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CBN unveils BVN platform for diaspora Nigerians, to expand financial access The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System…

Nasarawa Assembly passes bill to regulate mining activities The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed the mining bill that provides for the regulation and control…

Saudi KSrelief conducts 21,000 free eye surgeries in Nigeria – Official The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), Saudi Arabia, has conducted 21,000 free…

NEDC trains 58 on rights, rules of engagement in Yobe No fewer than 58 vigilantes and Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) were subjected to training on human rights, rules of…

NAPTIP takes war against human trafficking to Edo school The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Monday inaugurated its first Anti-Human…

FEC approves Medipool to lower cost of pharmaceutical products – Pate Prof. Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, says the Federal Executive Council (FEC)…

Fathers allegedly defile daughters in Lagos Operatives of  the police command in Lagos State have detained two men who allegedly defiled their daughters in the Surulere and…

NRC decries rising railway vandalism The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has raised concerns over the increasing rate of attacks on its facilities by criminal elements across…

Teenage girl fakes own kidnap for ransom – Police  A 16-year-old SS2 student at a private secondary school in Abakaliki has faked her own kidnapping, says the police command in…

Lawal inaugurates cash transfer programme for 448,000 beneficiaries Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara on Monday inaugurated a cash transfer programme targeting 448,151 beneficiaries…