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1 week ago | 
independent.ng | Innocent Oweh |Tor Vande-Acka |Joy Anigbogu
1 …Asks Governor Alia To Constitute Peace Committee …Directs Him To Make Land Available For Ranching …Co-Opt Ex-Govs Into Think-Tank For Enduring Solution …Alia Asks For Special Intervention Fund For Affected Communities Apparently worried by the level of killings in Yelewata community in Benue State, having met with some of the survivors, President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, directed the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, to go...
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1 week ago | 
independent.ng | Innocent Oweh
1 ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu has directed that a newly established Committee of Elders for Benue State must include all former governors and the current Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule. This was revealed in a post on Wednesday by Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, on his X account.
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1 week ago | 
independent.ng | Innocent Oweh
1 ABUJA – As a way of finding lasting solutions to the crisis of farmers and herders in Benue state, President Bola Tinubu has directed the State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, to make available land that would be used for cattle ranching. The President gave the directive while having a town hall meeting with stakeholders in Benue, following the killing of over 200 people by suspected herdsmen recently. Tinubu told Alia to be ready to receive insults as that was the hallmark of leadership.
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1 week ago | 
independent.ng | Innocent Oweh
0 …Showcases Rich Cultural Heritage of Idanre PeopleABUJA: The traditional Orosun festival indigenous to the Idanre people has kicked off in Ondo State, South West, Nigeria. It will run through June 15 to June 19, 2025. This annual celebration honors Orosun, a wife of Olofin Aremitan, the founder of Idanre, and showcases the rich cultural heritage of the Idanre people.
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1 week ago | 
independent.ng | Innocent Oweh
1 ABUJA – The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has disclosed the Federal Government’s resolve to close the country’s infrastructure gap, estimated at over $2.3 trillion, through strategic public-private partnerships (PPPs).
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1 week ago | 
independent.ng | Innocent Oweh
1 ABUJA – The Managing Director of Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP), Uzoma Nwagba, has disclosed that Nigeria will need about N183 trillion in credit to effectively develop the country level towards an efficient consumer credit facility. This is just as the Federal Government agency is mulling a system where it would henceforth link citizens’ credit scores to the National Identification Number (NIN) as a mandatory requirement to qualify for loans.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.ng | Innocent Oweh
0 ABUJA – The Federal Ministry of Environment in partnership with the Nigeria Wind Energy Council (NWEC) have launched the Youth for Wind, Climate and Innovation (YWCI) initiative. The programme is designed to empower Nigeria’s youth to lead the country’s clean energy transition through wind energy innovation, policy engagement, and community action.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.ng | Innocent Oweh
2 ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR AT THE JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN COMMEMORATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY, 2025THURSDAY, 12TH JUNE 2025Protocol:With profound honour, I stand before this joint session of our National Assembly; a parliament that embodies the will of the Nigerian people. Today, as I entered this grand edifice built from the sweat and toil of our democratic yearning, my heart stirred. It was a blend of accomplishment and resolve.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.ng | Innocent Oweh
1 …Says One-Party State Notion Existing In Imaginative ThoughtsABUJA – President Bola Tinubu has lashed back at critics insinuating that the country was drifting into a one party state, following a gale of defections from the opposition parties to the ruling party, the All Progressive Congress, APC. He took to the Democracy Day speech he delivered at the National Assembly, while addressing a joint session of the legislators to correct the notion.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.ng | Innocent Oweh
1 …Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, Rewani, Kokori, Alex Ibru, Bola Ige, Soyinka, Falana, etc, also on the list ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu has bestowed posthumous national honours on late Kudirat Abiola, wife of the presumed winner of the presidential election in 1993, Chief MKO Abiola. Tinubu also confered national honours on Humphrey Nwosu, the electoral umpire at the time.
