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The Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (NMCO) has issued 7,141 mining licenses, but only 1,000 are active, according to Director General Obadiah Nkom. Nkom said this while receiving the House Committee on Solid Minerals, led by Chairman Jonathan Gaza, at the NMCO office in Abuja on Tuesday. He emphasised the need for reform, citing the recent…
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The Commissioner for Information in Anambra, Dr Law Mefor, says the 2024 Christmas and New Year celebration will be exciting and peaceful in the state. Mefor gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday. The commissioner said the administration of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo was working assiduously…
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The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into Law a bill to provide for Social Security Scheme, which enables retirees access to 25 per cent of their retirement entitlement. The bill, which was sponsored by Ali Kalat, a member representing Jema’a Constituency, was passed into law after the Chairman, Joint Special Duties and…
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Around half the people in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte were without potable water Tuesday after a “technical incident” at a treatment plant, a local authority said in a statement. The “event of electrical origin” at the Ouroveni plant overnight from Monday to Tuesday “is leading to water cuts mostly located in the…
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The Kwara House of Assembly has urged the state government to partner with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to increase the number of medical graduates deployed to the state, particularly in rural areas. The call followed a motion by Mr Bello Oniboki (APC/Afon) and seconded by Mr Abolarin Gabriel (APC/Ekiti) at Tuesday plenary, highlighting…