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SENATE TO PASS SOUTH-SOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BILL

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Senate Reconsiders South-South Development Commission Bill The Nigerian Senate on Thursday reopened debate on a bill to establish the South-South Development Commission which was suspended in July. The bill scaled through second reading during the plenary session. In a fresh twist, the expression of 'what is good for the goose is good for the gander’ prevailed as the South-South lawmakers made a case for reconsideration of the South-South Development Commission bill.    Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong-Cross River South At today's sitting, the majority of lawmakers embraced the merits of the commission asserting that it will be development-based not resource-based like the NDDC.              Sen. Kawu Sumaila-Kano South The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin and a lawmaker From Kogi State while speaking to the bill suggested that other oil producing states could be included in the NDDC, saying the NDDC name could be changed to accommodate more oil states.    Sen. Barau Jibrin- Deputy S

NIGERIAN RED CROSS: HUNGER CRISIS FUNDRAISER AND GALA NIGHT

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Press Release Nigerian Red Cross launches N2.5b Hunger Crisis fundraiser . NIGERIAN RED CROSS, FUNDRAISER & GALA NIGHT, 2024 The Nigerian Red Cross Society has called for urgent, collective action to combat hunger across the nation. Speaking at the fundraising and gala night held at the Civic Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, President of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Prince Oluyemisi Adeaga, urged Nigerians to come together to rewrite the story of hunger in the country.  The fundraising event, themed ‘Keeping Humanity Alive’, is part of the Nigerian Red Cross Society's campaign to address the growing hunger crisis and provide critical support to vulnerable communities. The organization aims to raise N2.5 billion to fund its humanitarian programs, including Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) initiatives and hunger relief efforts.             PRINCE OLUYEMISI ADEAGA,    PRESIDENT NRCS  During his keynote address, Adeaga emphasized that disasters and hunger know no boundaries, ethn

"TREE OF PEACE": APPLI/AFPLI MARKS 2024 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

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 African Projects/Foundation for peace and love Initiatives (APPLI/ AFPLI) marked its 2024 International day of peace with planting of Tree of peace. In commoration of the 2024 International world peace day, the African Projects/Foundation for peace and love Initiatives marked the event in a grand style at KARIOS POLYTECHNIC.                                  The Founder and Patron of APPLI/AFPLI, Rev. Dr Titus Kolawole Oyeyemi the convenia of the event Lay the Foundation of the planting of "The Tree of Peace" at TimeOn Karios Polytechnic at Abule Egan, Lagos. The program commenced with prayers as the founder highlighted on the importance attached to peace, liking it to our Nigerian present scenario cum the significance in his planting of the Tree of Peace. The event which was graced by young students, staff and Parents saw the founder emphasising on the Importance and Significance of youth orientation propelling them towards a brighter future, aimed as a major tool in their l

DISCLAIMER: NNPP NOT AT LOG AHEAD WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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Press Release  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT FIGHTING NNPP. BUBA GALADIMA, SENATOR RABIU MUSA KWANKWASO AND DR AHMED AJUJI LED DEFUNCT NWC ARE NOT MEMBERS OF NNPP. ALL HAVE BEEN SINCE EXPELLED  KWANKWASIYYA MOVEMENT IS NOT A POLITICAL PARTY. The attention of the leadership of New Nigeria Peoples Party have been drawn to recent unguarded and reckless utterances made by one Buba Galadima, an erstwhile member of NNPP on a live Channels Television programme accusing the Federal Government of fighting the NNPP government of Abba Yusuf in Kano and would want to state as follows: That such reckless and unguarded statement is a figment of the imagination of not only a reckless but a frustrated and drowning old man. At Buba's level as a self acclaimed elder statesman, he ought to have known that there is a huge difference between our political party (NNPP) and the kwankwassiya movement he runs with his co-traveller, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and also know at which point the two must be separated. In  l

NRCS: KEEPING HUMANITY ALIVE, PRE- EVENT PRESS BRIEFING

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"We can not standby and watch as the entire communities are pushed to the brink of survival" "Alleviating Human sufferings wherever it may be found is the popular Red Cross mantra"         President, Nigerian Red Cross Society-                       Prince Oluyemisi Adeaga  These words were re echoed in the speech of the President of Nigerian Red Cross Society, Prince Oluyemisi Adeaga, delivered in his stead by the Chairperson, Nigerian Red Cross Society of Nigeria, Lagos Branch, Mrs Bola Bakare Kolawole in a Pre- event press brief held in Lagos on Thursday the 26th of September, 2024.       Chairperson, Nigerian Red Cross Society-                   Mrs Bola Bakare Kolawole  This event is to herald the Nigeria Red Cross fundraising launch, coming up on the 28th of September,2024, themed "KEEPING HUMANITY ALIVE"  Drawing reference from the famine earlier warning system last year 2023, which pre warned that due to a combination of factors like, conflict,drou