Gov. Ahmed Ododo has donated N23million to the 1,166 Corps members serving in Kogi as transport allowance them the orientation camp to their respective places of primary assignments. Ododo, represented by his Deputy, Joel Salifu, made the announcement in his address at the closing ceremony of the 2025 Batch ‘A’ …
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THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Wednesday to Friday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released in Abuja envisaged sunny skies on Wednesday over the northern region with prospects of isolated thunderstorms over parts of Taraba, Borno, Kaduna, Kebbi, Zamfara, Bauchi, Gombe and Adamawa during …
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THE Senate has urged the military to swiftly redeploy sufficient personnel to the North-East following the killing of 12 soldiers in Marte town of Borno by insurgents. The upper chamber asked the military to ensure that they are adequately equipped with modern technology to effectively address the resurgence of Boko …
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MOMENTUM is building and adjudication is set to commence for the 2025 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science, with 112 entries handed over today to the Prize’s Advisory Board for onward transmission to the judges. The Nigeria Prize for Science, arguably Africa’s richest and most prestigious science award, is …
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THE Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has denied allegations of corruption, insisting that misapplication of budgetary provisions is impossible under its strict regulatory framework. NPA’s General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Ikechukwu Onyemekara, said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Onyemekara stated that the Authority’s budget and spending undergo …
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THE Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has announced plans to end the issuance of waivers under the Coastal and Inland Shipping Act 2003. Oyetola made this known on Sunday in a statement by his spokesperson, Dr Bolaji Akinola, following a meeting with a delegation from NNPC Shipping, …
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THE Universal Basic Education Commission has unveiled a three-year strategic development plan aimed at repositioning basic education sub-sector. The roadmap, tagged “UBEC 2025–2027 Strategic Blueprint” was officially launched at a two-day Management Retreat held by the Commission in Uyo, Akwa Ibom by the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Hajiya Aisha Garba. …
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THE governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently in a closed-door meeting with some former governors to discuss the party’s affairs, including its current leadership crisis. The meeting of the PDP Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF), holding at the Bauchi Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, is being presided …
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U.S President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order to lower prices of prescription drugs and pharmaceutical products. “Prescription Drug and Pharmaceutical prices will be reduced, almost immediately, by 30 per cent to 80 per cent,” Trump said in a social media post. They will rise throughout the …
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SENIOR military commanders from Pakistan and India will hold talks via telephone on Monday to extend a U.S.-brokered ceasefire along the disputed Kashmir region. The Directors-General of Military Operations (DGMOs) will discuss measures to ensure the ceasefire, effective since Saturday, stays in place beyond Monday. The agreement follows days of …
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