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Ogun budget to hit N1tn in 2025 — Abiodun

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday, announced that his administration is working towards implementing the new minimum wage. Abiodun also hinted that with this year’s N703bn state budget achieving 80 per cent execution by September, the state’…

2024-09-11 14:11

Prevalence of human schistosomiasis in various regions of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies conducted for the past ten years (2013–2023)

Author summary Schistosomiasis is a devastating tropical and sub-tropical disease that disproportionately infects those in resource-limited settings, which causes death, morbidity and socioeconomic impact. The disease is caused by blood parasites under the ge…

2024-09-09 14:00

Police to probe death of 20-year-old man in Lagos

The Police Command in Lagos State says it has begun an investigation into the death of a 20-year-old man allegedly killed by gunmen. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. Hundeyin said that O…

2024-09-08 20:09

FG should privatise power transmission – Adesodun, Poly ex-rector

The pioneer rector of Ekiti State Polytechnic, Isan Ekiti, Prof. Kayode Adesodun, recently completed his tenure and stepped down from office. He shares with ABIODUN NEJO his views on how governments should support the private sector to drive agriculture, amon…

2024-09-08 00:23