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Gov. Sule pardons 14 inmates

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 16:06:31 +0000

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has pardoned 14 inmates serving various jail terms at Custodial Centers in the state. Mr. Labaran Magaji, Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General (AG), said this in a statement on Monday in Lafia. The Commissioner said the action of the governor was in exercise of the powers conferred on him […]

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England charity to offer lifelines to visually-impaired Nigerians

Gbemi Banks — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:15:57 +0000

An England-based charity, Seeing Hearts Foundation, has commenced due diligence in Lagos and Ibadan on how to assist a cross-section of Nigerians who are visually-impaired. The initiative is being spear-headed by a Briton of Nigerian extraction, Ms Tope Songonuga. The endeavor will be extended to other cities in Southwestern Nigeria in due course, to give […]

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FG, UNICEF applaud child protection efforts in Nigeria

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:37:32 +0000

The Federal Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), said Nigeria has recorded progress in the area of child protection through the domestication and implementation of the Child Rights Act (CRA). Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, said this during an interactive session and symposium with school children from various schools . The […]

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UN envoy canvasses support for humanitarian needs in Nigeria

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 07:00:15 +0000

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Matthias Schmale has canvassed for sustained support to meet the humanitarian needs in northeast Nigeria. Schmale said this while answering questions from the UN correspondent in New York during a news conference on the humanitarian situation in Nigeria. Schmale, who was in New York to […]

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UK’s Sunak suffers major blow as Rwanda migrant scheme declared unlawful

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:25:33 +0000

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, dealing a crushing blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before an election expected next year. Under the plan, Britain intended to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers who arrived on its shores without permission to the […]

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ASUU donates foodstuffs to 320 IDPs in Katsina State

Gbemi Banks — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 17:21:14 +0000

ASUU donated food items to about 320 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Katsina State on Sunday. Dr Lawalli Alkali, the association’s national resource person represented its National President, Prof. Victor Emmanuel, at the distribution of the relief materials. He said the gesture was not the first of its kind by the association as it had […]

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Pakistan issues last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave

Gbemi Banks — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:45:51 +0000

Pakistan on Thursday gave a last warning to all immigrants in the country illegally, including hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals, to leave voluntarily before a Nov. 1 deadline. The Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said at a news conference on Thursday that Pakistan was determined to go ahead with a plan to remove all […]

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Sanwo-Olu lauds Muslim community’s role in shaping socio-religious values

Gbemi Banks — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:45:03 +0000

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has commended Muslim community’s role in shaping socio-religious values in the state. Sanwo-Olu said this at the ceremony organised by the Lagos Central Mosque to mark the 100 Years Remembrance of the late Chief Imam, Ibrahim Ankuri and 170 Years of the Turbaning of the late Chief Imam Nafiu […]

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FEC approves creation of $5bn humanitarian, poverty alleviation trust fund – Minister

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:39:04 +0000

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of the Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation Trust Fund to raise 5 billion dollars annually. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting, held on Monday, at the Presidential Villa, […]

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AMAC Chairman begins distribution of FG palliatives to residents

Gbemi Banks — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 16:48:11 +0000

Mr Christopher Maikalangu, the Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) on Sunday began distribution of palliatives approved by the Federal Government to no fewer than 100 residents of the area council. Maikalangu said the palliatives were meant to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. The chairman who appreciated President Bola Tinubu for […]

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Refugees Commission, UNHCR strengthen ties on succor for displaced persons

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:22:17 +0000

The National commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have reiterated their commitment towards providing succor to displaced persons. They made the commitment when the UNHCR representative paid a courtesy call on the Federal Commissioner, NCFRMI, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed, on Monday in Abuja. In […]

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WFP resumes food distribution to 900,000 refuges in Ethiopia

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 06:27:11 +0000

The World Food Program (WFP) has begun rolling out food distribution to nearly 900,000 refuges in Ethiopia following an improvement in its refugee operations. Families living in refugee camps, including new arrivals who have fled Sudan, are receiving food parcels for the first time since WFP suspended food distributions in June, following reports of large-scale […]

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Ex-lawmaker seeks more sustainable approach to end poverty, insecurity

Gbemi Banks — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 19:50:42 +0000

A former member, House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, has called for a more sustainable approach to tackle the increasing rate of poverty and insecurity in the country. Uwak, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the level of poverty and gross inequality in the country was a threat to national security, stability and unity. […]

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Nigeria-Canadian Priest urges Tinubu to tackle poverty

Gbemi Banks — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 07:07:04 +0000

A Canadian-based Nigerian Priest, Rev. Fr. Patrick Ampani, has urged President Bola Tinubu to focus on implementing initiatives that would lift Nigerians out of poverty. Ampani, who commented on the 63rd Independence Anniversary, in New York that the president should focus on restoring the trust the citizens had lost in their previous leaders. […]

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EU leaders fail to reach agreement on migration after Hungary outvoted

Gbemi Banks — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:52:24 +0000

Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban said an agreement on migration at Friday’s EU leaders’ summit in Spain was impossible after his country was outvoted. The outvoting was carried out earlier this week on a different migration-related issue. On Wednesday, a sufficient majority of EU states reached a compromise on a future set of rules for […]

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