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Fire Service Under Scrutiny As N’Assembly Queries Procurement Practices

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Fire Service Under Scrutiny As N’Assembly Queries Procurement Practices

The Federal Fire Service was questioned by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Interior on Friday regarding disparities found in the agency's proposed budget...

Minister Slams Insufficient 15% Capital Allocation To Health Sector

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Striking Nurses Suspend Industrial Action, Says Health Minister

Prof. Ali Pate, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, bemoaned Friday the fact that the ministry's 2024 budget only released 15.06 percent of its...

N800bn Won’t Solve Nigeria’s Road Crisis — Umahi

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Umahi kicks Off Dualisation Of Ekpoma-Auchi-Okpella-Okene-Ajaokuta Expressway

The N800 billion allotted to the ministry in the 2025 budget proposal, according to Works Minister Dave Umahi, is insufficient to address the nation's...

End Medical Tourism, Develop Local Hospitals — Nigerians Urges Tinubu

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ADC Slams Tinubu Administration Over Nigeria’s Absence At US-Africa Trade Talks

Nigerians have criticized President Bola Tinubu for approving a lavish retirement package for service chiefs and generals that includes, among other things, $20,000 a...

Embassy Closure Sparks Job Crisis For Nigerians In Lebanon

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FG Investigates Military Aircraft Grounded In Burkina Faso

Nigerians living in Lebanon are facing job losses as a result of the Federal Government's extended delay in renewing passports, which follows the closure...

Nigerian Man, 50, Dies In South African Police Custody

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Nigerian Man, 50, Dies In South African Police Custody

A 50-year-old Nigerian man, Jeremiah Okoye, has died in police custody in Limpopo, South Africa. Okoye, who had lived in the country for 22...

Onuigbo Takes Nigeria’s Climate Agenda To The World Stage In Abu Dhabi

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Onuigbo Takes Nigeria’s Climate Agenda To The World Stage In Abu Dhabi

Chief Sam Onuigbo, sponsor of Nigeria's Climate Change Act and former representative of Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, continues to receive international recognition for...

Abuja Faces Power Outage As Vandals Cut Transmission Cables

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Abuja Faces Power Outage As Vandals Cut Transmission Cables

Suspected vandals have severed underground transmission cables that supply electricity to the city center, leaving the majority of Abuja, the capital of the country,...

Tinubu Lauds Governors Over Support Of Tax Reform Bills

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Tinubu Lauds Governors Over Support Of Tax Reform Bills

President Bola Tinubu expressed gratitude to the Nigeria Governors' Forum members on Friday after they unanimously approved the four tax reform bills that are...

Gov. Otti Lauds IGP For Sustaining Peace In Abia, Approves Land For POWA Skill Centre (Photos)

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Gov. Otti Lauds IGP For Sustaining Peace In Abia, Approves Land For POWA Skill Centre (Photos)

The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti has praised the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, and the Nigeria Police Force...

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