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Adaptation is Key Characteristic of China’s Policy against COVID-19 (by H.E. CUI Jianchun, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria)
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Adaptation is Key Characteristic of China’s Policy against COVID-19 (by H.E. CUI Jianchun, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria)

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On the New Year’s eve, Chinese President XI Jinping, at his 2023 New Year Address, extended greetings to all nationals as well as friends and people in the world, while claiming that, since COVID-19 struck, China has prevailed over unprecedented difficulties and…

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<strong>Kanu Gravely Sick, Must Not Die In Custody, Rights Group Warns FG</strong>
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Kanu Gravely Sick, Must Not Die In Custody, Rights Group Warns FG

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-From SUNNY A.  DAVID: A Rights Group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has called on the Federal government to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying that it could be…

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DESOPADEC boss, Bashorun Askia presents health equipment to 268 PHCs in Delta *Receives Award of Outstanding Performance 
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DESOPADEC boss, Bashorun Askia presents health equipment to 268 PHCs in Delta *Receives Award of Outstanding Performance 

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-By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has presented health care delivery equipment to the 268 Primary Health Care Centres across Delta State. The equipment are to be…

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Nigerian Red Cross Begins 2022 Flood Intervention For 1,350 Households In Delta
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Nigerian Red Cross Begins 2022 Flood Intervention For 1,350 Households In Delta

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The Nigerian Red Cross Society yesterday flagged off the 2022 flood intervention for 1, 350 households affected by the recent flood disaster in some local government areas of Delta State.Local government areas that are benefitting are Isoko South, Ndokwa East and Ughelli…

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<strong>Over 50 Persons Arrested, Prosecuted For Violating Anambra Environmental Laws</strong>
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Over 50 Persons Arrested, Prosecuted For Violating Anambra Environmental Laws

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-From SUNNY A.  DAVID: Over fifty persons have been arrested and tried for defaulting Anambra State environmental laws. The defaulters were arrested and tried at Magistrate Court, Awka and other mobile courts sitting in different parts of Awka. The defaulters were arrested…

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<strong>Soludo Commiserates With Victims Of Kano Street Fire Incident, Beside Onitsha Main Market</strong>
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Soludo Commiserates With Victims Of Kano Street Fire Incident, Beside Onitsha Main Market

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-From SUNNY A.  DAVID: Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has commiserated with victims and owners of some shops at the Kano Street, beside Main Market, Onitsha, following a fire incident that occured in the market The unfortunate fire incident…

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Yobe Commissions Health Facilities in Border Communities with Niger Republic
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Yobe Commissions Health Facilities in Border Communities with Niger Republic

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Yobe state government has inaugurated healthcare facilities in some border communities. This would put a stop to the frequent travels of the people in the communities across the border to neighbouring Niger Republic for health care services. The state commissioner of health,…

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<strong>Onitsha Chemical Explosion: Markets Shut As Govt Sends Caterpillars To Evacuate Debris</strong>
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Onitsha Chemical Explosion: Markets Shut As Govt Sends Caterpillars To Evacuate Debris

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-From SUNNY A.DAVID: Barely four days after an explosion rocked chemical line of Onitsha drug market which claimed at least seven lives and injured 15 others, as Anambra State government sent two bulldozers and heavy duty trucks to evacuate the debris at…

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EU Allocates Fresh €500,000 to Fight Cholera Epidemic in Nigeria
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EU Allocates Fresh €500,000 to Fight Cholera Epidemic in Nigeria

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The European Union has allocated €500,000 from its Epidemics Tool to support Nigeria in its fight against the cholera epidemic affecting the country. A statement by EU said the intervention would be especially to those affected in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states,…

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Dame Okowa Distributes Food, Relief Materials to Flood Victims in Aboh, Burutu, Ewulu, Patani Camps
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Dame Okowa Distributes Food, Relief Materials to Flood Victims in Aboh, Burutu, Ewulu, Patani Camps

