Tinubu condemns attack on Trump
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President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the attack on former United States President, Donald Trump, describing it as “distasteful” and “beyond the pale of democratic norms”.
In a reaction placed on his verified X handle, @officialABAT, President Tinubu expressed his sympathies to the former President and wished him relief.
He also extended condolences to the family of the deceased and those wounded, praying for their quick recovery.
School building collapse disheartening – Obi
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Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential poll, has described as disheartening, the tragic incident of the collapse of a school building in Jos, the Plateau capital.
Mr Yunusa Tanko, his spokesman, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, regretted the deaths and injuries from the unfortunate incident.
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“I am heart-broken by this incident; it is particularly bad that the incident occurred while the school was in session and students were writing their examinations.
Adopt ranching to stem down clashes, Okechukwu advises Tinubu, Jega
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A foundation member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Osita Okechukwu, has advocated a modern ranching model of livestock as a panacea in addressing the existential threat to national unity, occasioned by frequent clashes between farmers and herders in different parts of the country.
This advocacy was contained in an open commendation letter made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, July 14, to the recently inaugurated Livestock Reform Implementation Committee (LRIC) co-chaired by President Bola Tinubu and Professor Attahiru Jega.
The former Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) who hinged the dysfunctional status of many food basket communities in the country and the abysmal failure of the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP), which gulped billions of Naira on farmers/herders clashes said modern ranching remains the answer.
Ooni, SMEDAN announce N1bn empowerment fund in honour of Tinubu’s mother
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In honour of the late Abibatu Mogaji, mother of President Bola Tinubu, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has announced a N1 billion empowerment fund for female entrepreneurs in Nigeria.
During the 4th edition of the Royal African Young Leadership Forum, held at the Oduduwa Hall of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Oba Ogunwusi revealed that this initiative is a collaboration with the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (SMEDAN).
The monarch, while signing the agreement with the SMEDAN representative, said the fund would assist young women with ideas in achieving their dreams.