Bayo Akinloye Overcrowded displacement camps coupled with a lack of basic sanitation facilities and hygiene will cause another cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria if action is not taken now to prevent it, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). A record high number of 10,000 cases of cholera was recorded in northeast Nigeria in 2018, with more than 175 registered deaths, …

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Tayo Olanipekun The Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has described the sealing of some branches of the Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) by Innoson Motors as “a good one for the development of law in Nigeria.” CRRAN said business corporations in Nigeria have always believed that they are “separate entities not subject to the Rule of Law and the …

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…Aims To Boost Local, Global Economic Growth Of SMEs Connect Nigeria will equip thousands of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with social and technological innovation to grow their businesses amid current economic challenges during the seventh edition of its annual Business Fair. Chief Executive Officer, Connect Nigeria, Emeka Okafor, explained that lack of access to funds is not the only …

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The U.S. Mission to Nigeria has commended the Edo State government and the traditional institutions in the state for efforts being made to combat human trafficking. This is as it also pledged its commitment to expanding the scope of collaborations with states in Nigeria “serving as a source or transit point for human trafficking.” The U.S. Chargé d’ affaires, David …

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Tayo Olanipekun Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has said the telecom operators, MTN, should be held responsible for “unlawful arrest and detention” of Ifeoma Igbogbahaka by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged visa fraud. In a statement made available to National Wire on Wednesday, signed by CRRAN President, Olu Omotayo Esq., the organisation argued …

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Tayo Olanipekun Albania’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign affairs has fired with immediate effect an Indian serving as its Honorary Consul in Nigeria, after learning he was wanted in his country for money laundering and that he got the appointment through questionable means. According to  agency reports on Tuesday, the ministry interrupted Nitin Sandesara’s mandate as a Consul in Nigeria …

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Lagos State Government has urged occupants of marked distressed buildings across the State to immediately vacate them pending the arrival of the demolition team of Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA). Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, made the appeal on Monday following the collapse of a distressed three-storey building located on 50, Kakawa Street, Campos, Lagos …

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Tayo Olanipekun Chairman of the Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO), an umbrella body for various Islamic organisations in Nigeria, Sheikh Abdur-Rahman Olanrewaju Ahmad, has called for the arrest of one Comrade Chidi who allegedly praised the terror attack in New Zealand and called for same on the Abuja Central Mosque. Ahmad decried the action of Chidi over the attacks on …

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–Condemns Attacks Against Muslims Tayo Olanipekun The Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO) has urged contestants who lost various positions in the last general elections not to challenge the results of the polls in the law courts, saying “it is Allah who enthrones and dethrones.” The umbrella body for various Islamic organisations in Nigeria equally condemned recent attacks against Islam and …

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Lagos State Government has said it will house no fewer than 500 victims of collapsed and demolished buildings on Lagos Island at its Relief/Resettlement Centre Igando in Alimosho Local Government Area. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, made this known over the weekend while touring the Resettlement Centre, stating that Governor Akinwumi Ambode had approved that those affected as a result …

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