Tag: Membership
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602 repentant Boko Haram members denounce membership
Some 602 repentant Boko Haram members, on Monday, denounced their membership of the group and swore Oath of Allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The ex-insurgents who have completed a de-radicalisation, rehabilitation and reintegration programme, denounced their membership of the insurgent group at the Malam Sidi Camp in Kwami Local Government area of Gombe…
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COVID-19: Trump threatens to permanently withdraw funds, make US exit membership of WHO If… [Full Letter]
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) if it does not commit to “major substantive improvements” within 30 days. In a four-page letter to WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump set out what he called “repeated missteps” by the organisation. He claimed that the WHO…
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2019: Presidency clears air on Dangote’s membership of APC Campaign Council
The Presidency says Alhaji Aliko Dangote, who is not a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), cannot, and is not member of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) as erroneously announced on Friday. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made the clarification in a statement on…
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Egmont Group membership: Nigeria to know fate in September
Indications emerge that the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units will decide Nigeria’s status at its plenary scheduled to hold in September this year. This is contrary to speculations that failure of Nigeria to pass a law granting autonomy to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit and relocating the unit from the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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NCC debunks membership of Etisalat’s new board
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it was not among the members of the new board of Etisalat. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Mr Tony Ojobo said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Ojobo said that the attention of the commission had been drawn to a report by some media…