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The Borno State government has assured residents in and around Maiduguri that the area will not be submerged by water as efforts are underway to stem seasonal flooding caused by the overflowing Alau Dam. The Alau Dam, with a capacity of 112 million cubic meters, was designed to support irrigation activities on the banks of the Alau River and to …

GENERAL INFORMATION POINT OF CONTACT: Human Resource Office, email at LiberiaHR@usaid.gov POSITION TITLE: USAID Project Management Specialist (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning [MEL]) MARKET VALUE: $45,350.00 – $ 72,566.00, Grade FSN- 11In accordance with AIDAR Appendix J and the Local Compensation Plan of USAID Final compensation will benegotiated within the listed market value. Note that all U.S. Embassy Locally Employed Staff …

Kwara State Chief Justice Abiodun Adebara on Thursday swore in two sets of Local Government Election Petition Tribunals to hear electoral cases that may arise after the September 21, 2024 elections. The Election Petition Tribunal consists of three members in both sets. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony of the court held at the Kwara State Judiciary conference hall, the CJ …

The Sokoto State government has stated that an expenditure of N1.2 billion was allocated for drilling new boreholes rather than renovating existing boreholes. This clarification is in response to reports on social media that misquoted Governor Ahmed Aliyu’s statement that the funds were used to renovate 25 boreholes. In a press statement issued on Thursday, the Chief Press Secretary to …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced that it has supplied 30 million barrels of crude oil to the Dangote refinery and plans to supply another 17 million barrels soon. NNPCL Downstream Executive Vice President Adedapo Segun made this disclosure while speaking on Arise Television on Thursday. According to Segun, the company will supply 6.3 million barrels in September …

The gambling landscape in Brazil has changed dramatically from a thriving casino culture before 1941 to a complete ban under the Criminal Contraventions Law of 1941. Over the years, only a state lottery and some forms of non-commercial gambling were permitted. Now, the push to legalize gambling finally led to the passage of Bill 14,790 in December 2023, and PL …

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Chijioke Iremeka A recent World Health Organization report attributed poor compliance with road safety standards to the rise in road deaths in Africa over the past decade, with 250,000 lives lost in 2021 alone. The WHO report on the state of road safety 2023, published in July 2024, found that post-crash care services were also inadequate in most countries, with …

The Kano State government has confirmed 31 people have died in the recent floods across 21 local government areas of the state. The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, Isyaku Kubarachi disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Kano. He said 280 people were affected and 5,280 houses were destroyed by the floods. Kubarachi added that 2,518 farmlands …

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told African leaders on Thursday that he would deepen cooperation on infrastructure and trade with the continent, speaking at Beijing’s biggest summit in years. More than 50 African leaders and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend this week’s China-Africa forum, state media said. African leaders have already secured a series of commitments this week for …