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Apapa faction makes u-turn, backs Abure as LP chair
Categories: PoliticsContinue Reading: Apapa faction makes u-turn, backs Abure as LP chairApapa faction makes u-turn, backs Abure as LP chair Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa A year after the leadership of the opposition Labour Party was separated with the incumbent National Chairman, Julius Abure and the Deputy National Chairman of the pa
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Cholera: Kano warns residents to avoid drinking rainwater
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Cholera: Kano warns residents to avoid drinking rainwaterCholera The Kano State Government has advised residents against drinking rainwater to prevent the spread of cholera as the rainy season has set in. The advice was contained in a statement on Saturday, by the Head of the Public Relations Unit, Minist
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Unregistered tiger nut drinks caused Lagos cholera outbreak – Govt – Punch Newspapers
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Unregistered tiger nut drinks caused Lagos cholera outbreak – Govt – Punch NewspapersUnregistered tiger nut drinks caused Lagos cholera outbreak – Govt •Ladies selling some of the drinks in Lagos Photo credit: Angela Onwuzoo Dr Kemi Ogunyemi, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, speaks to VICTORIA EDEME o
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Price hike making food unaffordable, Abuja chamber of commerce laments
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Price hike making food unaffordable, Abuja chamber of commerce lamentsEmeka Obegolu The persistent hike in food prices is currently worsening poverty levels across the country, the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry declared on Saturday. ACCI’s President, Emeka Obegolu, SAN, said the situation is also affect
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Yiaga, CSOs lament decline of democracy in AfricaratorS
Categories: PoliticsContinue Reading: Yiaga, CSOs lament decline of democracy in AfricaratorSYiaga, CSOs lament decline of democracy in Africa Υiaga Africa and Civil Society Organisations have expressed concerns over the level of decline in democracy on the continent. According to them, the decline might not be unconnected to the rise i
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Resist FG access to pension fund, ASUU urges Nigerians
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Resist FG access to pension fund, ASUU urges NigeriansASUU logo The Academic Staff Union of Universities in the Niger Delta University, Amassoma in Bayelsa State, has urged Nigerians to resist plans of the Federal Government to use pension funds for developmental programmes. Addressing a press conferen
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13 states show inflation slowdown as CBN policy takes effect
Categories: BusinessContinue Reading: 13 states show inflation slowdown as CBN policy takes effect13 states show inflation slowdown as CBN policy takes effect Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso Nigeria’s monthly inflation rate has slowed for the third consecutive month, indicating the effectiveness of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s mon
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Nigerians to start using three-in-one ID card August, says official
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Nigerians to start using three-in-one ID card August, says officialNigerians to start using three-in-one ID card August, says official In two months, Nigerians will begin utilising the services of the proposed three-in-one identity card, the National Identity Management Commission has confirmed. It said the singl
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Goods import gulps N16tn, increases 60% in 12 months, says NBS
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Goods import gulps N16tn, increases 60% in 12 months, says NBShe total value of manufactured goods imported into Nigeria hit N16tn between 2023 and 2024, according to Saturday PUNCH analysis of the Foreign Trade report published by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics over 12 months. The analysis also revealed
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Customs modernisation to speed up cargo clearance – Master mariners
Categories: BusinessContinue Reading: Customs modernisation to speed up cargo clearance – Master marinersCustoms modernisation to speed up cargo clearance – Master mariners File photo: Cargo ship The Nigerian Association of Master Mariners has said that the Federal Government’s Trade Modernisation Project will stimulate quicker cargo clearance at
