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Nigerian Fulani Rehabilitaion Bill 2020

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will establish at least one new technical vocational training college in each local government area of the 19 states of the country that have indigenous Fulani populations

[2] Every Fulani man who hands in his weapons and arms will be granted automatic admission into one of these technical colleges where the state government will feed, board and train them up to City & Guild level in one vocational skill

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Coronavirus fears grow in Nigeria as passenger dies aboard Calabar to Abuja flight

 

FEARS have grown about the possibility of contracting coronavirus while flying within Nigeria following the recent easing of travel restrictions after an elderly patient died aboard an Air Peace plane while flying from Calabar to Abuja.

 

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Nigerian cultural icon Ayan De First-Mr Culture made Liveryman of the City of London

NIGERIAN cultural Icon Ayan De First has been made a Liveryman of the City of London in recognition of his services to the community and following his performances for the Lord Mayor of London in what is a major boost for the contributions of the UK diaspora to the country's entertainment industry.  

 

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Dredging our major rivers could double Nigeria’s agricultural output overnight

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Is there any agency in Nigeria dealing with the issue of silt in our rivers?

(2) Across the far northern tip of Nigeria, farmland is being eroded by desert encroachment

(3) Large parts of southeast Nigeria are made up of soft clay soil not suitable for agriculture and prone to erosion

(4) If we dredged just the rivers Niger and Benue alone and packaged this silt, we could use it to turn both of these badly affected areas into lush farmland

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Lagos manufacturer Transgreen Nigeria opens facemask factory with 240,000 a day capacity

LAGOS manufacturer Transgreen Nigeria has stepped up the largescale production of facemasks in an bid to cash in on growing demand in response to the coronavirus pandemic by opening a 240,000 a day capacity manufacturing plant.

 

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Nigeria finally agrees to look at alternative fuel for cars setting up committee to examine gas option

NIGERIA has finally got round to accepting the fact that she needs to start looking at alternative fuel sources with the federal government inaugurating an Autogas and Natural Gas Vehicles Committee to draw up clean energy guidelines.

 

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Several Igbo bodies ask General Danjuma to atone for his role in Ironsi's death by backing Igbo president

 

SEVERAL Igbo socio-cultural groups have asked former defence minister Retired Lt General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma to apologise for his role in the assassination of former military head of state Major General Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi in 1966.

 

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Buhari shuns tradition of celebrating Sallah in Daura opting for a family gathering in Abuja

 

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the Muslim the Eid-el-Kabir within the confines of State House Abuja for the first time since assuming office in 2015 rather than visit his Daura country home as usual.

 

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Crystal Palace consider matching offer for QPR's Nigerian winger Bright Osayi-Samuel

 

ENGLISH Premier League side Crystal Palace is planning to put in a £4.7m bid for Queens Park Rangers (QPR) winger Bright Osayi-Samuel in a last ditch attempt to prevent him leaving for Belgian side Club Brugge.

 

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Our National Assembly should pass a Tolulope Arotile Bill to respect her memory and show we are serious about gender equality

Ayo Akinfe

(1) As from 2023, all political parties must make sure that at least one third of all their candidates are female

(2) As from 2023, at least one third of all political appointees must be female. Any state cabinet that fails to meet this requirement will not be recognised and have its federal allocation withheld

(3) All girls in secondary school and tertiary institutions will be provided with free sanitary towels every month

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