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Child ID System Crucial For Effective Cash Grant Distribution

The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has noted the critical link between child protection and birth registration, emphasizing that Universal Cash Grant initiatives cannot be effectively implemented without a proper child identification system. The minister disclosed this when she hosted the United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) Regional Director, West and Central Africa, Gilles Fagninou...
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NNPC Shipping, Stena Bulk, Caverton Launch Joint Venture

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Shipping, Stena Bulk, and Caverton Marine Limited have announced the signing of a new joint venture that will transform Nigerian maritime transportation. According to a statement yesterday by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Olufemi Soneye, the agreement, signed in London, last week,...
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FG Bonds Oversubscribed By N719.6bn

Investors demonstrated their unflinching faith in Nigeria’s economy yesterday by oversubscribing to the Federal Government’s bonds issuance by the Debt Management Office (DMO), details of February bonds allocation results by DMO revealed. On Monday, the debt agency reopened two bonds – 19.30 per cent FGN APR 2029 and 18.50 per cent FGN FEB 2031. They...
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Edo Police Arrest Pastor, One Other For Killing Minor

The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of two suspects, 45-year-old Pastor Ijebor Simon and Destiny Okojabhole aged 23 years, over the murder of seven-year-old Evans Okojabhole. Speaking on the arrest, the state command PPRO, Moses Yamu, noted that the incident was reported by the deceased father, John Okhojibole, of the Jehovah’s...
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Reps Advocate Alternative Funding For Security Agencies

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Ahmed Satomi yesterday said the nation needs a National Security and Intelligence Trust Fund to tackle security challenges having the country. Satomi, who disclosed this at the public hearing on the bill for the establishment of the fund said the current funding system...
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Minister Takes Campaign To Catholic Church

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev has taken the campaign to end open defecation to the Most Reverend Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja. The Minister who led the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Richard Pheelangwah and other management staff on an advocacy visit to the clergyman in Abuja, said...
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