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FIRST LADY ENCOURAGES NIGERIANS AHEAD OF FUTURE PLANS

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(Photo credits: The Leadership) The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, assured the people of Nigeria that her office's New Hope Initiative will bring relief to families across the country when it is fully implemented. . Ms Tinubu, who is also the National Chair of the initiative, said this after the second board meeting of the initiative held at her office in Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. According to a statement by media assistant Busola Kukoyi, the first lady ensured that all measures were taken to ensure a smooth start to the project in the 36 federal states and the FCT. Senator Tinubu explained that various state and local governments will be involved because the project is global for the federation. She pointed out that the core areas of the project include agriculture, health, education, social investment and economic empowerment. To this end, she said that there will be a meeting with the wives of all state governors on Friday, July 14 during which details on the successful impl

ABUJA: STAMPEDE AS TINUBU APOINTED MINISTERS TAKE OATH OF OFFICE

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The nation's capital Abuja was in turmoil as President Bola Tinubu took office to call the appointed ministers, who would today form the Federal Executive Council (FEC). In a statement from the chief information officer at the federation's government secretary's office, Willie Bassey, the process went smoothly as each of them took less than 10 minutes to complete.  He also said that the invitations for three people invited by the appointed minister were successfully given out to each person and then forwarded to the invitees. Bassey also said that arrangements have been made to transport designated ministers from the Office of the Secretary of the Federal Government to the swearing-in ceremony site.    I said: “We can officially inform our colleagues (journalists) that the document will close today, so far we have successfully documented more than 40 appointed ministers. “The process was smooth as there were four registration points and it took ministers less than 10 minute

BREAKING: MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN NIGER STATE

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photo credit: abc.net.au A plane belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed. Sources revealed on Monday that the plane was taking off from Kaduna en route to Minna, the capital of Niger state when the incident occurred. Other details of the incident were still sketchy at the time of completion of this report. Several calls to Air Force spokesman Edward Gabkwet went unanswered. He has yet to reply to texts and Whatsapp messages sent to him about it. The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed that one of its planes crashed in Niger State on Monday. The Air Force said the plane was on an evacuation mission when the crash occurred. A statement released Monday by the NAF's Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Force Edward Gabkwet, said the plane had left Zungeru Elementary School en route to Kaduna, but it was later discovered. landed in a village in the Shiroro Local Government Area. of Nigeria. Part of it read: “A Nigerian Air Force MI-171 helicopter on a victim evacuation

NIGER MILITARY JUNTA MAKING APPOINTMENTS AND REJECTING NEGOTIATION TALKS

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After two weeks, Niger's military junta is making cabinet nominations and rejecting discussions. As Niger's military junta enters its second week in power, its leaders are appointing a government and rejecting calls for negotiations in what analysts describe as an attempt to entrench their power and demonstrate that they are serious about governing the West African country in the face of an escalating regional crisis. As Niger's military junta enters its second week in power, its leaders are appointing a government and rejecting calls for negotiations in what analysts describe as an attempt to entrench their power and demonstrate that they are serious about governing the West African country in the face of an escalating regional crisis. The junta has appointed a new prime minister and a raft of new cabinet members. They also refused to accept meditation teams from the United Nations, the African Union, and the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, citing "evident reasons