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Guterres calls for global unity

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called countries around the world to strengthen their commitment to multilateral cooperation in addressing global challenges. Guterres made the call on the occasion of UN Day, celebrated on October 24, 2024. In his message, Guterres underscored the UN’s role since its founding in 1945 as a platform...
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Ogun gov approves reconstruction of major roads

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that no part of Ogun State has been left out of the developmental projects of his administration in the 2025-2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the 2025 Budget. According to him, projects were evenly distributed to the three Senatorial Districts in accordance with the 2024 budget. Abiodun...
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Vaccination key to Polio eradication -Soludo’s wife

As the world marks this year’s 2024 ‘World Polio Day’ celebration, the Anambra State Governor’s wife, Dr Nonye Soludo, has urged nursing mothers to sustain the vaccination of their children in the state. Soludo stated while speaking shortly after admitting the poliomyelitis vaccine to some babies at Amawbia Primary Healthcare Center, Amawbia-Awka, on Thursday, as...
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Gunmen kill six near UNIZIK school gate

Hoodlums, suspected to be cultists have invaded Ifite-Awka, near the school gate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, killing no fewer than six persons. According to eyewitnesses who spoke to our correspondent on Thursday, the gun-wielding hoodlums invaded the vicinity in the early hours of Thursday and opened fire on some persons, suspected to...
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Keyamo seeks WMO support for improved meteorological services

The Minister for Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has visited the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation, Prof Andrea Saulo, to solicit operational support for the Nigeria Meteorological Agency. The minister centred his request on areas of capacity building, and launching a national roadmap in respect of the Early-Warnings-for-All initiative by the United Nations...
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Wife of Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan released from jail

Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Imran Khan, was released from jail on Thursday, his party said, nine months after she was imprisoned alongside him in the runup to elections. In the days before the February polls, Bibi was convicted of graft and illegal marriage alongside opposition leader Khan in what he claimed...
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Bauchi dam in good condition – FG

The Federal Government’s Technical Subcommittee on Dam Evaluation has assured the public that the Gubi Dam in Bauchi State is in satisfactory condition, following an inspection on Wednesday. The subcommittee, led by the Director of Dams and Reservoir Operations at the Ministry of Water Resources, Aliyu Ibrahim, conducted the assessment as part of a nationwide...
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Obi calls for Nigeria’s shift to production economy

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, called for Nigeria to embrace productivity and improve its trade contributions to the Commonwealth. Speaking as the guest speaker at Liverpool John Moores University on the topic “Harnessing the Commonwealth Advantage for Trade and Investment,” Obi, via a statement on Thursday, stressed the need for Nigeria...
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