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NAHCO retirees seek special consideration in N758bn pension fund

10.03.2025
Retired workers of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc have appealed to the Federal Government to prioritise them in the next disbursement of President Bola Tinubu’s N758bn pension bond. Speaking with journalists in Lagos on Friday, the General Secretary of ex-NAHCo workers, Sanmi Alademomi, said the pensioners were privatised without receiving their rightful entitlements despite being...
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FG signs MOU with Flutterwave on youth empowerment

10.03.2025
The Federal Ministry of Youth Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with payment technology firm Flutterwave to empower youths and boost their business skills. According to a statement issued on Friday, the signing ceremony had in attendance the Minister for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande; the Permanent Secretary, Mr Olubunmi Olusanya; and other senior officials...
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SEC warns public against investing in Pro-Vest, others

10.03.2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission has warned the public against investing in unregistered investment schemes, including Promiseland Estates Limited and Promiseland Building & Construction Limited, which promote an illegal investment scheme called Pro-Vest. In a statement made available to our correspondent on Friday, the commission said its attention had been drawn to the activities of...
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FG Refutes Claim Of Abandoning SGBV Survivors 

10.03.2025
The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMWA) has refuted claims circulating in a recent video alleging that survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) under the Ministry’s care have been abandoned. This was contained in a press statement signed by Maryam Keshinro, Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and made available to journalists in...
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Seyi Tinubu, Olawande Break Fast With Sokoto Youths

10.03.2025
The Minister of Youth, Ayodele Olawande, and Seyi Tinubu, founder of Renewed Hope Youth Initiative, broke the Ramadan fast with Muslim youths in Sokoto on Sunday. Speaking at the Government House Chamber in Sokoto, Olawande emphasized the importance of identifying with youths during Ramadan. He also announced plans to empower selected youths, enabling them to...
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S’African Playwright, Athol Fugard Dies At 92

10.03.2025
Renowned South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director, Athol Fugard, has passed on at the age of 92. Born in 1932 in Middelburg in the Eastern Cape, but grew up in Port Elizabeth, Fugard was best known for his political and penetrating plays opposing the racial segregation during apartheid in South Africa, which led to...
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Edo IGR Service Debunks Revenue Decline By Ex-Commissioner

10.03.2025
Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) on Sunday dispelled reports by a chieftain of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and a former Commissioner, Ogbeide Ifaluyi-Isibor, that the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the State has declined substantially. Ifaluyi-Isibor had, on his Facebook page on Sunday, alleged that the state’s IGR had declined by N1.3...
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Don Tasks Policy Makers On Gender Equality

10.03.2025
A university don, Halima Idris-Amali, has called on policymakers to formulate policies that would bring about rapid development in gender equality in society. Idris-Amali, the Director, Centre for Gender and Development Studies, Federal University of Lafia, who also doubles as the Head of Department (HOD) English and Literary Studies, of the institution, made the call...
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Herdsmen Kill 16 Farmers In Fresh Benue Attack 

10.03.2025
It was yet another bloody Sunday as armed herdsmen launched a fierce attack on the Mbagena-Michihe council ward of the Katsina-Ala Local Government area of Benue State, leaving at least 16 farmers dead. The invaders were also said to have set several houses ablaze, while seven people who sustained varying degrees of injuries are receiving...
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