde, Ortom Meet Obasanjo
[Premium Times] "Nigeria is a complex country, but Nigeria is not a difficult country, if we are sincere and fair to ourselves, it is not a difficult country to manage and I wish him well."

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:26:54 GMT
Thugs Attack Journalists At Osun Governor's Campaign Rally
[Premium Times] The hoodlums wielded clubs, charms, stones, and axes with which they smashed the windows of the vehicles conveying the journalists injuring four of them.

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:26:54 GMT
Aisha Buhari Meets APC Leadership, Canvasses Support for Women Ahead of Primaries
[Premium Times] "We are here to congratulate the party chairman and the whole party stewards for the work they are doing and to also seek their support on women. Women should not be forgotten, please."

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:26:52 GMT
Primaries - Lagos East PDP Delegates Wait Morning Till Night
[Premium Times] As of 8:30 p.m., the exercise had yet to start but many delegates were still waiting at the venue to vote for the candidates of their choice.

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:26:49 GMT
I've What It Takes to Succeed Buhari, Lawan Tells Niger Delegates
[Premium Times] Mr Lawan promised to continue the work that Mr Buhari has been doing to fight insecurity in every part of Nigeria.

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:26:47 GMT
Jersey Willing to Return Jeremiah Useni's Loot to Nigeria
[Premium Times] The money was transferred into the island's Standard Chartered Bank accounts between the 1980s and 1990s by Mr Useni, though in a false identity, when he was in Nigeria's military service.

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:26:44 GMT
Tambuwal's Silence Puts Sokoto PDP Governorship Aspirants On Edge
[Premium Times] Mr Tambuwal's refusal to announce his preferred governorship candidate is giving room for speculations, especially among the supporters of the top aspirants in the Sokoto PDP.

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:26:41 GMT
2023 - NNPP, PRP, ZLP, Others Deny 'Alliance Talks' With Third Force Movement, LP
[Premium Times] Some opposition parties reportedly met recently to form alliance with other groups to dislodge the APC and PDP from power in 2023.

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:19:07 GMT
2023 - Buhari Charges Security Agencies to Ensure Secure, Prosperous Nigeria
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the military and security agencies to ensure a secure and prosperous Nigeria as the country prepares to go to the polls next year. Buhari spoke yesterday in Kano at a ceremonial parade to commemorate ...

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:19:05 GMT
NNPC, Sahara Take Delivery of Two Multi-Million Dollar LPG Vessels in South Korean Shipyard
[This Day] The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Limited and its Joint Venture (JV) partner, Sahara Group, yesterday took delivery of two 23,000 CBM Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessels at the Hyundai MIPO Shipyard in Ulsan, South K...

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:19:01 GMT
Nigeria Complex, Not Difficult to Manage With Sincerity - Obasanjo
[This Day] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said though Nigeria was a complex country but not difficult to manage if her people and leaders were sincere to themselves.

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:18:56 GMT
I Stood for Nigeria, It's Time for Nigerians to Stand for Me - Amaechi
[This Day] Former Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, said he worked against all odds to ensure the victory of President Muhammudu Buhari in 2015 and 2019 and that it was time Nigerians reciprocated his gesture by ele...

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:13:40 GMT
Nigeria At Critical Stage, Needs Continuity in Govt - Osinbajo
[This Day] Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, said Nigeria was at a critical stage in history, which required continuity in government to complete ongoing infrastructure projects being executed by the President Buhari administration.

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:13:37 GMT
100m People Displaced in Nigeria, Ukraine, Other Conflict-Ridden Nations - UNHCR
[This Day] The war in Ukraine, violent crises in Nigeria and other nations have pushed the number of displaced persons worldwide to over 100 million, says the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:13:35 GMT
New Health Insurance Act Doesn't Impose Telecoms Tax, Says NHIA
[This Day] The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has said the new National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Act recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari does not make provision for a telecoms tax as a source of funding in the ...



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