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Health reform aimed at saving lives, reducing pains – Pate
News Diary Online
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August 22, 2025
The Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Pate, says the ongoing health reform in Nigeria is designed to save lives and reduce both physical and financial pains. By Muhammad Nur Tijani The Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Pate,...
Nigeria, Japan re-affirm commitment to advancing multilateral cooperation
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 22, 2025
Nigeria and Japan have re-affirmed commitment to advancing multilateral cooperation, including on UN reform and global peace initiatives. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed this in a statement issued Friday by his...
Nigeria’s satellite broadband facility underutilised as 93% capacity remains idle
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 23, 2025
• NIGCOMSAT Seeks Partnership, Targets N8b Revenue In Three Years The Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT) has decried the underutilisation of satellite broadband in Nigeria. NIGCOMSAT said while it hopes to generate N8 billion in...
Nigeria is full of single girls
The Sun Nigeria
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August 23, 2025
What is going on here? Am I the only one seeing it? Why are our brilliant young women not finding husbands or is it the husbands that cannot find them? Single women who are doctors, engineers, senior bank executives, pilots, business owners (those...
Nigeria's Vanishing Savings: $10bn Subsidy Removed, Yet Reserves Stuck At $
The Nigerian Voice
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When the Nigerian government scrapped the decades-old fuel subsidy in 2023, it promised relief for the nation’s bleeding finances. Nearly $10 billion was to be freed up annually, and by scrapping it, President Bola Tinubu’s administration...
Nigeria Loses Over $1.5bn Annually to Malnutrition, FG Declares
This Day
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August 23, 2025
.World humanitarian day: Bauchi govt donates N2.6m to 5 vulnerable persons Bassey Inyang in Calabar and Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi The federal government has descriibed Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis as a national emergency that has resulted in a...
Nigeria’s ageing population holds untapped economic potential, says Emem Omokaro
Business Day
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August 22, 2025
Nigeria’s ageing population is not a burden but a valuable driver of economic growth, according to Emem Omokaro, former pioneer Director-General of the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC). Speaking in an exclusive interview with BusinessDay,...
A Silent Struggle: Growing Up with Undiagnosed Dyslexia in Nigeria, By Chinelo Ngolikaego Ezigbo
News Diary Online
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August 22, 2025
I grew up within the walls of academia at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), where my father worked as a lecturer. I attended the university staff primary and secondary schools, surrounded by the children of professors, scholars, and senior...
Tinubu to Nigerians in Diaspora: Don’t stay away from home, Nigeria is on the rise again
News Diary Online
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August 22, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on Nigerians in the Diaspora to contribute their expertise and resources to consolidating national development and building a stronger and more prosperous country. President Tinubu made the call on Thursday...
Tinubu tasks Nigerians abroad on national development
News Diary Online
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August 22, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians in the diaspora not to abandon home, stressing their expertise and resources are vital for building a stronger nation. By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians in the...
Boniface To Complete AC Milan Medicals Today
Complete Sports
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August 23, 2025
Victor Boniface will have more tests on Saturday (today) ahead of his transfer to AC Milan, reports Completesports.com. The Nigeria international, according to Football Italia started his medical tests on Friday. Boniface attended both the Milan...
Kisarazu: Things to know about Japanese city now hometown for Nigerians
Punch
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August 23, 2025
The government of Japan on Thursday designated Kisarazu City in Chiba Prefecture as the official hometown for Nigerians, unveiled at the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, with a special visa scheme aimed at attracting...
Nigeria’s Manufactured Democracy: When Power Chooses Its Successor
Kogi Reports
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August 22, 2025
Abraham Lincoln once defined democracy as “government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” But in Nigeria, democracy has been twisted into its opposite: government of the powerful, by the powerful, and for their chosen heirs. What...
Subsidy removal windfalls: Governors squandering once-in-a-generation opportunity, Nigerians lament
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 22, 2025
‘…Gains haven’t translated into better roads, functioning clinics, others in states’ …Many govs lavish public funds on fleets of luxury SUVs, needless travels – Economist …Funds should be invested in education, healthcare, job-creation – NGO...
Local production: Emzor Pharmaceutical repays debut series 1 commercial paper
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 21, 2025
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Emzor), a leading light in the Nigerian pharmaceutical sector has announced the successful repayment of its inaugural Series 1 Commercial Paper. Originally issued in November 2024, under its ₦10 billion...
UNICEF unveils Nigeria's first behavioural research lab in UNILAG
Punch
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August 23, 2025
The United Nations Children’s Fund has inaugurated the country’s first Behavioural Insights Research and Design Laboratory (BIRD-Lab) at the University of Lagos to strengthen research on social and behavioural drivers of child survival and...
Tinubu to Nigerians in Diaspora: Return Home, Nigeria on the Rise Again
This Day
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August 23, 2025
Boluwatife Enome President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians in the Diaspora not to “stay away” from home, declaring that Nigeria is on the rise again under his leadership and needs the contributions of its citizens abroad to drive...
Preserving past, digitally: How IHS Nigeria, NCMM bring heritage to your screen
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 23, 2025
In most parts of the world, museums are more than just tourist attractions; they are vibrant classrooms, memory banks, and cultural symbols. However, in Nigeria, museum visits have never really been a strong part of the country’s social culture....
Japan trip: Tinubu’s love, care for Diaspora Nigerians unprecedented – Arewa Think Tank
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 22, 2025
The Arewa Think Tank (ATT) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his unprecedented outreach to Nigerians in the Diaspora. During his recent visit to Japan, President Tinubu held an interactive meeting with select members of the Nigerian...
Should Nigeria continue to manage darkness?
Tribune Online
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August 23, 2025
“The sky does not lie,” wrote Toyyib Adewale Adelodun (@taadelodun) on X after a recent trip that took him across Nigeria, Morocco and Scotland at night. “Taking off from Nigeria, Morocco, and Scotland at night, I saw three different nations...