Awka The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that it would not spare the masquerade that allegedly assaulted one of its officials at Nkwo Roundabout, Umunze in Orumba-South Local Government Area of Anambra State on November 15. The FRSC said that the errant masquerade would be prosecuted for molesting an official on duty []The post FRSC To Prosecute Masquerade For Assault On Official In Anambra appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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FRSC To Prosecute Masquerade For Assault On Official In Anambra
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ZBM Passes Vote Of Confidence In Buhari
ENUGU A political group, the Zikist-Buharist-Movement (ZBM) on Sunday, passed a vote of confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari. Rising from an emergency meeting in Enugu, ZBM commended President Buhari for declaring that he will not run for a third term in office. Briefing journalists after the meeting, the South East Secretary of ZBM, Godwin []The post ZBM Passes Vote Of Confidence In Buhari appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Fayemi Solicits Support For Ekiti Monarch
ADO-EKITI Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State governor, has urged the people of Oke Oro to rally round their monarch, the Owa of Oke Oro, Oba Adebukola Alexandra Aina. Governor Fayemi who spoke while presenting the staff of office to the monarch in Ijero Local Government Area also described the traditional institution as a veritable []The post Fayemi Solicits Support For Ekiti Monarch appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Nigeria Announces Enhanced Capacity In Health Threat Detection
ABUJA With the review of Nigeria's International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005) capacities to prevent, detect and respond to public health threats, a new average Joint External Evaluation (JEE) score of 46% for Nigeria has been announced. This is a 7% increase from the 2017 score of 39%. In 2017, Nigeria conducted a Joint External []The post Nigeria Announces Enhanced Capacity In Health Threat Detection appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Zonta International Commits $2m To Fight Girl Child Marriage
LAGOS In its bid to rise for the women and girl child around the globe to attain their full potential, have access to education, career opportunity and be given a proper place in the society, the Zonta International has committed $2 million for the fight against early child marriage. This was made known in []The post Zonta International Commits $2m To Fight Girl Child Marriage appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Edo PDP Receives Timetable For State Congress
Benin The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has received from the national secretariat, the timetable for the party's congress that will usher in new executive members from the wards to the state level. Dan Osi Orbih, the state chairman of the party, who announced this in an enlarged stakeholders meeting []The post Edo PDP Receives Timetable For State Congress appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Group Urges FG To Include People Living With Disabilities In NHIS
LAGOS The Centre for Disability Issues, a non-government organisation, has appealed to the Federal Government to include people living with disabilities in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The group lauded the Federal Government's initiative in creating a Ministry for the Physically Challenged, which it noted, would help in employment provision, as well create []The post Group Urges FG To Include People Living With Disabilities In NHIS appeared first on Independent Newspapers N
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Two Books On Nigerian Journalism For Presentation December 17 In Lagos
Two books, the gatekeepers, a biographical work featuring 20 Nigerian Editors, columnists and media leaders, and Nigerian Journalism: 160 Years of Advancing Accountability, Promoting the Public Interest and Speaking Truth to Power, are set for public presentation on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, by 11 a.m. prompt in Lagos. The books published by Posterity Media, would []The post Two Books On Nigerian Journalism For Presentation December 17 In Lagos appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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FCTA Committed To Addressing Challenge Of Open Defection ' Bello
ABUJA The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, has reiterated the administration's commitment to address the challenge of open defecation and general sanitation challenges in the nation's capital. Speaking at an event organized to commemorate the 2019 World Toilet Day held at the conference hall of the Federal Capital Development Authority []The post FCTA Committed To Addressing Challenge Of Open Defection ' Bello appeared first on Independent New
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APC Chieftain Seeks Stiffer Law Against Election Violence
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Mustapha Audu, has called on the National Assembly to come up with stiffer sanctions to check election violence in the country. Audu made the call while addressing newsmen to commemorate the fourth anniversary of his father's death, the late former governor of Kogi, Prince Abubakar Audu, []The post APC Chieftain Seeks Stiffer Law Against Election Violence appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Former Gov. Aliyu Commends Buhari For Denouncing Third Term Rumour
