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• Governor Tambuwal says Nigeria must embrace restructuring to survive

  23-11-2021 21:33 via pulse.ng
  
  Tambuwal says Nigeria must embrace relative autonomy and decentralisation of power.The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF), Aminu Tambuwal, has said that Nigeria must embrace restructuring to survive.Tambuwal stated this in his remark at a two-day PDP National Retreat with the theme: 'It's time to rescue Nigeria' held on Tuesday in Abuja.Tambuwal, who is also the governor of Sokoto State, added that Nigeria must also embrace technology to tackle insecurity, unemployment a
  
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• Senator wants Police Force to get sophisticated equipment to tackle insecurity

  23-11-2021 21:23 via pulse.ng
  
  The senator wants Police to be empowered to protect Nigerians.The Senate Committee on Air Force has called on the Federal Government to empower the Nigerian Police to tackle insecurity in the country.Chairman of the Committee, Senator Bala Ibn Na'Allah, made the call on Tuesday while presenting the budget report of his committee to the appropriation committee.He said that there is nothing that prevented the police from getting the sophisticated equipment the Air Force, Navy and Army are getting,
  
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• Police rescue kidnapped students, others in Zamfara

  23-11-2021 21:15 via pulse.ng
  
  The victims were rescued during operations by police officers.The Police Command in Zamfara says it has rescued 24 persons, including five students, kidnapped while writing their Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state.The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ayuba Elkanah, stated this while handing over the rescued victims to state government on Tuesday in Gusau.Elkanah said that the police operatives deployed to various locations
  
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• Governor Sanwo-Olu praises late Baba Suwe as 'bundle of talents'

  23-11-2021 21:10 via pulse.ng
  
  Baba Suwe, a renowned comic, died on Monday at the age of 63.Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday in Lagos described late Mr Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe, as a bundle of talents.Commiserating with the Omidina family over the thespian's demise, the governor expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian entertainment industry on the passage of the comic actor."The late Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe was a bundle of talent, who used his God-given gif
  
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• Governor Sanwo-Olu praises late Baba Suwe as 'bundle of talent'

  23-11-2021 21:10 via pulse.ng
  
  Baba Suwe, a renowned comic, died on Monday at the age of 63.Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday in Lagos described late Mr Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe, as a bundle of talents.Commiserating with the Omidina family over the thespian's demise, the governor expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian entertainment industry on the passage of the comic actor."The late Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe was a bundle of talent, who used his God-given gif
  
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• EFCC arrests former minister Fani-Kayode over alleged fraud

  23-11-2021 20:16 via pulse.ng
  
  Details about the arrest are currently unknown but Fani-Kayode has battled fraud allegations for years.Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), according to multiple media reports.He was arrested by the commission's Lagos zonal command over allegations of forgery.EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, has confirmed the arrest, but has not fully explained the circumstances surrounding it.Details later.
  
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• Reps pass bill abolishing BSc, HND dichotomy

  23-11-2021 20:08 via pulse.ng
  
  The House of Representatives has passed the bill abolishing dichotomy between first Degree holders and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders in the same field for the purpose of employment.The bill passed its final stage at green chambers on Tuesday in Abuja, when members voted at the Committee of the Whole presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Ahmed Wase.The passage was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a report of the House Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund after conducting heari
  
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• NCC alerts Nigerians on false Davido’s airtime, data giveaway advert

  23-11-2021 20:02 via pulse.ng
  
  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians about a false Davido’s airtime and data giveaway advert on the social media.Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs of NCC, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.Adinde said that a group of scammers had rolled out an advertorial titled “Davido Airtime and Data Giveaway.”He said the advert, which went viral, claimed that Davido was giving out free N5,000 airtime and 10GB internet data of all ne
  
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• Speak out if your child was killed at Lekki Toll Gate – FG tells concerned families

  23-11-2021 19:43 via pulse.ng
  
  The Federal Government has reiterated its position that there was no massacre at the Lekki Toll Gate on Oct. 20, 2020.It equally challenged families of those allegedly killed during the incident to speak out.Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave government’s position at a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja.He was reacting to a report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution which investigated cases of police brutality and the toll gate incident.
  
