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WTO DG Lauds Nigeria Customs CG’s Leadership At 145th/146th WCO Sessions

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has commended the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, for his outstanding leadership in driving customs modernisation and trade facilitation reforms. Her commendation came during the opening of the 145th/146th Sessions of the Customs Co-operation Council held on...
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CIML Confers Leadership Fellowship On Aiyedatiwa

The Chartered Institute of Leadership (CIML), Kentucky, United States of America, will on Friday confer a Leadership Fellowship on the Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Director General of the institute, Dr. Yakubu Mohammed Baba, disclosed that the Environmental Council of the institute would be in Akure, the state capital, for a two-day national workshop...
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We Won’t Hold Bye-Election In Rivers – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will not conduct a bye-election in the Khana II State Constituency of Rivers State due to the current state of emergency in the area. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known during a meeting with the Chairmen and Secretaries of 19 registered political parties...
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GIMP Congratulates Muslims On New Hijrah Year

As the crescent of Muharram ushers in 1447 AH, marking the beginning of the Islamic New Year, the Guild of Interfaith Media Practitioners Nigeria (GIMP-Nigeria) has extended warm greetings and heartfelt Eid Mubarak to the Muslim community in Nigeria and across the globe. Speaking to journalists in Abuja, the Chairman of the Guild, Mr. Abdulkarim...
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Rep Urges FG To Declare Public Holiday

The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, Saidu Musa Abdullahi, has called on the Federal Government to declare the first day of Muharram — the beginning of the Islamic calendar — as a national public holiday. In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by his Senior Legislative Aide, Dodo Alhaji,...
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Abia Mulls Abolition Of Traditional Birth Centers

The Abia State Government is considering the closure of all traditional birth centers (TBCs) and disciplinary action, including salary suspension or outright dismissal of Primary Health Centre (PHC) staff who abandon their duty posts, as part of efforts to curb rising infant and maternal mortality in the state. Speaking at the second quarter meeting of...
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