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…As young men make brisk business to surviveBy Nwabueze Okonkwo At the waterfront of the popular Ose-Okwodu market, Onitsha, located at the bank of the River Niger, boat and canoe transport business thrives. The Canoe park there is always busy with paddlers, and their loaders make brisk business. They work daily and make money to […]
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— Tackles Nwifuru’s critics, challenges them to produce evidence By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki ABAKALIKI — Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information and Communication Technology, ICT, Toochukwu Machiavelli Uzoh, has dismissed claims by critics of Governor Francis Nwifuru that the state is on “auto reverse gear” under the present administration. Uzoh challenged the critics to produce empirical […]
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By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja ABUJA — The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has clarified that the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund, MDGIF, is not responsible for collecting gas flare penalties, following concerns raised in the 2023/2024 Annual Report of the Auditor-General of the Federation. The NMDPRA, in a statement signed by […]
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In a grand move to deepen transparency and improve healthcare service delivery, the Zamfara State Government has digitised the General Hospital Gusau as a first step of automating all general hospitals in the state. The Gusau General Hospital was the first among seven general hospitals in the state to go digital. Other general hospitals in […]
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By Evelyn Usman One of the five persons who sustained bullet wounds during last week’s attack on Girkau community in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State by suspected bandits is lying helpless at the Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), unable to afford the N190,000 required for aMagnetic Resonance Imaging ,MRI and Computed Tomography […]
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The Zamfara State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWATSAN) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have strengthened cooperation to improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services across the state. The Programme Manager of RUWATSAN, Dr. Abubakar Nasiru Galadima, announced this after receiving the Chief of the UNICEF Sokoto Field Office, Dr. Michael Juma, […]
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Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara appointed Alhaji Shehu Baraya as the new Head of Service of the state. The appointment followed the retirement of the former Head of Service, Malam Yakubu Haidara. This is contained in a statement on Thursday in Gusau by the Secretary to the State Government, Malam Abubakar Nakwada. The appointment takes […]
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The Zamfara State Government said it will strengthen public-private partnerships to attract investment and deepen sustainable economic growth in the state. This was revealed by Governor Dauda Lawal at the 2026 Zamfara State Business Partnership and Economic Development Summit held in Gusau, the state capital. The summit, organised by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and […]
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— Flags off Badagry, Ikorodu programmes By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Tertiary Education, has launched the Eko Digital Training initiative to equip youths in the Badagry and Ikorodu divisions with digital and entrepreneurial skills. The week-long training, which began on September 7 and ends September 11, 2026, […]
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— Experts raise alarm at Lagos food safety conference By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Shekinah Ijile LAGOS — At least 53,000 deaths associated with unsafe food are recorded annually in Nigeria, a food safety expert, Dr Adeniyi Odugbemi, has said. Odugbemi, who attributed the figure to recent studies, urged stakeholders to move beyond identifying food safety […]
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