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1 week ago | 
nannews.ng | Ginika Okoye |Magdalene Ukuedojor |Vivian Ihechu
By Ginika OkoyeBanks have appealed to the government to grant tax incentives and breaks to financial institutions financing infrastructure and mining as done in other climes like China and Brazil. Mr Oliver Alawuba, the Chairman, Body of Banks’ Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), made the appeal at the 36th Seminar of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) in Abuja.
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3 weeks ago | 
nannews.ng | Ibukun Emiola |Vivian Ihechu |Lydia Beshel |Magdalene Ukuedojor
By Ibukun Emiola, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Rofiah Oyekunle is a 13-year-old special girl with a deep-seated desire to become a teacher in the future. Her physically challenged status notwithstanding, Rofiah shows no sign of submitting this precious dream to her disability. Perhaps, being a pupil of Basic Special School, Adeoyo, Ring Road, Ibadan, is just the fuel she needs to keep believing in herself.
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3 weeks ago | 
nannews.ng | Vivian Ihechu |Lydia Beshel |Magdalene Ukuedojor |Tosin Kolade
By Vivian IhechuWith development funding becoming increasingly constrained, Pathfinder International is urging the adoption of innovative approaches and the fostering of diverse partnerships to continue serving women and girls, particularly in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The organisation highlighted that the current stop-work order and broader funding constraints are creating significant challenges for healthcare delivery.
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4 weeks ago | 
nannews.ng | Olanrewaju Akojede |Magdalene Ukuedojor |Muhyideen Jimoh |Vivian Ihechu
By Olanrewaju AkojedeAdemola Lookman, the reigning “African Footballer of the Year”, has once again added to feathers on his cap as he has emerged the `2024/2025 King of the Pitch’ at an award ceremony in Uyo. The Super Eagles and Atalanta BC Sensation, Lookman, emerged winner of the Striker of the Year and King of the Pitch at the 11th award ceremony of the Nigeria Pitch Awards.
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2 months ago | 
iyamagazine.com | Vivian Ihechu
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reacted to the BBC’s investigation on the smuggling of opioids to West Africa. They spoke in reaction to a BBC investigation uncovering an Indian pharmaceutical manufacturing unlicensed, addictive opioids and exporting them illegally to West Africa.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
nannews.ng | Rita Iliya |Ismail Abdulaziz |Tosin Kolade |Vivian Ihechu
By Rita IliyaThe National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Niger has engaged stakeholders to discuss the nationwide sensitisation on security, tax reform bills and get-rich-quick syndrome. The Director General of NOA, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said the meeting was a nationwide sensitisation campaign on five critical issues affecting the nation’s well-being, unity, and development.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
nannews.ng | Mark Longyen |Tosin Kolade |Vivian Ihechu |Ismail Abdulaziz
By Mark LongyenAmb. Richard Mills, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, says his country is working to strengthen healthcare, transparency, and human rights in Nigeria, stressing that the nation requires progress in key areas. Mills, who made this known in a statement issued by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria on Monday in Abuja, said that the U.S. remained Nigeria’s steadfast partner in these critical areas of their bilateral relations for national development.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
nannews.ng | Kamal Tayo Oropo |Vivian Ihechu |Ismail Abdulaziz |Muhyideen Jimoh
By Kamal Tayo OropoDr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, on Friday delivered a touching keynote speech at the closing ceremony of the Africa Investment Forum 2024 Market Days. The event, held in Rabat, Morocco, marked his final attendance as President of the African Development Bank Group, as he will be completing his two terms of five-year each in 2025. The forum had the theme ”Leveraging Innovative Partnership for Scale”.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
nannews.ng | Kamal Tayo Oropo |Vivian Ihechu |Ismail Abdulaziz |Muhyideen Jimoh
By Kamal Tayo OropoThe African Development Bank (AfDB) group and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) are to address forced displacements in Africa. The two bodies, in a groundbreaking move, reached the agreement on Friday in one of the events marking the closure of Africa Investment Forum, Market Days 2024, in Rabat, Morocco.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
nannews.ng | Kingsley Okoye |Philip Yatai |Muhyideen Jimoh |Vivian Ihechu
By Kingsley OkoyeThe Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, says there is need to strengthen the collaboration between the ministry and the Nigerian Navy in safeguarding Nigerian maritime space as it is done in other climes. Oyetola made this submission on Thursday in Abuja at the Senate public hearing on the Nigerian Coast Guard Establishment Bill 2024.