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Following the devastating effects of this year’s flood, the Delta state Government through various agencies have continued to reach out to victims sheltered at designated Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps across the state. Wife of the state governor and Founder, 05 Initiative…

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Over 1600 patients treated in three weeks in MSF cholera treatment centre in Maiduguri
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Over 1600 patients treated in three weeks in MSF cholera treatment centre in Maiduguri

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Maiduguri, 5 October 2022 – More than 1,600 people have been treated for cholera in the past three weeks by teams from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, northeast Nigeria. Patient numbers…

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MSF Calls for Inclusion of North West in UN’s Humanitarian Plan
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MSF Calls for Inclusion of North West in UN’s Humanitarian Plan

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders has called for the inclusion of Northwest Nigeria in the United Nations’ Humanitarian Plan, insisting that this would enable a broader and more sustained response in the region which has been bedeviled…

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NAOWA seeks partnership with NDLEA on anti-drug war
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NAOWA seeks partnership with NDLEA on anti-drug war

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Nigeria Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) has pledged commitment to work with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to ensure a drug-free country. The Wife of the Chief of Army Staff and President of the Nigeria Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA),…

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N11.2m Medical Bills: Patients In FMC, Asaba Specialist Hospital Thank Dame Okowa
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N11.2m Medical Bills: Patients In FMC, Asaba Specialist Hospital Thank Dame Okowa

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Fifty-Three patients drawn from both the federal medical centre and Asaba Specialist Hospital have expressed appreciation to the wife of the Delta state governor, Dame Edith Okowa following the payment of their medical bills and that of their children to the tune…

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UK donates £15m to tackle food insecurity, malnutrition in N-East Nigeria
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UK donates £15m to tackle food insecurity, malnutrition in N-East Nigeria

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The United Kingdom (UK) said she will be spending £15 million of emergency humanitarian funding to provide vital food and nutrition assistance for vulnerable people in North-East Nigerian states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. According to a statement on Wednesday, the money…

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<strong>Dame Okowa Flags Off </strong>Maternal/Children Micro nutrients Supplementation, Mass Deworming Prog In Delta
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Dame Okowa Flags Off Maternal/Children Micro nutrients Supplementation, Mass Deworming Prog In Delta

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Wife of Delta State Governor and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dame Edith Okowa has formally flagged off the Maternal and Children Micro Nutrient Supplementation and Mass Deworming programme. The event took place Thursday August 18th 2022, at…

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Pastor’ arrested with three drums of *Mkpuru Mmiri*
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Pastor’ arrested with three drums of *Mkpuru Mmiri*

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested a pastor, Anietie Effiong with three drums of crystal methamphetamine, locally called Mkpuru Mmiri, believed to have been imported from India. A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics…

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Okowa Says D-CARES mitigating eco impact of pandemic *Beneficiaries selected on merit -Barry-Gbe Insists
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Okowa Says D-CARES mitigating eco impact of pandemic *Beneficiaries selected on merit -Barry-Gbe Insists

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-By Albert OGRAKA (with additional govt house news bulletin): Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa on Friday said the state’s COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (D-CARES) Programme was to mitigate the adverse…

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Dame Okowa Flags Off Free Medicare For Aniocha/Oshimili Fed Constituency @ Grand Finale In Asaba 
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Dame Okowa Flags Off Free Medicare For Aniocha/Oshimili Fed Constituency @ Grand Finale In Asaba 

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–By Albert OGRAKA: Wife of Delta state Governor and founder of O5 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has flagged off the grand finale of the 2022 Free Grassroots Medical Outreach for the Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency. The epoch making event which took place at…

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Yoga Enthusiasts Troops to Indian High Commission to Mark International Yoga Day
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Yoga Enthusiasts Troops to Indian High Commission to Mark International Yoga Day

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Nearly 500 Yoga enthusiasts from all walks of life, Nigerian dignitaries, Heads of Diplomatic Missions, Members of diplomatic corps, Indian community and friends from Media trooped to the High Commission of India in Abuja to celebrate the 8th edition of International Day…

