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The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Olatubosun-Oluyede, said the Nigerian Army is committed to the training and retraining of its personnel for improved performance. The Acting COAS made this known on Saturday in Minna while speaking at the Training and Doctrine Command, Nigeria Army (TRADOC NA) Merit Award 2024. He said that…
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Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), on Saturday, appealed to the Federal Government to ensure the unconditional release of minors who were arrested during the EndBadGovernance protest. The National President of YYSA, Habib Olalekan Hammed, made the call in a statement made to journalists in Ibadan. The YYSA president said the minors were ignorantly recruited as…
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The UK’s battle-scarred Conservatives on Saturday elected “anti-woke” candidate Kemi Badenoch as its new head, making her the first black leader of a major UK party. The combative former equalities minister replaces Rishi Sunak and now faces the daunting task of reuniting a divided and weakened party emphatically ousted from power in July after 14…
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The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has handed over Dr Ganiyat Olawale-Popoola,a Nigerian doctor abducted in Kaduna State ten months ago, to her family. Ribadu also reunited Abdulmugniy Folaranmi, a 16-year-old 100-level student of the Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna, with his family. Squadron Leader Nurudeen Popoola, a Nigerian Air Force officer, his…
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The House of Representative member representing Ajaokuta Federal Constituency, Hon. Sanni Egidi Abdulraheem, has empowered hundreds of his constituents with entrepreneurial skills. The empowerment programme covered a range of skills, including ICT/software applications, solar panel installations, and the use of agro products in farming. According to the lawmaker, the initiative was aimed at equipping participants…
