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The House of Representatives has passed a resolution mandating the Minister of State for Labour FESTUS KEYAMO, to suspend action on the planned January 2021 implementation of the Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government.The Reps passed the resolution, saying the programme will not be implemented until a comprehensive list of beneficiaries from the Nigerian directorate of employment is made available.Under the programme, 774,000 people are ex...

The United States has officially removed Sudan from a list of state sponsors of terror, according to its embassy in Khartoum.US President DONALD TRUMP had in October said Sudan will come off the list after it pays compensation of 335 million dollars to victims and families of al-Qaeda's 1998 bombing of US embassies in Africa.Sudan was listed in 1993 when al-Qaeda leader, OSAMA BIN LADEN lived there as a guest of the government. Su...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is committing a 200 billion naira facility for the take-off of Federal Government’s social housing scheme, called Family Homes Funds.The scheme, which is designed to provide low-budget housing for 300,000 Nigerian families, is part of the Economic Sustainability Plan, headed by Vice-President YEMI OSINBAJO.The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, LAOLU AKANDE announced this in Abuja....

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has restated that youths in Nigeria have all it takes to solve the nation’s political, economic, social, and cultural problems.National Chairman of the party, UCHE SECONDUS, who stated this at the PDP national youth summit, held in Awka, Anambra State, said the youth would be fielded to contest for political positions in 2023 general election, insisting that they are catalysts for development and progress of Nigeria....

The Minister of Defence, Major General BASHIR MAGASHI, has given an assurance that all the schoolboys missing in Katsina State will return home in the next few hours.He gave the assurance yesterday when he led a delegation of the Federal Government, including the service chiefs to Katsina to sympathize with the parents and teachers of the victims, as well as the state government over the abduction.General MAGASHI admitted that the confusion arising in the a...

Katsina State Governor, AMINU MASARI has confirmed that three hundred and thirty-three students are missing following an attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina on Friday night.The governor gave the figure when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser, BABAGANA MONGUNO yesterday.The governor, who explained that the school has a population of 839 students said so far, said those kidnapped cut ac...

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British health officials have warned that anyone with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for the time being.The warning came after two members of the National Health Service who were among the first to receive the vaccine suffered allergic reactions and needed treatment.NHS England medical director STEPHEN POWIS said both workers, who had a history of reactions, were now recovering well....

Five people have been killed in violence linked to Ghana’s national elections, the police have announced.The Police also said sixty-one electoral and post-electoral incidents nationwide were reported, in a statement issued two days after the vote.Of these, 21 are true cases of electoral violence, six of which involve gunshots resulting in the death of five....

President of the Senate AHMAD LAWAN has assured that the National Assembly will pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill by the first quarter of 2021.LAWAN gave the assurance at a public hearing on the repeal of the Electoral Act 2010 and enactment of the 2020 Electoral Act.The Senate President at the public hearing said the National Assembly will work to make this possible so that the amended 2020 Electoral Act will be tested in early elections to gauge its e...