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Month: October 2023

Kwara Assembly receives 2023 Revised Supplementary Budget of ₦239bn

The house also urged the state government to make possible the part-payment of tuition fees by students in state-owned tertiary education institutions. The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday in Ilorin received the 2023 Revised Supplementary Budget of ₦239 billion from Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for consideration and approval. The Speaker, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, gave a breakdown…

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Katsina agency disburses ₦300m grant to 6,000 small scale businesses

PRO stated that the beneficiaries are from 20 selected LG areas in the state, and each beneficiary would get ₦50,000. The Katsina State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), says ₦300 million grant will be disbursed to 6,000 small scale business operators under the COVID -19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus programme (NG-CARES). The agency’s…

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FG signs MOU with 12 pharmaceutical companies on drugs security

The NHIA DG added that the initiative is to enhance the production of high-quality medicines that will inspire the confidence of users. The Federal Government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with 12 pharmaceutical companies as part of its efforts to guarantee medicine security. Prof. Mohammed Sambo, the Director-General of the National Health…

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Nigerian Bottling Company receives 3 ECOWAS awards

The Director added that the awards showed NBC’s commitment to excellence in product quality, safety and innovation. The Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Ltd. received three awards at the 2023 edition of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Manufacturing Excellence Awards (EMEA). The Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director of the company, Oluwasoromidayo George, made…

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Nnamdi Kanu’s alleged secret meeting with Tinubu denied by lawyer

Lawyer dismisses social media claims, calls it fake news. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the legal counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has refuted the rumored secret meeting between President Bola Tinubu and Kanu. The social media post had circulated, asserting that Kanu, currently held in DSS custody since June 2021,…

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Ministerial nominee Balarabe slumps during screening

Balarabe collapsed after presenting his CV. The Kaduna State ministerial nominee, Abbas Balarabe, collapsed during his screening before the Senate on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Balarabe collapsed after he finished his presentation. Immediately he collapsed, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio shouted, “Bring water and sugar. Call Dr Musa.” He then called for a closed-door session….

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Mangaia Trobriand Kreung tribes children have sexual relations early

In one of these tribes, fathers go out of their way to encourage their daughters to have sex. In Nigeria, as well as in many other parts of the world, having sex before marriage is often seen as immoral behaviour. The idea of a young girl spending the night with her boyfriend is highly unlikely…

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Officer dismissed for raping 16-year-old girl inside Benue police station

The teenage girl was reportedly detained for defamation when the policeman sneaked into the female cell, and took her to his office, where he committed the illicit crime. A constable identified as Belasa Iyangedue, has been dismissed from service for raping a 16-year-old girl kept in detention. It was gathered that the victim was detained…

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Police declares prime suspect ‘Primeboy’ wanted in Mohbad’s death case

Police offers one million naira reward for information leading to the arrest of the prime suspect in Mohbad’s death. The Lagos State Police Command has declared Owodunni Ibrahim, widely known as Primeboy, a prime suspect in the tragic demise of Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad. The announcement was made by Lagos State Police spokesperson,…

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‘The Black Book’ is top 3 on Netflix globally in one week

It’s the first time a Nollywood movie is breaking such a record. The Black Book is one of the most watched movies globally on Netflix for the past week, according to the streamer’s weekly top 10 chart. In a Netflix.com global ranking of the most-watched films in English, the crime thriller came in third with…

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