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Argentina has submitted a formal bid to host this year’sUnder-20 World Cup in place of Indonesia which was strippedof its rights to stage the tournament.FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who made this known, notedthat Argentina was the only country to submit a formal offer.The FIFA Bureau will decide whether to accept the proposalin two or three days with the tournament scheduled to start onMay 20.FI...

The United States chapter of the All Progressives Congresshas condemned the proposed political demonstration thatwould be held by some Nigerians in front of the White Houseon Monday.The condemnation is coming a day after authorities in theUnited States granted permission to supporters of LabourParty presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to use its park onApril 3 rd to protest the outcome of the 2023 presidentialelection in Nigeri...

The Minister of Communication, Isa Pantami has inaugurateda Digital Economy Community of Practice.The inauguration was done in conjunction with the PolicyInnovation Centre of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group(NESG) in Abuja.Speaking at the event, the minister said that the digitaleconomy centre has been doing well building andconsolidating Nigeria’s economy.He also used the opportunity to point out...

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The World Food Programme, an organization within theUnited Nations, has stated that thirty-two percent of Nigeriansdo not have enough food to consume.In a March 28 th update of the ‘HungerMapLIVE: WesternAfrica insights and key trends,’ the countries with the highestprevalence of insufficient food consumption are thirteencountries, including Nigeria.In its latest Food Security Update, the World Bank revealed...

The Federal Government is set to create a portal with a viewto engaging, reengineering and reactivating capacity of olderpersons who wish to continue offering services afterretirement.The Director General of National Senior Citizens Centre, DrEmem Omokaro, said this at a collaborative meeting withrelevant government agencies and stakeholders on servicelevel in Abuja.Omokaro said the intervention was in realization o...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, hasrevealed that the Federal Government has approved a payraise for civil servants in the country.Ngige said the salary increment became important in view ofthe current economic reality of the country, adding thatPresident Muhammadu Buhari, is yet to approve thepercentage used for the increment.This is as he noted that the pay rise was already included inthe 2023 b...

The Federal Government has raised an alarm over the risingcases of deadly incidents in filling stations, depots and bytanker drivers, which had claimed about 633 lives in less thanfour years.It vowed to sanction culpable oil marketers operating in thedownstream sector over their poor management of health,safety, and environment, particularly when transporting andoffloading petroleum products.In a presentation by the...

The National Population Commission has denied insinuationsthat the 2023 Population and Housing Census would canvassquestions on religion and religious affiliations of respondents.The clarification was made following a viral audio messagecirculating on WhatsApp insinuating that religious affiliationsof respondents will be canvassed in the 2023 Population andHousing Census.However, in a statement by the Director of Public Af...