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The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Sunday disclosed that Kaduna State has benefited over N13.5 billion from the Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) scheme since its inception. Ahmed, who disclosed this at the Federal College of Education, Zaria, during the disbursement of empowerment funds to women of Zone 1, Kaduna State, noted that the State Women Empowerment Fund (KADSWEF) project has confirmed the political will of the state to toe the…

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1. The leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has told the Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, that they cannot determine when the South East will produce Nigeria’s President. The elder statesman said that when the time comes for an Igboman to produce the President of the country, nobody can stop them. 2. President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday presided over a meeting of security chiefs at the Presidential…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again given Africans a reality check after he was quoted saying that the continent was like a graveyard for its people. According to a popular blog, Putin is alleged to have heavily questioned the ways of the common African man. “When an African becomes rich, his bank accounts are in Switzerland. He travels to France for Medical treatment. He invests in Germany. He buys from Dubai. He consumes Chinese….

Public hospitals could be thrown into turmoil next month after nurses and clinical officers threatened to go on strike to push for better working conditions and higher pay. Nurses issued a notice to the Health Cabinet Secretary, governors and the Salaries Remuneration Commission, saying they will down their tools from December 10 until an agreement reached after a five-month strike last year is implemented to the full. The clinical officers, on the other hand, said…

Kenyans traveling to Mozambique will now not be required to acquire visas before visiting the Southern African nation, thanks to a visa waiver agreement signed between the two countries on Wednesday. Similar courtesies will be extended to Mozambicans coming to Kenya. President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Mozambican counterpart, President Filipe Nyusi, witnessed the signing of a bilateral agreement to abolish visa requirements for citizens of both countries in order to ease trade and travel between…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, said that politics was the root cause of Boko Haram activities in the country, noting that the military alone cannot end the insurgency. Buhari said successful counter-insurgency operations required what he called “unity of efforts across ministries, departments and agencies covering political, economic, law enforcement, intelligence and, of course, the military.” The President, who spoke in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at the maiden Nigerian Air Force International Air…

The authorities in Kenya have banned the international health organisation Marie Stopes from offering any form of abortion services. The Medical Practitioners Board says it made the decision after investigating complaints that the group’s adverts were promoting abortion. Abortion is illegal in Kenya unless a mother’s health is in danger. Marie Stopes says it operates within the law, offering counselling services including post-abortion care. Country profile ‘I was told to kill my disabled baby’ The…

Opposition candidate Abubakar releases manifesto * Vows to spend $90 bln annually on infrastructure * Says will privatise state oil refineries (Adds Abubakar quote, details) ABUJA, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar said on Monday he will boost oil sector investment, cut costly fuel subsidies and double the size of the economy by 2025 if he wins next year’s presidential election. The businessman and former vice president portrayed himself as a…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday put the fight against corruption at the heart of his bid for another four-year term, as official campaigning got under way for elections next year. Voters go to the polls on February 16, four years after Buhari’s landmark victory which saw him become the first opposition candidate in Nigerian history to defeat a sitting president. The 75-year-old former military ruler goes into the vote with the power of incumbency…