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World Sickle Cell Day: Dame Okowa Inaugurates Sickle Cell Clinic, Paediatric Center in Ukwuani
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World Sickle Cell Day: Dame Okowa Inaugurates Sickle Cell Clinic, Paediatric Center in Ukwuani

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In commemoration of this year’s World Sickle Cell Day, Wife of Delta Governor and Founder O5 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has inaugurated another Sickle Cell Clinic in the state. Dame Okowa while commissioning the 23rd Sickle Cell clinic in the state alongside…

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Beneficiaries Of O5 Initiative Free Medicare Hit 8,568 *As Dame Okowa Urges Constituents’ Use Of Facilities
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Beneficiaries Of O5 Initiative Free Medicare Hit 8,568 *As Dame Okowa Urges Constituents’ Use Of Facilities

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Blank NEWS Online can authoritatively report that a total of 8,568 persons have so far benefitted from the ongoing Free Medical Outreach being carried out by O5 Initiative, a pet project of Delta First Lady, Dame Edith Okowa and her partners across…

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DELTA: Over 5,205 Persons Benefit From Free Medicare In 4 Fed Constituencies –Dame Okowa
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DELTA: Over 5,205 Persons Benefit From Free Medicare In 4 Fed Constituencies –Dame Okowa

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-By Albert OGRAKA: More than 5, 205 persons from four federal constituencies have so far been attended to in the course of the ongoing O5 Initiative sponsored free medical outreach in Delta State. A total of 736 surgeries were performed, while 3,298…

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2 pregnant women, among arrested drug traffickers by NDLEA
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2 pregnant women, among arrested drug traffickers by NDLEA

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Two pregnant women are among drug traffickers arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos for attempting to import and export illicit drugs through the airport over the last week. According to…

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Dame Okowa Inaugurates 19th Sickle Cell Clinic *Flags Off Patani/Bomadi Free Eye Treatment
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Dame Okowa Inaugurates 19th Sickle Cell Clinic *Flags Off Patani/Bomadi Free Eye Treatment

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By Albert OGRAKA: Wife of Delta State Governor and founder, 05 initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has formally commissioned the 19th Delta owned sickle cell clinic in the state. She inaugurated the newly built and equipped clinic at Bomadi General Hospital in Bomadi…

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NDLEA Arrests Billionaire Drug Baron Linked with N3bn Abba Kyari’s Team Tramadol Deal
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NDLEA Arrests Billionaire Drug Baron Linked with N3bn Abba Kyari’s Team Tramadol Deal

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said the billionaire drug baron fingered in the N3 billion tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, is now in their net. A statement…

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Anambra Chairman Nigeria Red Cross Society Prof. Katchy, Raises Alarm Over Increasing Mental Health Issues In Nigeria
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Anambra Chairman Nigeria Red Cross Society Prof. Katchy, Raises Alarm Over Increasing Mental Health Issues In Nigeria

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BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Nigerians have been urged to join hands with the government to tackle the increasing challenge of illicit drugs and substance abuse to stem the alarming rate of mental illness across the Country. Speaking to journalists in Awka, the…

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NDLEA, DSS Seal Off Abuja Hotel to Stop Launch of New Psychoactive Drink
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NDLEA, DSS Seal Off Abuja Hotel to Stop Launch of New Psychoactive Drink

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A joint team of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Department of State Services (DSS) have raided and sealed off Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja. A statement by the spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said the hotel was sealed off…

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UN Allocates $15 million to Address Food Insecurity, Malnutrition in North East
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UN Allocates $15 million to Address Food Insecurity, Malnutrition in North East

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The United Nations has allocated US$15 million to support humanitarian assistance in Nigeria’s North East. A statement by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) on Thursday said the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr….

