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‘Compare Yourself With Your Peers, Not Fela’

Nigerian media personality and daughter of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Yeni Kuti, has broken her silence against the culture of comparing contemporary artistes with her late father, saying such debates miss the point of legacy. Speaking in an interview on Arise News, Yeni said Fela’s continued relevance nearly 29 years after his death already speaks...
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Ebonyi Govt Secures License To Operate Own Airline

The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Aviation and Transport Technology, Ngozi Obichukwu, has restated that the state has secured a license to operate its own airline. Obichukwu made this assertion at the Chuba Okadigbo airport on Monday during the departure of 90 scholarship awardees to the United Kingdom. The State Commissioner said that the government has...
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Lalong Celebrates NCDC MD, Tsenyil On Birthday

The Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District and former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Simon Bako Lalong, has felicitated the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC), Dr Cyril Yiltsen Tsenyil, on the occasion of his birthday. Senator Lalong, in a press statement signed and issued on Tuesday in Jos, described...
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FCTA Debunks Lack Of Anti-Snake Venom In Abuja Hospitals

The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) has debunked the rumours sparked by the death of one Ifunanya Nwangene after an alleged snake bite of lackanti-snake venom in hospitals across Abuja. The Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, FCTA, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, who confirmed that the lady passed away following neurotoxic complications from a...
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Foundation Empowers Less Privileged With Grants In Ekiti

…Tasks Students to shun abuse of Social media A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) under the aegis of Solution Forum for Human Development and Community Growth, has extended philanthropic gestures to vulnerables and the less privileged in Ekiti State. The beneficiaries of the empowerment were mainly students and vulnerable women. The students were given scholarships, while the...
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Lagos State Warns Skit Makers Against Use Of Children

The Lagos State Government has issued a stern warning to content creators and digital media producers against involving children in online content that violates child protection laws. The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mobolaji Ogunlende, and Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (LSDSVA), Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, gave this warning in...
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