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NCAA Directs Airlines to Provide Special Needs Assistance

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has reiterated its directive to all domestic airlines operating in Nigeria to ensure full compliance with provisions for Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM) and passengers with disabilities by incorporating a mandatory Special Needs/Assistance request feature on their ticket reservation systems. NCAA re-echoed its directive to the domestic airlines on...
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Group Wants Retired Civil Servants as Governors

A Group under the auspices of Kolo Magba Association in Wushishi Local Government area of Niger State has called on the Federal Government to amend the constitution to allow only senior retired civil servants to aspire for governorship positions across the country. The group in a statement titled: “Youths Against Charlatans across the Country” and...
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Obi Finally Commits to Participate in Primaries

African Democratic Congress, (ADC) presidential hopefuls have expressed commitment to participate in the elective convention scheduled for later in the year in Abuja, the nation’s capital. A competent source within the party stated emphatically that the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), in the last general election and a former governor of Anambra State,...
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NASC Chairman Appeals to Akpabio to Inaugurate Pension Board

The Executive Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC), Chief Saviour Enyiekere, has called on the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to help fasttrack the implementation of the National Assembly Service Pension Scheme by inaugurating the Assembly’s Pension Board., The Director, Public Affairs (NASC), Emmanuel Anyigor revealed in a press statement that...
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Senate to Pass n58.472trn 2026 Budget in March

The Senate, yesterday, tentatively fixed Tues- day, March 17, 2026, for consideration and passage of the proposed N58.472 trillion budget submitted to them by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2026 fiscal year. The Senate Committee on Appropriations made this disclosure while holding special session on the 2026 Appropriation Bill at the National Assembly Complex,...
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One In 3 Nigerians At Risk As Sightsavers Urges Stronge

As the world marked World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day yesterday, Country Director of Sightsavers Nigeria, Prof. Joy Shu’Aibu has said that 25 per cent of Nigerians are predisposed to neglected tropical diseases. She made this known during an interview on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme ‘Spotlighting Neglected Tropical Diseases’, aired on Friday to mark...
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Benue’s Reforms To Enhance Qualitative Education

The Benue State Government, under the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia, has introduced comprehensive education reforms to enhance quality education, reduce financial burdens on parents, and ensure accountability, with key policies taking effect in the 2025/2026 academic year. These reforms, overseen by the Ministry of Education and the Benue State Education Quality Assurance Agency (BEQA),...
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Stakeholders Endorse Limit For Ifá Initiations

To curb the rampant abuse of Ifá initiations and ensure due process, stakeholders at the Ifá Disciplinary and Reformation Summit have agreed that Ifá Priests/Diviners (Babalawos) must hence- forth limit initiations to eight individuals per day. The decision came during the summit, organised by the International Forum of Araba and Oluwo, held on Thursday, January...
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