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State governors have been charged to join President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s drive to bridge the infrastructure gap across the country through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr. Jobson Ewalefoh, gave the charge in Abuja after a meeting with the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The governor visited the…
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O The NNPC Foundation says it has offered 1,000 free cataract extraction surgeries to residents of Ogun. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the exercise, reports that while the screening of patients began in December 2024, the surgeries were performed in January. A Consultant Ophthalmologist at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Dr…
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A mother and son, who allegedly assaulted their husband and father respectively, have appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendants – Chukwudi Igbonekwu, 19; and Ngozi Igbonekwu, 49; were charged before a Magistrate, Mr L.K.J Layeni, on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, assault. threat to life, willful damage, and causing a…
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A 2019 Comoros presidential runner is on the fifth day of a hunger strike to push for his trial or release after over a year in detention on conspiracy charges, his lawyer said Friday. Supporters of Achmet Said Mohamed say the 48-year-old academic was picked up days before the January 14, 2024 presidential election. He…
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A civic organization, BudgIT, has called on the Sokoto State Government to work with active civil society organizations (CSOs) to improve the public finance management process in the state. It noted that CSOs are partners in strengthening government institutions and should be seen as such. BudgIT, in its quarterly report on the States Fiscal Transparency…
