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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Abdul Mutallab Muktar as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL). Muktar is currently the Senior Special Assistant to…
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The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University is accepting applications for the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award. The award honours the late Power, a journalist who reported empathetically on the human condition…
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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service (DCI) Mr Tony Akuneme, said this in an…
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Fatima Abdallah, wife of newly appointed NTA Kano General Manager Malam, Sani Yusuf Hanga is dead. Fatima died on Monday night at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) at 43, after a brief illness. SOLACEBASE reports that her funeral…
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The African Development Bank (AfDB), has listed 25 youth-led agriculture sector companies from 14 African countries that have advanced to the finalist round of the bank’s 2022 AgriPitch Competition. In a statement issued on the website of…
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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if the federal government does not meet its demands. The association in a letter to the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on Monday,…
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Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over plots to discredit its DG, Yusuf Magaji Bichi and his key officials. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, on Tuesday, by the spokesperson of the…
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Osun State College of Technology has confirmed the attack on its Rector, Dr Samson Adegoke by gunmen on Monday. Spokesman of the college, Dr Wale Oyekanmi, said in a statement on Tuesday in Osogbo that the rector was attacked barely 10…
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed four personnel and demoted 14 others for various offences. The spokesman of the NIS, DCI Tony Akuneme, announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement said the…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed that  seven of its personnel alongside five other persons were ambushed and killed at Kuriga mining site, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The NSCDC…
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