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Niger Delta Sports Festival: Organisers to provide over 4,000 accommodations for athletes, officials
The inaugural NDSF is scheduled to take place in Akwa Ibom from 1 to 8 April and will feature participation from the nine states under the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) ...
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Terrorists kill one, kidnap 9 in Niger village attack
Suspected local bandits have killed one person and kidnapped nine others in an attack on Palaita, a village near a military ...
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Onoh to Buhari: Your 8 years in office were the ‘Las vegas’ of corruption and insecurity
President Bola Tinubu’s former campaign spokesman in the southeast, Dr. Josef Onoh has responded to President Muhammadu Buharis' claim that Nigeria experienced notable improvements in both its ...
Nigerian Tribune on MSN3d
Bisi Akande, poverty and Ige’s death
Last week, the sidekick of the Nigerian president and former chairman of the All Progressives Party (APC), Bisi Akande, chose ...
TheCable12d
Stereotypes and the VAT reality check
For decades, we’ve lived with tired stereotypes: the Hausa gateman in every Nollywood movie, the Calabar domestic help, and ...
The Punch Newspapers20d
Operators shed responsibility as Rivers communities battle fresh oil spill
Their immediate worry is the pollution of the river and the ecosystem as shown ... media outlets to exercise due diligence by verifying facts before publishing, rather than relying on assumptions.
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Operators shed responsibility as Rivers communities battle fresh oil spill
Dennis Naku reports on the wellhead fire and oil spill devastating multiple communities in Rivers State’s Kalabari kingdom, as military, locals and operators deny responsibilityIt wasn’t me’ is a ...
Niger first African state to eradicate river blindness: WHO
Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.
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WHO: Niger first African country to eliminate river blindness
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is spread by infected blackflies in rural areas along rivers and lakes. Niger is the first African country and fifth worldwide to eliminate the ...
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Theyab bin Mohamed congratulates Niger on becoming first country in Africa to eliminate river blindness
H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen ...
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Niger becomes first African country to eradicate river blindness – WHO
Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday. Niger is “the ...
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Niger: WHO Verifies Niger as the First Country in the African Region to Eliminate Onchocerciasis
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria ... Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease and is the second leading ...