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• Benue Assembly approves Ortom's request to borrow N18.225 billion

  23-11-2021 18:52 via pulse.ng
  
  The House granted the governor's request in a unanimous resolution.Benue House of Assembly on Tuesday approved a request made by Governor Samuel Ortom to borrow N18.225 billion from the Federal Government.Ortom asked for approval to take the loan to cushion the effect of repayment of bailout funds collected in 2015 and 2016.He told the House in a letter read by the Speaker, Mr Titus Uba, that the Federal Government had offered a bridging finance facility window for state governments to access su
  
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• Ondo Government to distribute 3.3 million mosquito nets

  23-11-2021 18:46 via pulse.ng
  
  The last time such an exercise was carried out in the state was in 2017.No fewer than 3.3 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets are to be distributed free to residents of Ondo State, as part of measures by government to prevent malaria.The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Mrs Folukemi Aladenola, made the disclosure at a media briefing on insecticide-treated net campaign, on Tuesday in Akure.Aladenola, who said that the distribution would cut across all the 18 local government areas o
  
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• Lagos Taskforce justifies crushing 482 motorcycles

  23-11-2021 16:52 via pulse.ng
  
  The Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce on Environment, CSP Shola Jejeloye, says the 482 motorcycles, seized and crushed by the taskforce is backed by law.Jejeloye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, that the action was not hatred against commercial motorcyclists but enforcement of Lagos state traffic regulations.NAN recalls that the state on Tuesday, crushed 482 motorcycles impounded at different times and locations for contravening various traffic laws.“I derive no joy in destr
  
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• Lai Mohammed blasts CNN over leaked Lekki Toll Gate report

  23-11-2021 16:45 via pulse.ng
  
  The Federal Government has berated the Cable News Network (CNN) for prematurely celebrating a leaked report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the Oct. 20, 2020 Lekki Toll Gate incidence in Lagos.At a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said CNN, a multinational news television channel was in a rush to vindication.The minister who disclosed the Federal Government position on the report said “it is fake, riddled wi
  
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• US museum returns stolen Benin, Ife artifacts to Nigeria

  23-11-2021 16:43 via pulse.ng
  
  The New York-based museum announced its intention to return the artifacts in June.The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States has completed the return of three artifacts to Nigeria.Two 16th-century brass plaques looted in Benin over a century ago, and a 14th century Ife brass head were handed over to the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) at a ceremony on Monday, November 22, 2021.The Benin artifacts were obtained by the museum from a New York collector in 1991
  
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• PDP Chairman highlights what party must do to send APC packing

  23-11-2021 16:15 via pulse.ng
  
  The National Chairman-Elect, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has said that for the party to reclaim power, it must demonstrate to Nigerians that it could run a better government.Ayu stated this at a two-day PDP National Retreat 2021 with the theme: “It’s time to rescue Nigeria” held on Tuesday in Abuja.He said that Nigerians would not vote for the party simply because it had done it before, but must demonstrate that it could do it better than the ruling All P
  
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• Nigerians among 75 migrants who drowned in Libya trying to reach Europe

  23-11-2021 15:55 via pulse.ng
  
  Over 1,300 migrants have been lost in the Central Mediterranean this year.A boat accident on the Mediterranean last week is believed to have claimed the lives of 75 irregular migrants, including Nigerians.The affected migrants were lost to sea when a boat transporting 92 Sudanese, Pakistani, Gambian, Nigerian, and Ghanaian nationals wrecked off the Libyan coastal city of Zawara on Wednesday, November 17, 2021.At least 15 of the travellers were rescued by fishermen, according to a report by Info
  
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• Lagos govt says event organisers must get clearance during festive season

  23-11-2021 15:54 via pulse.ng
  
  The Lagos State government on Tuesday said that residents and event centre owners should obtain clearance from the Lagos State Safety Commission to hold events during the Yuletide.Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture disclosed this during a media chat held in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.She said Lagos residents who intend to hold any form of event were advised to get clearance to guide against the spread of COVID-19 during the festive season.According to her
  
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• Fed University Dutse hires 55 hunters to enhance security

  23-11-2021 15:45 via pulse.ng
  
  The Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa, says it has hired 55 local hunters to enhance security in and around its campus.Its Chief Information Officer, Alhaji Abdullahi Yahaya, announced this in a statement in Dutse on Tuesday.Yahaya said the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo, had approved hiring of the local hunters.He stated that they were engaged from the state’s branch of the Nigerian Hunters Council.This, according to Yahaya is in order to assist the universi
  
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• FG committed to preparing Nigerian youths for leadership roles - Osinbajo

  23-11-2021 15:15 via pulse.ng
  
  Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government was committed to preparing the nation’s youths for the challenges of leading the country in the future.Osinbajo said this would be achieved through various private and public sectors leadership training initiativesThe Vice President said this on Tuesday in Lagos at the 2021 Annual Directors’ Conference.He conference had as its theme: “Creating the Future: Deepening the Corporate Governance Practice throu
  
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• COVID-19: NCDC announces 36 new infections

  23-11-2021 12:07 via pulse.ng
  
  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 36 new infections were announced across seven states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.The centre however said Nigeria recorded no additional fatalities on Monday.The NCDC disclosed this in an update on its website on Tuesday morning.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 36 infections reported on Monday represented a decrease from 57 reported on Sunday.The Nigerian Public Health Institute noted that that new cases i
  
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• 24 companies submit bids for Lagos-Ibadan railway ticketing solutions

