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KIDNAPPED Bank of Agriculture managing director Alwan  Ali Hassan was released by his captors yesterday after his family reportedly handed over a ransom fee of N100m ($240,258) to the kidnappers who abducted him in the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28.

NIGERIA'S federal government has been ordered by an Abuja high court to enforce the National Gender Policy by allotting 35% of all appointments in the public sector to women in honour of its affirmative action programme.

FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan narrowly escaped death yesterday evening after he was involved in a car crash in Abuja that resulted in the death of two members of his security detail.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Offer free tuition right up until the end of secondary school

[2] Nigeria will spend 15% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education

[3] Provide free uniforms in all public schools

[4] Offer one free school meal for all state primary and secondary school pupils

[5] No primary school child should have to walk more than 1km to school

[6] Every local government must have at least one technical or vocational school

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced fresh plans to hand out loans to 98,000 persons in another phase of its empowerment programme supervised by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development.

KENYAN medical experts have designed an innovative device that helps reduce menstrual pains for women who usually experience serious unease during their monthly cycle aimed at making period pains a thing of the past.

GOVERNOR Charles Soludo of Anambra State has instituted a truth and reconciliation committee with a mandate to unravel the true cause of armed struggle across the southeast geo-political zone which has led to the current insecurity.

FORMER president of Ohaneze Ndigbo UK Dr Nnanna Igwe has declared his intention to stand as a candidate in the 2023 Ebonyi State governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

INSPECTOR-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the dismissal of nine policemen over allegations that they were the ones demanding a wage increase and were planning to lead a nationwide strike to achieve their aims.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] 12 specialist hospitals shall be established in Nigeria with two in each geo-political zone. These shall include - Dermatology, optometrics, renal failure, cardialogy, neurology, ear/throat/nose, cancer, Hiv/Aids, orthopedia, rheumatics, tropical diseases and sickle cell anaemia

[2] Pharmaceutical companies will be given 10 year tax holidays if they establish manufacturing facilities in Nigeria