Felix Duru Mbah

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10
2025
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CAPPA Lauds FG Health Tax Policy

CAPPA Lauds FG Health Tax Policy

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*Again, Urges Higher Excise Duty On Sugary Drinks By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu A body, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has commended the Federal Government (FG)'s decision to develop a draft policy to earmark revenues from excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) for health financing. In a statement signed by its Media and Communication Officer, Robert Egbe, CAPPA described the decision as a decisive opportunity for the President Bola Tinubu administration to leave a legacy of sustainable funding for Nigeria’s fragile healthcare system and to protect the health of Nigerian citizens. Speaking at a recent national…
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Sep
10
2025
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Strike: Moses Adasu Varsity VC Explains Moves To End Action

Strike: Moses Adasu Varsity VC Explains Moves To End Action

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*Threatens To Withdraw Certificates Of Graduates Who Falsely Attack Alma Mater By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Acting Vice Chancellor (VC), Rev Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University Makurdi (MOAUM), Professor Simon Terver Ubwa, has assured that the Benue State Government and the university management were doing everything possible to meet the remaining demands of the institution's striking unions. The unions embarked on strike few days ago following their claims that the university management had not paid staff the new national minimum wage. Interacting with the Forum of Investigative Journalists in Benue State in his office, Professor Ubwa revealed that some issues affecting…
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Sep
10
2025
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How African Job Seekers Are Tricked Into Slavery In Asia’s Cyberscam Compounds

How African Job Seekers Are Tricked Into Slavery In Asia’s Cyberscam Compounds

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*Promises Of Legitimate Jobs Turn Hellish *Passports, Others Instantly Confiscated *Beatings, Starvation, Sex Abuse Rife Note: People&Politics is publishing this piece as a social responsibility initiative to enable potential Nigerian immigrants make proper, informed choices. Within hours of landing in Bangkok from Nairobi, Kenya last December to start a job as a customer service agent, Duncan Okindo knew something was wrong. The 26-year-old had sold his cattle, borrowed money from friends and used his savings to pay a recruitment agency 200,000 Kenyan shillings (£1,150; about N2.3m). “I felt it would be good to go outside [the country] and look for…
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Sep
10
2025
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WC Qualification On Cliffhanger: Super Eagles Coach Promises Fight To The Finish, As Nigerians Express Anger

WC Qualification On Cliffhanger: Super Eagles Coach Promises Fight To The Finish, As Nigerians Express Anger

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*Call For Chelle's Sack Head coach of Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, has said his team will not lack motivation ahead of their final two fixtures in the 2026 World Cup qualifying series. Chelle was addressing the media following a 1-1 draw away to South Africa on Tuesday, September 9. Bafana Bafana took the lead through William Troost-Ekong’s own goal, before Calvin Bassey headed in the equaliser before half-time. Nigeria need to win all their remaining fixtures to stand a chance of qualifying even as only the top team in each group automatically qualifies with the runner-up navigating a playoff. South…
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Sep
09
2025
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History-Equalling Rout: Ruthless Haaland, Norway ‘Gift’ Each 11 On-Field Moldovan Player A Goal

History-Equalling Rout: Ruthless Haaland, Norway ‘Gift’ Each 11 On-Field Moldovan Player A Goal

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*Norway 11 Moldova 1 *Last Such Margin 29 Years Ago Erling Haaland scored five goals and set up two more on Tuesday, September 9, as Norway thrashed Moldova 11-1 to edge closer to qualifying for a first World Cup in 27 years. Norway's goals effectively meant,in acrid jokes among fans, that "each Moldovan on the field went home with a goal to their name" in reverse logic. The victory equalled the record for the highest winning margin in a European World Cup qualifying match, with Macedonia beating Liechtenstein 11-1 in the 1996 qualifiers. The Manchester City striker set up Felix…
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Sep
09
2025
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Agric Boost: FG Empowers 20 Benue Women With N20m

Agric Boost: FG Empowers 20 Benue Women With N20m

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*100 Others Receive N50,000, Items By Samuel Tyav, Makurdi No fewer than 20 women farmers have been empowered with N20 million to boost their agricultural activities in Benue State. Besides, the Federal Government (FG), which handed them the incentive, also gave 100 other Benue women involved in small-scale businesses the sum of N50,000 each to expand their ventures. FG also presented 400 bags of rice, 10 bags of clothes, 200 ladies' cloth-wrappers, four grinding machines, and four sewing machines to female victims of gender-based violence (GBV). Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who disclosed these interventions…
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Sep
09
2025
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Sokoto Assembly Hears Two Motions On Infrastructure Uplift

Sokoto Assembly Hears Two Motions On Infrastructure Uplift

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By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto Two motions were presented on the floor of the Sokoto State House of Assembly today, highlighting the need for urgent infrastructure development in key areas in the North-West state. Moving a motion calling for reconstruction of Shehu Kamba Road, which links several residential areas, schools, and business districts in Sokoto North Local Government Area, Hussaini Tukur Faru, lawmaker representing Sokoto North II constituency, described the proposed reconstruction work as vital. He said that not only would it speed up socio-economic development of the area, but would open up contiguous areas for overall development. The motion was…
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Sep
08
2025
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‘Anti-Tinubu’ Post: DSS-Sowore Faceoff May End In Court, Agency Gives Activist 7 Days To Delete Tweet

‘Anti-Tinubu’ Post: DSS-Sowore Faceoff May End In Court, Agency Gives Activist 7 Days To Delete Tweet

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The issue between muckraking newspaper publisher and activist, Omoyele Sowore, and the Department of State Services (DSS) may land both parties in court in Nigeria. Recall that Sowore, the 2023 presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), took strong exception to a statement made by President Bola Tinubu during his visit to Brazil where the president said corruption in Nigeria had ended under his regime. Apparently believing the statement to be false, Sowore reacted by posting a statement on social media platform X in which he made his feelings known in a tweet. The tweet read: "This criminal @officialABAT actually…
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Sep
08
2025
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Abuja Residents Rain Harsh Words On Wike As Doctors Embark On Third Strike This Year

Abuja Residents Rain Harsh Words On Wike As Doctors Embark On Third Strike This Year

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By Felix Durumbah, Abuja For the third time in nine months, resident doctors employed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have proceeded on strike. Their umbrella Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) today declared that public hospitals run by FCTA are being shut, unless the Administration,headed by FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, accedes to their demands for better welfare and provision of basic working assets,among others. ARD FCT, president, Dr. George Ebong, disclosed news of the strike while addressing journalists in Abuja, the nation's capital. This year alone, the FCTA has witnessed two previous strikes in that sensitive sector. In January,…
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Sep
08
2025
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How Kaduna Catholic Parish Conceived Idea That Helped Alia Emerge Gov -Group

How Kaduna Catholic Parish Conceived Idea That Helped Alia Emerge Gov -Group

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*Kicks Off Work Towards 2027 By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna A political support group for Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, the Benue Divine Mandate, has visited Saint Peter's Catholic Church, Kaduna, donating the sum of N500,000 to the parish in the process. The body made similar donations to some groups in the church, including the choir. The occasion in church, on Sunday, September 7, was an elaborate thanksgiving celebration by the church's Divine Mandate group under the parish priest, Rev. Fr. Joshua Achie. The parish is renowned among Benue Catholics in Kaduna as the incubation centre where the idea to make…
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