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Special Report: Nigeria: Beyond Oil Spillage In Niger Delta

Between 1970 to 2018, the Niger Delta region has recorded over 10,000 oil spillages and hardly were the affected communities compensated or quick…

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Nigeria: NGO Launches Campaigns On Health Fund Release In Gombe

By Ahmad Umar An NGO, MamaYe Evidence for Action in collaboration with Gombe State Accountability Mechanisms has launched a campaign called Fund Naija…

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Nigeria: Kaduna Presents N155 Bn 2019 Budget Proposal To State Assembly

By Amos Tauna Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, on Wednesday presented the 2019 budget estimate of N155.8 billion to the…

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Ugandan MP Beaten Up After President’s Convoy Stoned – Opposition

Ugandan legislator, Francis Zaake, detained after the president’s convoy was stoned, has been “brutalised” by security personnel, an opposition figure said on Wednesday…

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Whatever Nigeria Does Is Important To Africa — Prof. Lumumba

Kenyan Anti-Corruption Crusader Prof. Patrick Lumumba has blamed the challenges to Africa’s greatness on…

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Nigeria: Poor Handling Of Economy, Corruption Responsible For N22 Trn Debt — PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says poor understanding of current global economic dynamics and…

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Rotary Announces About US$100 Million To End Polio

By Joseph Edegbo As Nigeria marks two years without any reported case of wild polio virus, Rotary today…

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Nigeria: Kaduna Lawmakers Honoured For Commitment To Budget On Child Spacing

In recognition of their unequalled Collaboration with CSOs and NGOs on Child birth spacing…

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Nigeria: NGO Launches Campaigns On Health Fund Release In Gombe

By Ahmad Umar An NGO, MamaYe Evidence for Action in collaboration with Gombe State Accountability Mechanisms has launched a…

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Nigeria: Kaduna Presents N155 Bn 2019 Budget Proposal To State Assembly

By Amos Tauna Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, on Wednesday presented the 2019 budget estimate of…

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Ugandan MP Beaten Up After President’s Convoy Stoned – Opposition

Ugandan legislator, Francis Zaake, detained after the president’s convoy was stoned, has been “brutalised” by security personnel, an opposition…

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Nigeria, Abuja Light Rail Project Employs 10,000 Engineers

By Peter Usman Abuja (Nigeria)- About 10,000 Nigerians were employed during the construction of the Abuja Light Rail Project, in the nation”s capital which was recently commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari. Similarly, 100,000 more will be directly or indirectly employed when the project begins full operation.…

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Police Inspector Loses Manhood In Sodomy Act In Katsina

By Bashir Bello KATSINA – Nemesis has caught up with a police Inspector, Lawal Mohammed at Faskari local government area of Katsina, when he lost his manhood during sodomy act with 13-years old boy. The incident which was said to have happened on Tuesday…

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Nigeria: Save the Children Tasks Zamfara Govt. to Sustain Social Protection Programme, …Spent N2.5Billion in Six Years

By Mohammed Munirat Nasir: An intervention Programme under the Department for International Development (DFID), Save…

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SADC Finance Ministers Agree To Deepen Regional Integration

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministers of Finance have agreed that regional integration…

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South Africa: Eskom Welcomes McKinsey Apology

South Africa’s power company, Eskom says it has welcomed McKinsey’s apology to South Africa…

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New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Transforms into African Union Development Agency

Following the implementation of the AU Institutional Reforms approved at the recent 31st Ordinary session…

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Nigeria – Coalition of NGOs Tasks Media On Free, Fair Reports On Conflicts

New NGO In Northern Nigeria Pledges To Help Address Maternal Deaths

Sickle Cell: Go For Genotype Test Before Marriage, NGO Tells Nigerians

ECOWAS Inaugurates Regional Electricity Market To Tackle Power Challenge

Nigeria Bad Roads Affecting Nomadic Education In Adamawa Negetively – Official

Lack of access roads remains a major challenge affecting the smooth running of Nomadic schools in Adamawa, the State Coordinator, Nomadic Education Commission, Madam Amina Baba-Kano, has said. She made this known Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in…

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South Africa: Placement Of Gauteng Pupils Underway

The placement of pupils in Grade 1 and Grade 8, who applied for 2019…

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Nigeria: UNICEF Calls On Gombe To Invest 10% Of Budget In Pre-Primary Education

By Ahmad Umar United Nations Children Funds, UNICEF has appealed to Gombe State government…

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Dangote Donates N300m Business School To University Of Ibadan

How Effective Is UNICEF Intervention For Girls In Schools?

12 Million Out Of School Children In Nigeria Mostly From the North – Ango Abdullahi

Talent Hunt For Next Generation Leaders Kicks-Off In Nigerian University

By Oshio Joy Theatre and Performing Arts Department of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, in northern Nigeria, is supporting other partners to hold an Inter-faculty Talent Hunt Series – the 3rd in a series of the activity. This is aimed at discovering…

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Drug Abuse: Pharmacist Urges Nigerian Youths To Channel Energy Into Arts

Pharmacist and Founder of Livingstream Foundation, Grace Ahmed, has called on Nigerian youths to channel…

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Nigeria Committed To Better Environment, Human Rights — Speaker Dogara

Speaker of the Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has reaffirmed the commitment of the green chamber to prioritising issues related to human rights and protection of the environment. He said this on Wednesday at a public hearing by the House Committee on Treaties,…

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Nigeria: Kaduna Govt Alerts Residents to Dangerous Chemicals Emission

The Kaduna State Environmental Protection Authority (KEPA) Northwest Nigeria, has alerted residents of the state…

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Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project to Establish 300 Hectares Of Woodlot In Gombe

Nigeria: FG Commissions Erosion Control Project in Gombe

Nigeria: Switch To Materials Usable As Alternative To Plastic — Presidential Aide Charges Stakeholders

Plastic Pollution Kills 100,000 Marine Animals Every Year – Says AfDB

World Widows Day – NGO To Give Zero Interest Loan To Widows

Founder of Helpline Foundation for the Needy, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in Abuja, Nigeria, Jumai Ahmadu said on Saturday that the foundation would give interest-free revolving loans to widows in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ahmadu told newsmen at an event to mark the World…

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