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Nestle has had to recall a batch of KitKat bites with a specific batch code  The products are particularly dangerous for those with nut or peanut allergies Anyone who has bought them is advised not to return them to Nestle Nestle has recalled a batch of its milk chocolate KitKat Bites due to fears of a potentially deadly allergy contamination …

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Olabode Adaramola A Consultant Gynecologist and Wife of the Niger State Governor, Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello,  has trained health workers across the state on screening and prevention therapy of cervical cancer. This, according to her,   is in a bid to reduce the scourge of the disease which is the second leading cause of female cancer death in Nigeria. Declaring the …

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Olabode Adaramola Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has approved the conduct of an independent forensic audit of the operations of Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) in the state. This, according to the governor,  is to unravel  funds discrepancies in the operation of the scheme in the Local Government Councils, Local Government Service Commission and Niger State Universal Basic Education …

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Olabode Adaramola A man who abducts, rapes 12- year old boy to death gets one month jail term,N30,000 fine in Niger state. A man, Abubakar Maishai, who abducted and raped a 12-year-old boy, identified  as Aminu hhas been sentenced to a ridiculous one month behind bars in addition  to paying a paltry sum of  N30,000 fine in Kontagora area of …

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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has taken a bold step to strengthen its Economic Regulation through training and adequate exposure of the staff. The first step in this direction was the training of staffers of the Directorate of Air Transport Regulation (DATR) from across the country by officials of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The ICAO Resource persons were …

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Olabode Adaramola The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), has blamed Nigerian youths for their nonchalant attitude towards developmental issues in Africa. National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of NEPAD Nigeria, Princess Gloria Akobundu said yesterday when she paid a courtesy call on the Acting Governor of Niger state, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Ketso at the Government House, Minna that there …

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Olabode Adaramola The Bank of Industry has been commended for contributing immensely to the Agricultural policy of the Federal Government by giving out loans to farmers at. a single digit interest rate to Nigerians who are into Agriculture business and farmers alike. The Chairman, Tractors Owners Association of Nigeria, Niger State chapter, Hon. Bala Adamu Kuta, gave the commendation in …

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Olabode Adaramola Youths in their hundreds on Wednesday brought to a halt for several hours commercial and social activities in Bida,, the headquarters of Bida emirate in protest over what they referred to as “obnoxious and deliberate act by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to strangulate power supply to the city and its neighbouring communities .” The protesters barricaded …

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Olabode Adaramola The Forum of Imams, Niger State chapter, has commended the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun-Idris for boidly reducing crime and criminality in the Nigeria. Speaking during a courtesy call on the IGP in his office on Wednesday, the Chairman of the forum, Ustaz Ibrahim Isah who also doubled as the chief Imam of Minna Central Mosque said …

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The Federal Inland Revenue Service says it will soon introduce electronic Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) system to  help reduce  fraudulent certificates. Mr Kola Okunola, Director ICT, FIRS, said this in a presentation at the ongoing training by Journalism.com Ltd., in collaboration with FIRS on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the implementation of the e-TCC verification system had reached an …

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