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The Federal Government has empowered more than 11, 000 graduates in Plateau State with N8.94 billion under the N-Power programme. Dr Sumaye Hamza, the Executive Assistant to Gov. Simon Lalong on Social Investment Program (SIP), disclosed this on Tuesday in her opening remarks at a 4-Day Sensitisation Workshop organised forContinue Reading

A human rights activist, Mr Alexander Orji, has urged Nigerians to stop picketing South African companies in Nigeria. He said picketing would not stop the killing of Nigerians in South Africa, but worsen the rivalry among citizens of the two nations. Orji, Director-General of Centre for Protection of Nigerians inContinue Reading

By Stanley Nwanosike Business centre operators, who have photocopy machines, are currently making brisk business in two centres where Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) pension verification is ongoing in Enugu. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who is monitoring developments at the centres on Tuesday, observed thatContinue Reading

By Hassana Yakubu The Chairman, Shehu Plastic & Company Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Usman, on Tuesday said the Company had transformed many Kaduna Street waste to useful domestic materials through recycling. Usman said this when African Climate Reporters paid a courtesy visit to the recycling plant in Kaduna, Kaduna State. AccordingContinue Reading

By Abbas Bamalli Kano, Aug. 26, 2019 (NAN) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday said no fewer than 19 million children are unregistered during and after birth in Nigeria. The Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF, Sharon Oladiji, said this in Kano at a 2-day media dialogue organised by UNICEFContinue Reading

The Kano State Hisbah Board on Monday said 146 beggars had been arrested in Kano metropolis for allegedly contravening the state’s law on street begging and roaming about at odd hours. The Acting Director-General of the board, Dr Aliyu Musa, disclosed this to journalists during a press briefing in Kano.Continue Reading