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Men’s role critical in tackling domestic violence – Agency
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Men’s role critical in tackling domestic violence – AgencyTitilola Vivour-Adeniyi The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has urged society leaders and residents to champion gender equality campaigns that emphasise men’s pivotal roles in ending domestic and sexual violence. The Executive Secr
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Matters arising about forced displacement in Nigeria
Categories: OpinionContinue Reading: Matters arising about forced displacement in NigeriaMatters arising about forced displacement in Nigeria Today, June 20, is World Refugee Day—a day of demonstrating solidarity with the 120 million people worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes and seek safety elsewhere. Currently, one i
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FAO, stakeholders plan cocoa, coffee, oil palm development in C’River
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: FAO, stakeholders plan cocoa, coffee, oil palm development in C’Rivercocoa plantation In the bid to achieve the mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, a committee on a seven-year strategic development of cocoa, coffee and oil palm held a capacity-building workshop in Calabar for memb
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Setting agenda for the blue economy
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: Setting agenda for the blue economySetting agenda for the blue economy Greg Odogwu During the 25th anniversary celebration of the League of Maritime Editors in Lagos, last December, the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, urged journalists to set realistic agenda f
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Stop illegal refining, save the economy
Categories: EditorialContinue Reading: Stop illegal refining, save the economyStop illegal refining, save the economy Rivers State NSCDC officials at an illegal oil refining sites INDUSTRIAL-SCALE criminality proliferates in Nigeria’s oil sector. To gauge the depth, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited stated re
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Price regulation, solution to economic challenges, says NGO
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Price regulation, solution to economic challenges, says NGOMinimum wage A non-governmental organisation, Safe and Better Nigeria, has said that regulation of prices of goods and services and not minimum wage is the solution to the economic challenges confronting the nation. The group in a statement signed b
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Taraba gov swears in five judges
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Taraba gov swears in five judgesTaraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas The Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, on Wednesday sworn in five newly-appointed judges for the state high court and the Customary Court of Appeal. Performing the swearing-in ceremony at the Exco Chamber of the
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BUA Foods, ASR Africa donate N10m, foodstuffs to widows
Categories: BusinessContinue Reading: BUA Foods, ASR Africa donate N10m, foodstuffs to widowsBUA Foods, ASR Africa donate N10m, foodstuffs to widows Managing Director of BUA Foods, Ayodele Abioye BUA Foods in collaboration with Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative for Africa has donated some of its products and N10m as a grant to widows in Lagos t
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Cholera: NCDC may declare emergency, Lagos issues safety guidelines
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Cholera: NCDC may declare emergency, Lagos issues safety guidelinesCholera The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said, on Wednesday, it might declare an emergency on the outbreak of cholera in the country. The NCDC Director General, Dr Jide Idris, who spoke in Lagos, said the centre was monitoring t
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Ondo Amotekun prosecutes 600 suspected criminals – Commander
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Ondo Amotekun prosecutes 600 suspected criminals – CommanderOndo Amotekun prosecutes 600 suspected criminals – Commander Amotekun Corps The Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun Corps on Wednesday said it had prosecuted about 600 suspected criminals in court between January and June th
