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World football’s governing body FIFA made no verdict Thursday on a Palestinian request to suspend Israel, instead launching committee investigations to inform an eventual decision. At FIFA’s congress in Bangkok in May, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) called for its Israeli counterpart to be suspended and for Israeli teams to be banned from FIFA events….
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The Kogi State Government has suspended all mining activities in the state following the influx of bandits and all manner of aliens into the state for mining-related activities. According to the Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Bashiru Gegu, the government took this decision at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by the…
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As the resultant controversy trails the signing of the Samoa Agreement, 88 members of the House of Representatives have moved a motion urging the Federal Government to suspend the implementation of the contentious accord until all the clauses are addressed and spelt out. The Samoa Agreement signed by the Federal Government with the European Union,…
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The Federal Government yesterday announced indefinite suspension of the multi-billion naira N-Power programme and a probe of how it has been administered since its launch seven years ago. N-Power was a part of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) introduced by the Buhari administration to empower youths and minimise poverty. Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and…
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