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Dec 5, 2024 | 
dailytrust.com | Abdulyassar Abdulhamid
The Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mallam Jibrin Ndace, will serve as the Special Guest of Honour, while the Senior Vice Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP Newspapers, Azubuike Ishiekwene, will deliver the keynote address at the 6th Campus Journalism Awards.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abdulyassar Abdulhamid
Senator Ali Ndume, lawmaker representing the Borno South Senatorial District, has said that political undertakers are doing damage to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Ndume stated this while discussing the tax reform bills during an interview on Channels TV's Politics Today on Thursday. The Senate had passed the bills for second reading earlier Thursday despite protests by Ndume and Senator Abdul Ningi. Ndume said, "Here, we are with political undertakers and they are doing damage to Mr President.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
dailytrust.com | Abdulyassar Abdulhamid
No fewer than 20 passengers in 5 vehicles have been reportedly kidnapped on Mariga-Kontagora road in Niger State. The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, who also represents Mariga Constituency, Barrister Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji made this known in an interview with journalists.
He said the incident happened on Thursday when bandits blocked Mariga-Kontagora road between Baban-Lamba and Beri.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abdulyassar Abdulhamid
Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has said that the 19 governors under the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) are against the VAT bill because it will be unfair to the region. The governor stated this during an interview on Channels TV's Politics Today. Arising from a meeting on Sunday, the NGF chaired by Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, had rejected the derivation-based model for Value Added Tax (VAT) distribution in the new tax bill currently in the National Assembly for deliberation.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abdulyassar Abdulhamid
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has said the judiciary has an important role to play in the government's sustained fight against insecurity because delays in prosecution emboldens criminals.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abdulyassar Abdulhamid
President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Mohammed Ibrahim, has said the union will only call off the ongoing strike when when its members receive alerts of the owed salaries. Ibrahim stated this during an interview on Channels TV's Politics Today on Monday. SSANU, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) had declared strike following non-payment of four-month salaries beginning from Sunday night.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
dailytrust.com | Abdulyassar Abdulhamid
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has sacked the Board and management of African Alliance Insurance Plc, one of Nigeria’s oldest life assurance companies, following years of insolvency and failure to meet the obligations of annuitants and policyholders. The Commission, as the primary regulator of the Insurance Sector, announced that it has taken over the Board and Management of African Alliance Insurance Plc, effective from Wednesday.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
dailytrust.com | Abdulyassar Abdulhamid
Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has commenced the drilling of boreholes at Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps across the state. Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, disclosed this to newsmen in Lokoja, the state capital, on Thursday. He said the move is to ensure persons and families displaced by flooding are not exposed to water-borne diseases, and to ameliorate the hardship the displaced persons go through in search of drinking water.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
dailytrust.com | Abdulyassar Abdulhamid
Kora, a leader in the financial technology sector, announced the establishment of an endowment fund to support students at Covenant University. Dickson Nsofor, CEO of Kora, stated this in a statement. He said that initiative aims to provide financial assistance to deserving students, ensuring they can complete their higher education without financial constraints.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abdulyassar Abdulhamid
Daily Trust's Assistant Online Editor, Afeez Hanafi, has emerged as the winner of the print category in the 2nd edition of Emerging Health Technologies Media Award of Excellence. The paper's Health Editor, Ojoma Akor, had won the category in the inaugural edition of the award last year.
