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Buhari hails Tony Elumelu Foundation over selection of 2021 beneficiaries of entrepreneurship programme

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President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr Tony O. Elumelu over the selection of 4,949 beneficiaries in its 2021 entrepreneurship programme. He praised the industrialist on his remarkable vision in training, mentoring, and funding entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, describing it as “a truly lasting legacy.” A statement […]

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JAMB defends remittance of operating surplus, says ‘it is global best practice’

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has vowed to continue its practice of remitting its operating surpluses to government, saying that the remittances were in line with global best practice, Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs of JAMB has said. In a statement to newsmen in Abuja, on Monday, Benjamin said that the board would continue […]

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Expanding the frontiers of relations between Nigeria and France

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By Muhammadu Buhari In 1601 it is possible first contact was made between the French and the peoples of “Guinee” – the name for the lands we know today as Nigeria. Only a few years before, the then Protestant King of France Henry had devised a plan for adventurer Francois Pyrard de Laval to navigate […]

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Court remands FIIRO ex-DG for alleged certificate fraud

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Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has remanded Chima Igwe, a former Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, over alleged certificate fraud. Solebo held that Igwe should be kept at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending the perfection of bail she granted him in the sum of N500,000 and two […]

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Oyo rewards two outstanding corps members with cash prize, certificates

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Oyo State Ministry of Youths and Sports has presented certificates and gifts to two National Youth Service Corps members, for distinguishing themselves during their service year. Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Seun Fakorede stated this on Friday in his office, adding that the Oyo State Government is more determined to make the welfare of serving […]

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Afghanistan faces raging measles outbreak: WHO

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A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo A raging measles outbreak has sickened thousands and killed nearly 100 in crisis-ravaged Afghanistan this year, the World Health Organization said Friday, […]

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Osinbajo, World Bank MD express concern on climate change challenges

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received Dr Mari Pangestu, World Bank Managing Director of Development, Policy and Partnerships. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, who spoke with State House correspondents after the meeting, said it was Pangestu’s first visit to Nigeria. Akande added that it was her first country visit outside […]

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‘Give voice to poor’, Pope urges on World Day of Poor

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Pope Francis greets attendees as he arrives for a meeting with the poor at the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli, near Assisi, on November 12, 2021. – Pope Francis is travelling to the town of Assisi on November 12 for a private meeting with the poor, in preparation for the World Day of the […]

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