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INEC removes 1,931 dead persons’ names from register
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has detected and removed the names of 1,931 dead persons from the voters’ register in Kaduna State, ahead of the 2019 elections. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Abdurahim Kasugama, said this on Tuesday when he received the Senate Committee…
Read More »Keyamo reacts to campaign logo plagiarism allegation
Buhari’s Campaign Organisation Spokesman, Festus Keyamo has reacted to the #Nextlevel campaign logo plagiarism claim against the ruling All Progressives Party (APC), The Guardian has said. The APC had been accused of plagiarizing Rex institute’s education program logo which shares semblance with the party’s #Nextlevel campaign logo. But, Keyamo, Tuesday…
Read More »Female farmers wants the return of Jonathan’s GES Scheme
Women farmers under the umbrella of Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) have called for restoration of scrapped Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) scheme. They made the call at the end of a two-day annual national farmers forum for smallholder women farmers organised by Actionaid Nigeria, an NGO. According to…
Read More »UNICEF, others express concern over rising rate of out of school children in Nigeria
The need to check the increasing rate of out of school children in Nigeria was brought to the fore during a recent field trip organized by the United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) and the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. The issue was extensively discussed during a two days…
Read More »Election: Use your PVCs to elect good leaders and not prayers- Cleric
Nigerians have been enjoined to use the power of their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to vote in good leaders other than praying. this advice is coming on the heels of the forthcoming general elections in February, next year. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lead Pastor, Glorious Destiny Family…
Read More »Scientists discover new approach for early cancer detection
Cancer scientists led by principal investigator Dr. Daniel De Carvalho at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have combined “liquid biopsy,” epigenetic alterations and machine learning to develop a blood test to detect and classify cancer at its earliest stages, The Guardian has said. The findings, published online Thursday in Nature, describe…
Read More »Buhari launches re-election campaign manual
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday called on politicians to avoid any act capable of setting the nation ablaze. The president who made the call at the inauguration of his Manual/Next Level Document to flag off his re-election campaign ahead 2019, said the call had become imperative in view of the…
Read More »Nigeria records 800,000 preterm births annually
Nigeria has been ranked third, with an estimated 800,000 preterm births recorded annually, the National Association of Paediatric Nurses (NAPN), has said. National President of NAPN, Mrs Olubunmi Lawal, who made the statement on Saturday said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja as…
Read More »UN condemns Syrian ‘war on children’
The United Nation has come hard on the killing of children, in the war turn Syria. UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement that the killings demonstrate that “the war on children is far from over in Syria.” Mr. Cappelaere added that the…
Read More »Minimum wage: Labour warns gov’nors over sack threat
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed not to bow to the threat by governors to sack workers over the proposed N30,000 minimum wage. Reacting to the latest position of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) that states would either go bankrupt or sack workers if forced to pay N30,000 minimum…
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