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Regional integration: Osun holds 2017 youth summit

November 24, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Lateef Dada Osogbo To further strategise on ways to promote regional integration, the Osun state government would in December hold this year’s Regional Youth Summit. This was contained in a release signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Regional Integration, Mr. Wale Alabi in Osogbo yesterday. According to the release, governors of Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ogun, Read More

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Media practitioners, NHRC, others sue for peace

November 23, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Binta Shama Abuja National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the media will focus on Northern and Eastern parts of the country for adherence to human rights laws and accurate information for lasting peace. Acting Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mrs. Otis Anukpe Ovrawah, stated this during a programme tagged “The Read More

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ICT critical to quality education – FG

November 17, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The federal government has assured of providing the right environment in schools for the teaching and learning of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr. Sonny Echono, gave the assurance in Abuja, when he declared open the Skool Media Start-Up workshop and capacity building for some Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs). Read More

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DEPOWA trains 200 women, youth on skill acquisition

November 16, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Helen Oji Abuja Defence and Police Officers Wives Association (DEPOWA), has trained 200 women and youth in different skills , as part of its skill acquisition programme tagged: “My Skill and My Swag”. President of DEPOWA, Mrs. Omobolanle Olonisakin, said during the programme at the DEPOWA secretariat, Assokoro, Abuja, that “the association is determined to give necessary support to Read More

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Hygiene promotion: NTGS task Cross River govt on counterpart funding

November 9, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Adeola Tukuru Abuja A member of the National Task Group on Sanitation (NTGS), Mr Wale Elekolusi, has called on the Cross River state government to pay up the counterpart funds to scale up sanitation and hygiene promotion. In an interview recently in Abuja, Elekolusi, explained that Cross Rivers state is among the states benefiting from the Rural Sanitation and Read More

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Zuru LG flags off programme to improve IGR

October 26, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Kabiru Dogon Daji Birnin Kebbi Zuru local government council of Kebbi state has disclosed plans to improve its locally generated revenue (IGR) to avoid total dependency on monthly statutory allocation from the federal government. Consequently, the council has flagged off its internal revenue intervention and drive programme (IGRPA). Speaking at the occasion, the council chairman, Alhaji Kabiru Abubakar, said Read More

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UNFPA trains 75 Borno women, girls on skills

October 26, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Sadiq Abubakar   Maiduguri United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) in collaboration with the Borno state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has trained 75 women and girls from three LGAs of the state. The 75 women and girls were drawn from Maiduguri Metropolitan Council MMC, Jere and Mafa local government areas for the training on various skills Read More