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Nigeria: Finally, Court Sentences Ese Oruru's Abductor to 26 Years
Yenagoa — A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, Thursday convicted Mr. Yunusa Dahiru for the abduction, raping and impregnating a teenager, Miss Ese Oruru, in
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Nigeria: Kaduna University Shut Down Amidst Students Protests Over Tuition Hike
[Daily Trust] The management of Kaduna State University (KASU), on Tuesday, shut down the institution amidst students' protests over tuition fee increment.
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Former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler Joins Gubernatorial Race - The Washington Informer
Former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler, who served from 2007 to 2015, officially announced Tuesday that he will again seek the Democratic nomination for governor. The post Former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler Joins Gubernatorial Race appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Alabama State University is a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Montgomery, Alabama.  Founded less than two years after the end of the Civil War as the Lincoln Normal School in Marion, Alabama, it is one of the oldest HBCUs in the United States.  Nine ex-slaves, Joey Pinch, Thomas
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Nigeria: Niger Explains Delay in Rescue of Kidnapped School Girls
[This Day] The Niger State Government has given reasons for the continued captivity of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya Tegina school girls in the den of their abductors, saying the parents of the children kicked against using military operation to rescue the girls.
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More Industrial Action For Australian State Paramedics – The Wilmington Journal
SYDNEY — Paramedics in the south-eastern Australian state of New South Wales will continue industrial action over pay and work conditions despite facing the consequences of unauthorized strikes last week. On June 10, paramedics across the [...]
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Pandemic Power: Black Female Mayors Shine During COVID-19 Crisis
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (Atlanta, GA), Mayor LaToya Cantrell (New Orleans, LA), Mayor Lori Lightfoot
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Nigeria: El-Rufai and the Miseducation of Nigerian Youths (I)
[Daily Trust] The "roforofo" fight between Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State and labour leaders have come and gone. Let us assume that is the phase I because both parties had to sheathe their swords upon the intervention of the federal government. While the standoff lasted, hateful words were
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Nigeria: Bandits Attack Zamfara Village, Kill 6, Abduct Many
[Vanguard] Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Rijiya village in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, during which they killed six people and several others abducted.
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Nigeria: Lagos Slashes 2020 Budget By 21% to N920.5 Billion
Following the economic damage caused by the COVID-19, Lagos State Executive Council yesterday disclosed plan to revise the state's 2020 budget by 21 per cent, from the N1.168 billion hitherto approved by the State House Assembly to
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Nigeria: Kebbi Secures N1.7bn Loan to Boost Livestock Production, Dairy - - Bagudu
[Vanguard] Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State on Friday disclosed that the state government had secured a N1.7 billion bank loan to boost livestock production and dairy in the state.
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Nigeria: Strike - Small Businesses Count Losses in Kaduna
[Premium Times] Small businesses owners urge the state government to end the strike as it is negatively impacting their businesses
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Nigeria: #EndSARS - Lagos Govt White Paper Fails to Heal Wounds - Ubani
[This Day] Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Dr. Monday Ubani, has stated that no wound has been healed by the Lagos State White Papers on the #EndSARS panel that probed the Lekki Toll Gate incident of October 20, 2020.
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Nigeria: UNIMAID Is Playing a Key Role to End Insurgency in Nigeria - VC
[Daily Trust] Professor Aliyu Shugaba is the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in Borno State. He recently paid a courtesy visit to the Corporate Headquarters of Media Trust Limited in Abuja. In this interview, he speaks on how the university's senate resolved not to
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Nigeria: Many Schools Shut As Insecurity Disrupts Learning in 4 States
[Daily Trust] Bandits and other criminals have displaced thousands of students in parts of the North West and North Central and also disrupted the academic calendar of schools, Daily Trust reports.
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Pandemic Power: Black female mayors shine during COVID-19 crisis
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‘Teachers owe government $4,5 million’ - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA AUTHORITIES in the Education ministry said they were failing to recover salary surcharge debts owed by teachers who left The post ‘Teachers owe government $4,5 million’ appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Nigeria: Paris Club Refund Unsettles Abia Govt
[This Day] If one of the dividends of democracy is that leaders should always give account to their true employers, the people, many have wondered why the Abia State government is silent on the alleged irregularities in the recovery of the state's share of the Paris Club Refund, Shola Oyeyipo
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South Australia Island Vaccine Hub To Open In June | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
KINGSCOTE, Australia — The Royal Flying Doctor Service will support the Covid-19 vaccine rollout across Kangaroo Island, so residents don’t have to travel to the South Australian mainland to get the jab. The state government says the Royal Flying Doctor Service will work in partnership with the
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Northeastern Australian City Braces For More Delta Cases

BRISBANE, Australia — The northeastern Australian state, Queensland, is bracing for more Covid-19 cases as health authorities work to determine if infection in North Queensland poses a risk to the community. The cluster-based in the state capital, west of Brisbane, has risen to 47 cases, with 16

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‘Confusion’ in parastatals on internal recruitment - The Times Group Malawi
BY DEOGRATIAS MMANA A few months after Martha Chizuma, then in her capacity as Ombudsman, nullified positions said to have been filled internally at Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera), another parastatal is going along the same path. Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has
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Governor Wolf Appoints 19 Members to the Governor’s Advisory Commission on African American Affairs
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Nigeria: Court Affirms Right of States, Police to Enforce Anti-Open Grazing Law
[Premium Times] The judge says the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the suit seeking to compel the president to enforce anti-grazing laws.
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Inaugural convening of California’s task force to study and develop reparations for African Americans - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
SACRAMENTO (KUSI) – Governor Gavin Newsom provides pre-recorded opening remarks at the virtual inaugural convening of California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. Created as a result of AB 3121, the Task Force is a first-in-the-nation effort by a state
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Nigeria: Climate Change - Lagos Govt Unveils Five-Year 'Action Plan'
[Premium Times] The governor said the plan was geared toward achieving the ultimate goal of a zero-carbon Lagos
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Nigeria: Militants Reply Herdsmen, Vow to Repel Attacks On Delta
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