Minna Former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, at the weekend commended President Muhammadu Buhari for coming out publicly to debunk the rumour doing the rounds about his re-contesting for the third time. Aliyu spoke as the representative of the former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, at the finals of the Niger []The post Former Gov. Aliyu Commends Buhari For Denouncing Third Term Rumour appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Alleged Corruption: How Dokubo Planned To Halt Redeployment Of Procurement Director
It is no longer news that Prof Charles Dokubo, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Amnesty has been enmeshed in multiple allegations of misapplied, misappropriated and stashed away billions of naira of public funds. No month goes by without a major newspaper headline or story on how Prof Dokubo, the Niger Delta []The post Alleged Corruption: How Dokubo Planned To Halt Redeployment Of Procurement Director appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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[FREE] Download Independent ePaper ' 25th November 2019
On the cover of DAILY INDEPENDENT Newspapers for today, Monday, 25th November 2019: Oshiomhole still battling to retain APC Chairmanship seat. More stories inside. Read or download the full Independent ePaper for Monday, 25th November 2019 https://vars.us/Independent-ePaper-251119The post [FREE] Download Independent ePaper 25th November 2019 appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Netherlands To Resume Issuance Of Schengen Visa In Nigeria Soon ' Ngofa
Nigeria's Ambassador to the Netherlands, Oji Ngofa, has expressed optimism that the Dutch Embassy in Nigeria will resume issuance of Schengen Visas in Abuja in the shortest possible future. Ngofa said in Abuja on Sunday, ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands to Nigeria this week. In 2013, the Netherlands []The post Netherlands To Resume Issuance Of Schengen Visa In Nigeria Soon ' Ngofa appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Cleric Advises New Edo CJ To Uplift People's Life
A cleric, Rev. Excellence Haruna, of the New Benin Baptist Church, has called on the newly sworn-in Edo Chief Judge, Justice Esther Edigin, to use her position to uplift the people of the state. According to him, it is only God that gives position to men and when given, it should be used to touch []The post Cleric Advises New Edo CJ To Uplift People's Life appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Women Dialogue Organisers Unveil 2019 Hashtag
Organisers of National Women's Dialogue have unveiled the hashtag for the 2019 edition of the event, saying the use of social media would expand the publicity reach. 'The chosen hashtag is #TheNigeriaWomenWant,' the Communication Chair, National Women Dialogue (NWD) 2019, Mary Ikoku, said in a statement. The statement read, 'We are launching the hashtag to []The post Women Dialogue Organisers Unveil 2019 Hashtag appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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26-Year-Old Man Drowns At National Stadium, Surulere
The police in Lagos on Sunday said that a 26-year-old man, Sodiq Yusuf, had drowned inside the National Stadium swimming pool, Surulere. Lagos Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, said in a statement that a team of policemen was immediately mobilised to the scene, NAN reports. READ ALSO:Copy linkKillers Of Kogi PDP Women []The post 26-Year-Old Man Drowns At National Stadium, Surulere appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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JCI Nigeria Shines At World Congress, Clinches '100% Efficiency Award
The Nigerian chapter of the Junior Chamber International was the cynosure of all eyes at the just concluded 2019 JCI World Congress held in Tallinn, Estonia as the team clinched the 'JCI 100% Efficiency Award' for a second successive time. The National President, Junior Chamber International (JCI) Nigeria, Adetola Juyitan explained that the prestigious and []The post JCI Nigeria Shines At World Congress, Clinches '100% Efficiency Award' appeared first on Independent Newspaper
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El-Rufai To Deliver Pa Ajasin Foundation Lecture
Akure Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is to honour the first executive governor of Ondo State, the Late Pa Michael Adekunle Ajasin by delivering the 2019 Ajasin Foundation Colloquium. The event coming up on Thursday, November 28 at the International Event Center(Dome) in Akure, the Ondo State capital, was initiated in 1999 in []The post El-Rufai To Deliver Pa Ajasin Foundation Lecture appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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Parents Laud Viva Lamour Lions Club Over Free Diabetes Screening For Children
LAGOS Ikeja Viva L'Amour Lions Club has been applauded for the free diabetes screening for the pupils of Covent Primary School, Maryland, as well as some adults within the environs. Margaret Prebei, a parent and class six teacher in the school, expressed appreciation on behalf of the children and other beneficiaries after the free []The post Parents Laud Viva Lamour Lions Club Over Free Diabetes Screening For Children appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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