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Gbajabiamila: Reps To Give Legal Backing To Social Investment Programme.

Gbajabiamila: Reps To Give Legal Backing To Social Investment Programme.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says the House will provide strong legislation and codify the Social Investment Programmes (SIPs). He said the programmes are now subjected to whims and caprices of some few people in charge. Gbajabiamila ...

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Tension mounts between Uniuyo, host communities over demolition of buildings

Tension mounts between Uniuyo, host communities over demolition of buildings

May 30, 2020 Cletus Ukpong At the dead of the night, on Sunday, May 24, people living in Ekpri Nsukara and the adjourning communities, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, were woken up from their sleep by the sound from heavy ...

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CAN’s proposed guidelines to FG for reopening of Churches

CAN’s proposed guidelines to FG for reopening of Churches

The guidelines were submitted at a meeting, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had with the leaderships of CAN and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Abuja on Wednesday. “Churches should ...

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Premier League to resume on June 17 with Man City vs Arsenal one of the first fixtures

Premier League to resume on June 17 with Man City vs Arsenal one of the first fixtures

Following Thursday’s meeting regarding ‘Project Restart’, a date has now been agreed for England’s top flight to get back underway The Premier League season will resume on June 17 with Manchester City’s meeting with Arsenal one of the first matches ...

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Akwa Ibom’s five years with Udom Emmanuel (2)

Akwa Ibom’s five years with Udom Emmanuel (2)

By Emmanuel Sam I mentioned in the first part of this write-up that Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel brought his wealth of experience in corporate governance to lead Akwa Ibom State. His emergence effectively midwife a new order in public service ...

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Hotels, School Dormitories To Be Used As Isolation Centres – FG

Hotels, School Dormitories To Be Used As Isolation Centres – FG

The Federal Government has urged hotels and schools to get ready to be used as isolation centres for COVID-19 patients, in the event of an overflow of the hospitals.The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this on Thursday in ...

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FAAN to Reopen Nigerian Airports soon

FAAN to Reopen Nigerian Airports soon

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said it has put in place arrangements on passenger facilitation, ahead of resumption of flights. The General Manager Corporate Affairs of FAAN, Henrietta Yakubu, stated this while speaking at an aviation webinar ...

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5YEARS ON THE SADDLE; UDOM EMMANUEL’S SIGNATURES

5YEARS ON THE SADDLE; UDOM EMMANUEL’S SIGNATURES

Part3 By Emmanuel Godwin According to the saying “Health is wealth”, Mr Udom Emmanuel upon assumption of office in May 29, 2015 as Governor of Akwa Ibom State, paid attention to the health sector of Akwa Ibom State, having understood ...

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Lagos Govt To Employ 2,000 Primary School Teachers, As Govt Plans To Re-Open Schools

Lagos Govt To Employ 2,000 Primary School Teachers, As Govt Plans To Re-Open Schools

The Lagos State Government has made known its plan to employ 2,000 teachers in its public primary schools, IgbereTV reports. The state Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo disclosed the plans or the recruitment during an online show, Covinspiration show, moderated ...

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Trump Sends 1,000 Ventilators To Nigeria

Trump Sends 1,000 Ventilators To Nigeria

United States President, Donald Trump said Thursday that he has sent 1,000 ventilators to Nigeria to help save lives from the COVID-19 pandemic.Questioned on his claim of enough ventilators to share with other countries, after touring Ford Motor plant in ...

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