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By Angela Atabo Stakeholders say early intervention, stronger policy enforcement and youth empowerment are critical strategies to curing bullying in Nigerian schools. They gave the recommendations at a Stakeholder Consultative Dialogue on Anti-Bullying in Nigerians Schools convened by International Alert Nigeria, in Abuja. Dr Margaret Ebubedike, Senior Research Fellow, InternationalContinue Reading

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By Emmanuel Antswen The Police Command in Benue has arrested seven suspects over alleged connection with the April 15 abduction of some passengers in Otukpo. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Edet Udeme, confirmed the development in a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi on Saturday. Udeme said that the arrestsContinue Reading

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By Nana Musa The Federal Government has committed 500,000 dollars to AFRITAC West 2 Phase III, reinforcing efforts to strengthen policy capacity and macroeconomic management across West Africa. The agreement was signed during the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings involving senior officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the CentralContinue Reading

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By Philomina Attah ​ The President, Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), Rev. Israel Akanji, has proposed licensing of private security initiatives to support the police and military in tackling insecurity across Nigeria. The cleric proffered the solution in Abuja, at a news briefing ahead of the convention’s 113th Annual Session, scheduledContinue Reading

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By Mohammad Tijjani The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shu’aibu, has inaugurated four blocks of 120 flats and a 60,000-litre solar-powered borehole for soldiers at Ribadu Cantonment, Kotoko Barracks in Kaduna. Shu’aibu, who was represented by the Chief of Administration, Army Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Isa Abdullah, said the projectContinue Reading

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By Ibironke Ariyo The Committee of Youth on Mobilisation and Sensitisation (CYMS) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene in the dispute involving Winhomes Global Services Limited and diaspora investors over the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project. The CYMS Director-General, Chief Obinna Nwaka, who made the appeal during aContinue Reading

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By Angela Atabo Key stakeholders across government, civil society and industries have called for stronger regulatory coordination and accelerated action on methane abatement in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. They made the call at the Methane Emission Abatement in the Oil and Gas Industry Regulatory Dialogue organised by the StakeholderContinue Reading

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By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus The Federal Government has handed over to the Kwara Government 132 housing units at the National Housing Programme Estate Ogbondoroko in Ilorin. Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, who received documents and keys to the National Housing Programme Estate at Ogbondoroko in Asa Local Government Area, said acquisitionContinue Reading