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Budget Padding: Akpabio Won’t Resign – PANDEF

Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has described as mischievous, those calling for the resignation of the president of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio over alleged budget padding. PANDEF, in a statement made available to LEADERSHIP by its national publicity secretary, Dr Ken Robinson, said the intentions of those behind the call were already known. The statement…

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149 Die Of TB, 7,000 Infected In Cross River

In two years, a total of 149 persons have died of tuberculosis and 7,000 others infected with the virus in Cross River State. The state commissioner for health, Dr Henry Ayuk, gave the statistics yesterday in Calabar during the flag-off of the campaign to mark this year’s World Tuberculosis Day at Christ for the World…

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Nigerian Lawmakers Inaugurated As Pan African Parliament Members

Deputy spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon Philip Agbese and three other Nigerian lawmakers, were at the weekend, inaugurated into the Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament as Members of the Pan African Parliament in Midrand, South Africa. Those inaugurated alongside Agbese at the weekend include, Senator Saliu Mustapha, Hon Lilian Obiageli Orogbu and…

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NEMA To Distribute Food From KSrelief To 5,606 Beneficiaries

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), is set to distribute food donations by Saudi Arabia based international humanitarian organisation, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to a total of 5,606 beneficiaries. The beneficiaries are most vulnerable persons in Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states and an educational foundation in Maiduguri, Borno State. NEMA spokesperson, Ezekiel…

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Ministry, BON To Combat Rail Infrastructure Vandalism

Federal government has embraced a collaboration with the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) to tackle vandalism in the transportation sector, particularly the infrastructure of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). At a meeting held in Abuja, the minister of transportation, Senator Said Alkali, revealed the government’s acceptance of the BON proposal. The initiative aims to utilise…

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NAPTIP Alerts On New Tricks By Human Traffickers

National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has alerted Nigerians on new tricks by some suspected human traffickers who are exploiting coordinated global brand trademarks and offering unrealistic oil and gas job offers to traffic unsuspecting youths and other classes of people to neighbouring West African countries for various forms of exploitation….

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Stakeholders Seek Budget To Address Needs Of Vulnerable

To curb the spate of sexual and gender-based violence in the formal and informal sector, HACEY Health Initiative in collaboration with gender development experts, finance and policy makers, has called for budgetary and statutory allocations to address the needs of victims through survival-centric finance to enable victims recover from trauma and shock. The stakeholders said…

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Osun Gets Action Committee On Cybercrimes

Osun State government has set up a Cyber Crime Action Committee to effect relevant provisions of the law on cybercrimes, cyber bullying and deliberate online false news The government in a statement signed by the commissioner for information, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, said the step was taken to sanitise the governance space and ensure that politicking…

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