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Katsina State Government is set to lease out the multi-billion naira Songhai farm to a private company, Omena Nigeria Limited, at the cost of N600 million for a period of three years. This was disclosed over the weekend by the State Agriculture Commissioner, Prof. Ahmed Bakori, while defending the ministry’s budget before the state’s House…
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Syrians flocked to the main square of the capital city Damascus, on Monday to mark what many regard as a long-awaited new dawn after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, AFP journalists saw.
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A policeman, who killed a 17-year-old boy in Ozoro, a community situated in the Isoko North Local Government Area (LGA)of Delta State at the weekend, has been arrested and detained. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bright Edafe, on Monday, confirmed the incident to our correspondent, noting that justice will be served in the…
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Nigeria’s public universities may face another shutdown of academic activities due to the government’s failure to fulfill its agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Guardian reports that the union is deeply worried about the Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 Needs Assessment agreement, which aimed to provide N220 billion annually…
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Healthcare workers in Lagos State have threatened to embark on a three-day warning strike set to begin on Wednesday, December 11 and end on Friday, December 13, 2024. The healthcare workers—members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, the Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals, the Joint Health Sector Unions, and the Medical…