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The Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative for Africa (ASR Africa), in commemoration of the 2024 International Widows’ Day, donated N10 million grant to the International Women’s Society (IWS) on Tuesday in Lagos.
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The Medical Director of the National Orthopaedic Hospital, North Central, Jos, Prof. Iche Onche, announced on Wednesday that the hospital had obtained approval to recruit 204 staff members. Onche disclosed this during the oversight visit of the House of Representatives Committee on Specialty Healthcare to the facility. He mentioned that the facility recently received approval…
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The Russian Embassy in Nigeria has denied allegations that Russia is forcing African students, particularly Nigerians, to participate in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine in exchange for visa extensions. Russia’s denial comes after a Bloomberg report on Monday claimed that Russia sought to recruit thousands of migrants and foreign students to bolster its troops, employing…
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Wednesday, announced the destruction of two of its electricity towers along the Damaturu -Maiduguri 330kV Single Circuit Transmission Line by vandals. TCN, in a statement signed by its spokesman, Ndidi Mbah, said that the towers destroyed were T193 and T194. The incident, TCN believes happened at around 10:15…
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Dozens of demonstrators were injured in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Wednesday, after police fired stun grenades at an anti-government rally outside parliament, an AFP photographer witnessed.
