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Lagos to Pay 4,000 Unemployed Graduates 40,000 Monthly

BY SHITTA SOFIYAT Commissioner for wealth creation and employment in Lagos, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke , has said Lagos state will pay 4,000 unemployed graduates 40,000 thousand naira monthly for six months. She disclosed this when addressing reporters as part of activities to mark governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second year in office. According to her, this would …

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Working Together, Nigeria Will Realize its True Potentials – Osinbajo

BY SHITTA SOFIYAT Vice president Yemi Osinbajo is confident that Nigeria will overcome its diverse challenges and realize its potentials. He believes this can be achieved if people who share progressive views continue to work together in the interest of the country. Professor Osinbajo made the remarks on Wednesday when he received members of a …

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Buhari Welcomes Kaduna Colleges Students’ Return, Seeks Greenfield Students’ Release

BY SHITTA SOFIYAT President Muhammad Buhari has welcomed the released abducted students of the federal college of forestry mechanization in Afaka, Kaduna state. Buhari in a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, also called for the release of the kidnapped students of greenfield university and other people still in captivity. Gunmen had in the …

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Parents Protest at Nass, Demand Release of Greenfield Students

BY SHITTA SOFIYAT Parents and members of student union government today marched to the national assembly in demand for the release of the abducted Greenfield students. Yabatech radio recalls that about 22 students were abducted from the university campus on the 20th of April, when gunmen suspected to be bandits invaded the school premises. The …

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Benue: Police Confirm Attacks On Communities In Gwer West Local Government

BY SHITTA SOFIYAT The police in Benue have confirmed attacks by unknown gunmen on communities in Gwer west local government area of the state. Yabatech radio had reported that gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen earlier attacked Tse Amgbem community near Aondoana in Gwer west local government area of Benue state. It was gathered that …

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Insecurity: Again, Senate Summons Service Chiefs

BY SHITTA SOFIYAT President of the senate, Ahmad Lawan, today disclosed that the service chiefs and heads of security agencies would, on Thursday, appear before the upper chamber. The aim of the summon, is to brief the senate on efforts to address the spate of insecurity in the country. According to Lawan the appearance by …

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Accident Claims 6 Lives On Sagamu-Benin Expressway

BY SHITTA SOFIYAT No fewer than six persons were confirmed dead in an accident today, involving three vehicles on Sagamu-Benin expressway. The sector commander, federal road safety corps in ogun, Mr. Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to the news agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta. Umar said that the accident involved a Mazda bus marked JJJ …

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Nigerian Government Extends NIN-SIM Registration Till June 30

BY SHITTA SOFIYAT The federal government has approved 30th of June as the new deadline for the national identity numbers linkage with the subscribers identity module cards. The government also disclosed that 54 million Nigerians have obtained their NIN, making the numbers to be over 190 million mobile numbers. The government’s decision was contained in …

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Federal Government To Effect Minor Electricity Tariff hike By July 1

BY SHITTA SOFIYAT Despite the improving revenue in the power sector, the federal government is set to affect another tariff increase on the 1st of July, following a notice by the Nigeria electricity regulatory commission to that effect. The government’s latest move which is part of the yearly review of the multi-year tariff order has …

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