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Fifteen-year-old Maryam Mohammed Ali’s lifelong ambition is to become a doctor, a profession that will allow her to use her expertise to care for her community in Baga, a town on the edge of the Lake Chad Basin that has suffered several attacks by the infamous Boko Haram insurgents. Boko Haram, which in Hausa means: Western education is forbidden, almost …

The Lagos state government has dismissed reports of the reintroduction of monthly environmental sanitation exercises in the state. A report emerged on social media recently that the government has decided to revive the exercise introduced by the military regime in the early 80s following a cholera outbreak in the state. However, the state Commissioner for Environment, Adetokunbo Wahab, in a …

Nigeria is the fifth fastest Sub-Saharan African country in internet speed, with an average download speed of 27.62 Mbps. This is based on the 2024 Worldwide Broadband Speed ​​Report released by Cable.co.uk on Tuesday. According to an internet speed test conducted in 220 countries, Nigeria has improved its global speed ranking, rising from 133rd in 2023 to 132nd in 2024. …

  The Port Harcourt refinery has come under massive attack by a gang of youths who have invaded the facility and looted parts of the strategic oil infrastructure. This development has jeopardized the planned take-off of the refinery, whose extraordinary maintenance has been practically completed. The refinery’s long-awaited restart could be delayed by the destruction of the plant. Wednesday’s attack …

The Minister for Sports Development, Senator John Owan-Enoh, has expressed sadness over the death of a member of the House of Representatives, representing Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, and Chairman of the House Committee on Sports, Ekene Adams, who passed away yesterday morning. The former Labour Party (LP) lawmaker died at the age of 39 after a long illness. …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Tuesday said it had recorded 3,623 suspected Cholera cases and 103 deaths across 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of July 15, 2024. Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed this while briefing Journalists in Abuja, said the outbreak has now spread to 187 local government areas, …

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has sacked his Chief Security Adviser Ahmed Adamu Chiroma. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado, made this known in a brief statement on Tuesday in Bauchi. The statement read: “His Excellency, Senator Bala A. Mohammed CON, Fnipr (Kauran Daular Usmaniya), the Executive Governor of Bauchi State has approved the termination …

The Kaduna State government has scheduled elections in 23 local government areas in the state for October 19. The chairman of the state Independent National Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM), Hajara Mohammed, announced the date at a meeting with political parties and other relevant individuals in Kaduna on Tuesday. Mohammed said the current board members were sworn in on November 1, 2021, …

Organized trade unions in Ogun State have issued a stern warning of planned industrial action over the failure of the Ogun State government to pay over N40 billion in contributory pension money deducted from workers’ salaries over the past 15 years. In a joint letter addressed to Governor Dapo Abiodun, signed by Comrades Akeem Lasisi (State Chairman, TUC), Hammed Benco-Ademola …

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