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The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Feb. 15, with organisers promising an unforgettable sporting spectacle. Director General, National Sports Commission (NSC) Bukola Olopade, gave the pledge in a statement on Wednesday by his media aide, Kola Daniels. Olapade said the event would feature elite athletes, amateur runners, and fitness…
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The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has engaged 40 contractors to keep the Federal Capital City clean. The Director of the Board, Mr Osilama Braimah, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. Braimah said that the board was up to date in its payment obligation to…
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The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has condoled with the families of people who died in a fire outbreak that affected an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, on Tuesday night. The Police in Zamfara confirmed the death of 17 Almajiris (street urchins) while 17 others were injured in the fire incident in Kaura…
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The Federal Government has repatriated 7,790 Nigerians from the Republic of Chad, where they fled to amidst the conflict of Boko Haram insurgency for almost a decade. Mr Dauda Illiya, the Special Adviser on Media of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, made this known in a statement on Thursday, in Maiduguri. According to the statement,…
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Mr Yabilsu Dogo, Permanent Secretary, Plateau Ministry of Environment Climate Change and Mineral Development has said that no fewer than 100 illegal miners have been arrested in Jos. Dogo made this known on Thursday in Jos in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Dogo said that the ministry has been collaborating with…
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