—As Police Deploy 1,000 Personnel For Celebration In Lagos Folake Sokoya The Federal Government has declared Tuesday and Wednesday, August 21 and 22 respectively, as Public Holidays to mark the 2018 Eid-El-Kabir celebration. The Hon. Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, Ph.D, CFR who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government enjoined Nigerians to use …

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—Say He’ll Be Fair To Igbo People The Presidential aspiration of Atiku Abubakar received a major boost on Wednesday as a BoT member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Iwuayanwu described the former Vice President as an intelligent leader, a true Nigerian and the only aspirant who can be fair to the Igbo people  in equitable distribution of …

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The announcement comes as Nigeria marks two years without any reported cases of wild poliovirus, following four reported cases in 2016_ Rotary (https://www.Rotary.org) today announced nearly US$100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children each year. The announcement comes as Nigeria marks two years without …

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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Oyo State government today signed a deal to develop an agricultural blueprint for the state, and the establishment of agribusiness park. The agricultural policy will clearly outline the opportunities, strengths, weaknesses, threats, and more importantly what the state needs to do in the short, medium, and long -term to achieve agricultural transformation. …

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Samuel Ogundipe, a Premium Times newspaper reporter who was arrested yesterday and is being detained by the Nigerian Police at the Force headquarters in Abuja for refusing to disclose the source of his information for a news report. In a statement issued today by its Programme …

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Dayo Emmanuel As the date of the 2018 edition of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine Conference (ASLM) draws near, the body has released the list of speakers who will address the delegates. The list includes: Senior Director of the Diagnostic Services at the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Dr. Trevor Peter; Director of African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. …

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Dayo Emmanuel The Nigerian Rugby Federation has announced the appointment of South African Bronson Weir as head coach of the senior Men’s Rugby National Team, the Black Stallions. This was announced on last Thursday at a world press conference chaired by the rugby body’s president, Kelechukwu Mbagwu, following the re-admittance of Nigeria into the international scene by Rugby Africa. Bronson’s …

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Dayo Emmanuel The power of youth, their resourcefulness and ingenuity are strong contributing factors to the development of economies around the world. However, the majority of young people lack economic opportunities, which unfortunately leads to high levels of youth unemployment, underutilized talents and skills. A publication by the African Development Bank on Jobs for Youth in Africa (http://bit.ly/2KON1g3) indicates that “of Africa’s …

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—Say Partnership Will Promote Access To Financial Services On Larger Scale Dayo Emmanuel As part of their shared mission to boost financial inclusion throughout Nigeria, Oradian (https://Oradian.com) and the Association of Non Bank Microfinance Institution of Nigeria (ANMFIN) (www.ANMFINigeria.org) have launched a strategic partnership. Princess Adesola Ogunleye, the President of ANMFIN, commented on the partnership saying, “We are extremely pleased …

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Comrade Bunmi Ojo, has been shot dead. Unidentified gunmen, Friday evening, shot the politician in the state, barely two months to the inauguration of the Governor-elect Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Advertisement Details of the assassination are yet to get to the public.

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