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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Maureen Onochie
Chief Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Bashir Abubakar, on Tuesday said that between October 2024 when he assumed office and March this year, 64,967 complaints were received and 15,077 resolved. Speaking in Abuja during a press briefing, he said many of the complaints bordered on injustice against workers from government institutions, bridge of trust from business partners, cases of corruption, among other cases, from various sectors.
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2 weeks ago | 
allafrica.com | Maureen Onochie
The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has said it is better to have an impactful one-year service where corps members are properly equipped with the capacity to create jobs and impact their lives rather than extend the service to two years. He stated this while speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja after the 2025 Annual Management Conference of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Maureen Onochie
The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has said it is better to have an impactful one-year service where corps members are properly equipped with the capacity to create jobs and impact their lives rather than extend the service to two years. He stated this while speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja after the 2025 Annual Management Conference of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Maureen Onochie
Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, says he would join the ongoing protest under the aegis of Take It Back Movement if he had the time. He urged the youths to speak their minds but warned that they shouldn’t be violent and government infrastructure should not be destroyed.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Maureen Onochie
The federal government is planning to establish “Renewed Hope Cultural Villages” across the 36 states to promote Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage and boost the creative industry, Abiola Abdulkareem, Special Assistant to Hannatu Musawa, the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, has said.
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4 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Maureen Onochie
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has raised the alarm over a drastic shortfall in funding for critical aid programmes in Nigeria and globally, warning that expected financial support for 2025 may not materialise. Trond Jensen, UNOCHA’s Head in Nigeria, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during the 2025 National Humanitarian Roundtable forum.
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1 month ago | 
dailytrust.com | Maureen Onochie
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alh. Mohammed Idris has said the nation is witnessing a reduction in prices of foodstuffs, which is already bringing relief to the people. He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during another session of the ministerial press briefing, which hosted the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, and the Minister of State, Senator John Owan Enoh.
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1 month ago | 
dailytrust.com | Maureen Onochie
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has said that sector-based university would help to produce graduates that would impact in the sector of their specific area of study. Chairman of the institute, Dr. Ike Neliaku said this in a congratulatory letter to Prof. Tonnie Iredia after the Tonnie Iredia University of Communication (TIUC), Benin City was part of the 11 universities approved by the federal government.
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2 months ago | 
dailytrust.com | Maureen Onochie
The signing of the amended Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) Act by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will help in locally manufacturing defence equipment and strengthen the naira, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of DICON Gray Insignia, Mr Bem Ibrahim Garba, has said. In a statement, he said the transactions would be conducted in local currency rather than in foreign exchange.
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2 months ago | 
dailytrust.com | Maureen Onochie
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda has said plans are underway to empower pardoned minors of #Endbadgovernance protest with skill acquisition and reintegration programme in collaboration with the Kaduna State government. He made this known during his follow-up visit to the governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, on the current status of the minors.
