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The Government of Nigeria and the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), have signed the West Africa Regional Collaborating Centre (RCC), Hosting Agreement. The signing ceremony was held on Saturday in Abuja, on the sideline of the 25th ordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Assembly of Health Ministers. The agreement was formalised by…
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The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested one Rachel Geoffrey for allegedly setting the hands of her stepchildren on fire for eating cooked rice without permission. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, in a statement on Saturday, titled Cruelty to Children and Human Rights Violations, said Rachael was arrested on…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (SIS) has uncovered and dismantled an illegally constructed refining site containing over 100,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Adobi settlement, Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State. According to a statement released on Saturday by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, the CG’s…
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Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State, said his administration has reduced banditry to about 70 per cent in the last one year. According to the Governor, this was sequel to the robust synergy between the local security outfits and the conventional security agencies across the state. Radda, who was on a working visit to Yola,…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has listed conditions under which he would step down and support Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate, in the 2027 presidential election. Abubakar, who was the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, revealed his stance during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service. Abubakar noted…