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2027: Otuaro urges Niger Delta to support APC South South leaders’ resolution on Tinubu’s reelection bid
Eagle Online
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July 8, 2025
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has urged the people of the Niger Delta to support the declaration of the leaders of the South South All Progressives Congress to support President Bola Tinubu for a second...
NCAA approves commencement of Enugu Air
Premium Times
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July 8, 2025
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has officially announced the approval for the initiation of domestic flight operations by Enugu Air. This decision, the authority said, aligns with the 5-Point Agenda of the Minister of Aviation and...
Keyamo Inaugurates Enugu Air, Says Mbah Among The Best
Daily Independent
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July 8, 2025
1 …It’s Triumph Of Vision, Beginning Of Aviation Hub — Mbah ENUGU – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Monday, inaugurated Enugu Air, a state-owned commercial airline established by the Governor Peter...
12-year-old pupil killed in Edo flood
Punch
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July 8, 2025
A 12-year-old boy, Nathan Spencer, has lost his life after being swept away by floodwaters while on his way to write the Middle Basic Assessment Examination in Benin, a report by the News Agency of Nigeria says. NAN learnt that the incident...
Regional Disparities and Maternal Sociodemographic Determinants of Full Immunization Coverage Among Children Aged 12–23 Months in Nigeria: Insights from NDHS 2018
Dove Medical Press
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July 8, 2025
Background Childhood immunization remains one of the most cost-effective public health interventions for reducing morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases.1,2 Globally, immunization prevents an estimated four to five million...
Through an African Lens: The Israel-Iran Conflict and a Call for Peace
Black Agenda Report
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Western cameras frame this as Israel vs. Iran, but African analysts see through the script: another case of ‘rules for thee, not for me’ in a system built to punish the Global South. Originally published in Raïs Neza Boneza. The escalating...
NERC Report Reveals Lapses In Safety Compliance
Biz Watch Nigeria
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July 17, 2025
At least 12 people lost their lives and 14 others sustained various degrees of injuries in electricity-related accidents across Nigeria in the first quarter of 2025, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed. The...
Enugu govt launches airline
Premium Times
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July 8, 2025
The Enugu State Government has unveiled Enugu Air, a state-owned commercial airline. Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation Development, Festus Keyamo, performed the ceremony on Monday at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu State, south-east...
Keyamo Inaugurates Enugu Air, Says Mbah Undoubtedly One of the Best Govs
This Day
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July 8, 2025
•Airline operates inaugural flights to Enugu, Abuja •Mbah: It’s triumph of vision, beginning of aviation hub Gideon Arinze in Enugu Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, on Monday, inaugurated Enugu Air, an Enugu...
Oyegun blames APC for nation’s rising insecurity, hunger, gets ADC card in Edo
The Sun Nigeria
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July 16, 2025
From Tony Osauzo, Benin Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie Oyegun, yesterday, blamed the ruling party for the hunger and starvation in the country. He also blamed the APC led- government for its...
Don’t Let It Die Like Nigerian Airways — Festus Keyamo Says At The Inau
The Nigerian Voice
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The minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, has inaugurated Enugu Air, urging the operators not to let the airline “go the way of the Nigerian Airways”. The minister also announced that the airline will soon commence...
National Equity 3 program officially launched
CNR Citi Newsroom
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July 16, 2025
Commerce Equitable France and Agronomists and Veterinarians without Borders officially launched the third phase of the Equité Program, alongside their French and West African partners, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Global...
African Innovators Win Fortify Forward Grants to Tackle Malnutrition
News Ghana
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July 17, 2025
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has named winners of its 2025 Fortify Forward Innovation Challenge, spotlighting African-led solutions using food fortification and biofortification to combat malnutrition. Finalists from East and...
The Benue archipelago, by Dare Babarinsa
Eagle Online
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July 8, 2025
It is good that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has visited Benue State to put special focus on the terror that has convulsed that unhappy land for many years. In this 2025, Benue has lost hundreds of its citizens to mindless violence. In the latest...
How Afro Fashion Association Empowers Underrepresented Designers
The Business of Fashion
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July 16, 2025
The Italian fashion industry has long faced heavy criticism for its lack of diversity and failure to support underrepresented talent. Back in 2013, designer Stella Jean became the first BIPOC designer to show during Milan Fashion Week since its...
Keyamo Inaugurates Enugu Air + Peter Obi Denies Working For Abacha + Natasha’s Resumption – Trending With Ojy Okpe
Arise News
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July 8, 2025
Peter Mbah, Enugu State governor has launched Enugu Air, a new state-owned commercial airline, with Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo commending the Governor and stressing the importance of professional management to avoid past airline failures....
US sends deported criminals to Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy
The Indian Express
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July 17, 2025
The United States has deported five foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes to Eswatini, a small southern African kingdom ruled by Africa’s last absolute monarch. The deportees, from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos, were flown to the...
BREAKING: Nigerian Police Issue Orders To Thwart Sowore’s Planned Protest With Retired Officers Over Poor Welfare; Activist Vows ‘No Going Back’
Sahara Reporters
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The Nigeria Police Force has issued a directive to its commands in Asaba and Benin to take urgent steps to prevent a peaceful protest planned by pro-democracy activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, in solidarity with retired...
Otuaro rallies Niger Deltans for Tinubu’s re-election bid
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 9, 2025
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has urged the people of the Niger Delta to support the declaration of the leaders of the South-South All Progressives Congress (APC) to support President Bola Tinubu...
Former APC Chairman Oyegun Officially Defects to ADC
Lagos Post Online
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July 16, 2025
A former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Edo State. Oyegun, a former Edo State Governor, received the membership card of his new party on...