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Oborevwori Not Leaving PDP – Spokesman

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Sir Festus Ahon has described rumours of defection plans of the Governor to other parties as untrue and concocted by some opposition elements in the State. In a press statement issued in Asaba on Monday, Ahon said some elements in the opposition party in the...
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Edo Pledges To Probe Cultism Attack On Businesswoman

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo yesterday promised to fight cultism and inhuman treatment. The Administrator, Office of the First Lady, Mrs Edesili Anani, said this when she visited Tina Uyi, who is receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital on account of being set ablaze by her ex-husband. Anani said the state government would not leave...
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How Family Planning Prevents Stunted Growth – AAFP

The Association for the Advancement of Family Planning (AAFP) in Nigeria Chairman Ejike Oji says family planning can prevent stunted growth in children. Oji made the comment yesterday in an interview with journalists in Abuja. He said children’s brain development occurr in the first 1,000 days of their birth, adding that a child’s inability to...
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Zamfara: ACReSAL To Battle Desertification, Other Disasters For Sustainable Farming

GUSAU T he Zamfara State World bank-funded Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) in conjunction with the focal NGO, Health Standard Concern Organization (HESCO), has expressed commitments towards addressing erosions and climatic problems in the state. Speaking during an advocacy visit to the Emir of Anka and State Chairman, Council of Chiefs, Attahiru Muhammad Ahmad,...
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Iyalode Musulumi Of Egbaland Mourns Cash Madam

The Iyalode Musulumi of Egbaland, Dr. Lateefat Oyeyemi Kolapo, has described the passing of business icon and socialite, Princess Khadijat Adebisi Edionsere (Cash Madam) as a huge loss to Ogun State and Nigeria as a whole. In a statement issued yesterday, she said the late Edionsere (nee Elegbede), who was the Iya Suna of Egbaland...
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Kebbi ALGON Calls For Caution Amid Implementation

Amid the call for the implementation of Local Government autonomy, the Chairman of the Kebbi State Chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Muhammad Ambursa has said the Local Councils across the country would struggle to pay workers’ salaries without state government support. Ambursa who spoke at a press conference on Monday in...
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