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UNODC Begins Assessment Work on Rehab of Lagos, P/Harcourt Correctional Facilities
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UNODC Begins Assessment Work on Rehab of Lagos, P/Harcourt Correctional Facilities

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has began assessment work on rehabilitation of principal correctional facilities in Port Harcourt and Lagos. The United Nations body is targeting the rehabilitation of correctional facilities in both Part Harcourt and Lagos after…

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Dame Okowa Flags-Off Free Eye Care Outreach In Burutu, Commissions 17th Sickle Cell Center In Delta
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Dame Okowa Flags-Off Free Eye Care Outreach In Burutu, Commissions 17th Sickle Cell Center In Delta

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-By Albert OGRAKA: Wife of Delta State Governor and founder, 05 initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, has flagged off the 5-day Free Eye Care Outreach and commissioned the Delta State owned 17th Sickle Cell Center in Burutu. Dame Okowa, had promised to establish…

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Dame Okowa Flags Off Free Grassroots Medical Outreach In Delta
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Dame Okowa Flags Off Free Grassroots Medical Outreach In Delta

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Wife of Delta State Governor and founder, O5 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has flagged off the free grassroots medical outreach for the Warri Federal constituencies. During the ceremony which held on Wednesday 16th March, 2022 at the Central Hospital Warri, Dame Okowa…

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USAID Announces Additional $10.6M in COVID-19 Assistance to Nigeria
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USAID Announces Additional $10.6M in COVID-19 Assistance to Nigeria

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The United States has announced additional $10.6 million to finance the boosting of COVID-19 vaccination efforts to reach a target of 600,000 people daily. A statement on Thursday by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said the funds will also support…

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Osinbajo Commissions Doctors’ Apartment, Shops, School, Road in Maiduguri
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Osinbajo Commissions Doctors’ Apartment, Shops, School, Road in Maiduguri

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The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Maiduguri on Thursday, to launch the 30th edition of the Federal Government’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic during which he commissioned four out of over 500 projects executed by Borno State Governor,…

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Bayoko Lauds Gov Okowa on Health Care Approvals *Charges Dentists on Collab With Stakeholders
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Bayoko Lauds Gov Okowa on Health Care Approvals *Charges Dentists on Collab With Stakeholders

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–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Aruoriwo IVOVI/Azubike OKEI: The State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa has been lauded for being liberal in granting approvals to the requirements of Health Care Professional in the State. Head of Service of Delta State, Mr. Reginald…

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US Reiterates Commitment To Scaling Up COVID-19 Vaccination
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US Reiterates Commitment To Scaling Up COVID-19 Vaccination

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–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The United States has reiterated its commitment to support Nigeria and other countries around the world to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at the Flag-Off of the COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Campaign in Imo State hosted by Governor…

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Kenya’s High Commissioner Dies In Abuja
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Kenya’s High Commissioner Dies In Abuja

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–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the sudden death of the country’s High Commissioner to Nigeria. Ambassador Wilfred Machage, Machage was also accredited ambassador of his country to 12 other countries in Central and Western Africa. The…

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NDLEA Promises Staff Welfare Would Continue To Be Top Priority
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NDLEA Promises Staff Welfare Would Continue To Be Top Priority

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–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has reiterated that staff welfare will continue to be its top priority. A statement on Thursday by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafem in apparent reaction to some…

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DELSUTH Resident Doctors Appeal To Gov Okowa To Rescind Decision On Withheld Salary Of House Officers
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DELSUTH Resident Doctors Appeal To Gov Okowa To Rescind Decision On Withheld Salary Of House Officers

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-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Aruoriwo IVOVI: The Association of Resident Doctors have stressed the need for both the Federal and the State Governments to engage more qualified medical doctors and other health personnel in order to bridge the deficiency occasioned by…

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NDLEA Intercepts Codeine Worth N2bn At Lagos Port
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NDLEA Intercepts Codeine Worth N2bn At Lagos Port

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–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have again intercepted 40,250 kilogrammes of the Schedule II controlled narcotic worth over N2 billion imported in two 40ft containers from India. This latest interception is barely a week…

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