Kogi governor appoints 1,192 additional aides

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Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo, has approved the appointment of additional 1,192 aides. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Folashade Ayoade. “The aides include Yakubu Abdulhakeem who is to serve as the Executive Secretary, Kogi State Office for Disability, 165 Senior Special Assistants,…

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The U.S. Government has announced a 27 million dollars humanitarian aid package for Nigeria to assist vulnerable populations, and build resilience against food insecurity and climate change impacts. The U.S. Mission in Nigeria which stated this on Tuesday in Abuja, said the funding was part of the U.S. Government’s 536 million dollars humanitarian aid package…

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The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of a 58-year old unnamed man while embarking on a spiritual fasting. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the incident happened in Alagbado axis of the state on Monday…

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Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday voted to ban the Russia-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as Kyiv cuts religious, social and institutional ties with bodies it considers aligned with Moscow. Kyiv has been tyring to curb spiritual links with Russia for years -- a process that was hugely accelerated by Moscow's 2022 invasion, which the powerful Russian Orthodox…

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There are signs of hope for households as the average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking Gas, decreased by 14.23 per cent in July. The product, which sold for N6,966.03 in June 2024, dropped to N5,974.55 in July 2024. However, on a year-on-year basis, the…

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The world's oldest living person, Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States and lived through two world wars, has died at the age of 117, her family said Tuesday. "Maria Branyas has left us. She died as she wished: in her sleep, peacefully and without pain," her family wrote on her…

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A pastor simply identified as Femi, a resident in Osogbo, Osun State, has claimed that God instructed him to sleep with his stepdaughter and also abort her pregnancy. Femi, who is also a commercial motorcyclist, said this during a meeting organised for him and his stepdaughter by a Non Governmental Organisation, World Institute for Peace…

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The Network of National Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa (NACIWA), has vowed to recover all the region’s stolen assets taken to the western world with interest paid on them. The President of NACIWA, Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede said this in an interview with newsmen at the 6th Annual General Assembly of NACIWA in Abuja NACIWA is…

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), says it has not paid fuel subsidy to anybody in the last nine years. Chief Financial Officer of the company, Alhaji Umar Ajiya made the clarifications on Monday in Abuja. Ajiya said the NNPC Ltd. was only taking care of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) importation shortfalls between…

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A Kenyan man who police claim has confessed to murdering and dismembering 42 women has escaped from a Nairobi police cell, along with a dozen other detainees, police said Tuesday. READ ALSO:95-year-old man weds longtime love, 90, in Kenya Collins Jumaisi, 33, described by police as a "vampire, a psychopath," was arrested last month after…