  23-11-2021 12:03 via pulse.ng
  
  The Nigerian Railway Corporation has received a total of 24 bids on open request for the Lagos/Ibadan and Warri/Itakpe e-ticketing solutions for standards gauge railway operations under Public/Private/Partnership (PPP) arraignment. The Managing Director of the Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, made the disclosure in Lagos on Monday at the opening of the request. Okhiria, represented by Director Operations of NRC, Mr Niyi Alli, said that bidders that did not meet the criteria for the open request wo
  
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• Health Minister defends $200m loan to buy mosquito nets

  23-11-2021 11:57 via pulse.ng
  
  The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says the 200 million dollars loan request is Nigeria’s counterpart fund to complement a global malaria action plan to combat malaria in the country. Ehanire said this at the Bi-Weekly National Briefingon COVID-19, Cholera, Health Promotion and other related issues on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Loans kicked against a proposal by the FMOHto borrow 200million dollars under t
  
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• Lai Mohammed dismisses judicial panel report of Lekki massacre

  23-11-2021 10:54 via pulse.ng
  
  Mohammed says the panel's allegations against security forces are fake.The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has, unsurprisingly, dismissed the report of a judicial panel that investigated the shooting of peaceful protesters in Lagos last year.Security forces attacked the protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020 in an aggressive attempt to dismantle the symbolic stronghold of historic demonstrations against police brutality.Eyewitnesses reported numerous fa
  
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• INEC registers over 4.2m new voters for PVC

  23-11-2021 09:22 via pulse.ng
  
  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that fresh registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 4,297,494.The commission disclosed this in the second quarter, week seven, weekly update released by the commission on Monday in Abuja.The commission said that as at 7am on Monday, Nov. 22, some 1,856,771 persons have completed their online and physical registration.According to statistics provided by the commission, 1,856,771 persons who completed their re
  
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• COVID-19: NCDC says Delta variant still dominant strain in Nigeria

  23-11-2021 08:50 via pulse.ng
  
  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the Delta variant continues to be the dominant strain of Coronavirus in the country.The NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, made this known at the bi-weekly national briefing on COVID-19, in Abuja on Monday.Adetifa, represented by the Head of Risk Communication, Dr Yahaya Disu, said that the Delta variant overwhelmingly dominated the isolation centres in the country.According to him, countries in Europe have started to reintroduce restric
  
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• CAN mourns loss of 3 members, calls for prayers for church leaders

  23-11-2021 08:32 via pulse.ng
  
  The leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the demise of three of its members as a big loss to the fold.This is contained in a statement issued by Special Assistant, Media Communication to the CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji on Monday in Abuja.The association said that the vacuum created by the death of the members would be greatly felt by their families, the church and the country, owing to the impactful life which they lived.The News Agen
  
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• Wike commends military for success on war against terrorists, bandits

  23-11-2021 08:18 via pulse.ng
  
  Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has commended the military for the success achieved in the fight against insurgency in the country.Wike gave the commendation on Monday during a courtesy visit by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Isiaka Amao, at Government House, Port Harcourt.Gov. Wike noted that greater success on winning the war against the level of carnage Boko Haram and Bandits could be more achieved by deploying more military strategies, which is better than media publicity.“When
  
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• Matawalle mourns Zamfara APC governorship aspirant killed by gunmen

  23-11-2021 08:08 via pulse.ng
  
  Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Monday described the death of Alhaji Sagir Hamida, killed by gunmen near Abuja on Sunday as shocking and devastating.Matawalle, in a statement by Yusuf Idris, his Director-General, Media, Public Enlightenment and Communications, said the death came to him as a shock.He said that the deceased was one of Zamfara’s promising politicians with a good vision for the enhancement of self-reliance, especially among youths.“Sagir Hamida will be remembered for
  
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• How Nigerian universities can improve in global ranking — TETFund boss

  23-11-2021 06:26 via pulse.ng
  
  Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says Nigerian universities must be repositioned to take the lead in research and innovation, to improve their ranking globally and promote economic development.The TETFund Executive Secretary, Prof. Suleiman Elias-Bogoro, said this at the opening of a two-day workshop on ‘Requirements for Strengthening Nigerian Universities for Higher Global Ranking’ in Lagos on Monday.According to Bogoro, the problems hindering the progress and performance of
  
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• Excessive use of antibiotics kills good bacteria, NCDC warns Nigerians

  23-11-2021 06:22 via pulse.ng
  
  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned against excessive use of antibiotics, saying the practice can end up killing good bacteria and creating resistance to antimicrobials medicines.The Director General of NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, gave the warning on Monday in Abuja, at a Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) policy dialogue to commemorate World Antibiotics Awareness Week (WAAW), annually held from Nov. 18 to Nov. 24.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the National AMR Secr
  
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