August 2023

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Local News

Subsidy Palliative: Osun govt names 10 LGs for commencement

VAM News August 30, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update THE Osun State Government will Wednesday begin the distribution of the first batch of rice palliatives totalling 6,300 bags on a local government basis. This was the conclusion of the Palliative...

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Africa

Another coup in Africa as Military Takes Over Power in Gabon

VAM News August 30, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was...

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Sports

Oluwafemi Jackson’s Ondo emerge 86kg Men Freestyle Champions of Gov. Diri National Wrestling

VAM News August 30, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update Ondo state’s Oluwafemi Jackson has defeated the reining champion, Harrison Isreal of Bayelsa State in the men’s 86kg weight class freestyle at the just concluded 2nd Governor Diri National Wrestling Classics...

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Local News

‘Beautiful Bride’: Wike Makes APC, PDP campaign committee list, APC NWC reacts

VAM News August 29, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update Former Rivers State Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has surfaced on the list of the 123 members of the All Progressives Congress Bayelsa State National...

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National

Tinubu constitutes board for NDDC, Ogbuku returns MD

VAM News August 29, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new board and management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This is contained in a statement by the president’s media aide...

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Local News

Abuja Indigenes to Get N825.8m from FG

VAM News August 29, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update THE Federal Government has announced N825.819 million as compensation for indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the construction of the 4.2 km second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International...

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Local News

16-year-old Girl Stabbed To Death During Fight Over Sweet

VAM News August 29, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update A 16-year-old teenage girl, Naima Liggon, was stabbed to death during a fight with another female agemate over sweet and sour sauce outside of a McDonalds in Washington D.C, United States....

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Politics

Ex-presidential candidate, Kwankwaso suspended from party

VAM News August 29, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update THE Board of Trustees of the New Nigeria Peoples Party has suspended its candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activities. The BoT also...

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VIEWPOINT World News

Reasons You Shouldn’t Move To UK Right Now

VAM News August 29, 2023 0 Comment

Author: Osahon George This piece isn’t aimed at discouraging anyone from relocating to the United Kingdom. The country has the 6th largest economy in the world and it offers massive economic opportunities for both...

2 Minutes

Education

HND To Degree: NBTE Releases Fresh Update On Top-Up Programme

VAM News August 29, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update THE National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has clarified that the recently announced top-up programme is not for all Higher National Diploma(HND) holders. The programme will allow HND holders to acquire...