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The National Economic Council (NEC) has declared the flooding ravaging about 34 states in the country a national emergency and major disaster. Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, said this while briefing State House correspondents after the NEC meeting, in Abuja on Thursday. “To date, about 34 states, 217 local governments, 1,374,557 persons have been…
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Ahead of Local government election in Ogun state, the Labour Party has flagged-off its campaign for Chairmanship positions and 104 Councillorship Candidates. Speaking in Abeokuta, Labour Party chairman in Ogun State, Lookman Abiodun Jagun, disclosed that the party involvement is to offer hope in place of hopelessness and progress as an alternative to retrogression. He…
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A non-governmental organisation, Better Life Restoration Initiative (BERI) has identified spousal consent, illiteracy, cultural norms, poverty, insecurity, non-compliance with the ethical conduct by health workers as a roadblocks to accessing health care facilities in Bauchi rural communities. BERI further said that gender barriers, stigma and discrimination of patients on the part of some health personnel…
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The Federal Government has reaffirmed its determination to boost electricity supply with a view to reviving the nation’s industrial revolution. The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, said this during a stakeholders meeting with the management of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) on Thursday in Kano. Adelabu said his mission in Kano was to…
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The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has disclosed that no fewer than 2604 road projects were inherited by the President Bola Tinubu administration. According to Umahi, who revealed that the road projects, which were in the tune of trillions of naira, fumed at contractors abandoning projects, stated that the federal government will not hesitate…
