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Trans Fat Free Nigeria: Now is the time for speed!

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Ayobami Sarumi As evidence grew confirming that industrially produced trans fat is toxic and increases risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had to step in to discourage its use in food production. In 2018, the WHO launched the REPLACE package for the elimination of trans fat in food supply globally and worked with countries of the world to sign up for this initiative. The goal of the REPLACE package is to provide a feasible framework that will aid countries in removing artificially added toxic fats from…

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[Photos] Buhari unveils new Naira notes

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President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled the new currency notes on Wednesday morning before the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the state house, Abuja. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele was in attendance during the ceremony. Meanwhile, at a briefing after the ceremony before the Federal executive council meeting, the CBN governor debunked insinuations that the early unveiling of new notes is a means to target any Nigerian. Mr Emefiele appealed to members of the public that there is no need to spread any such information.…

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LASG Asks World Bank To Extend APPEALS Project As 8,000 Farmers Benefit From Scheme In Five Years

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Mandy Park The Lagos State Government on Monday appealed to the World Bank to extend the Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project in the state. The appeal was made on account of the positive impact of the project on farmers’ productivity. The request was made by the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed that APPEALS Project in the State had empowered about 8,000 farmers, especially women and youths in the last five years. Olusanya called for an extension of the APPEALS Project programme when…

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Breaking: Peter Obi leads with rural voters – Nextier

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Omocho Kalu Another face-to-face electoral poll conducted in rural communities in 12 states across Nigeria shows Peter Obi currently leading voting intention at 40.37 percent of survey respondents.Atiku Abubakar is at 26.7 percent and Bola Tinubu at 20.47 percent, while bout 7.16 percent of the respondents are still undecided. Obi has shown that he is a leading force at different surveys made on the acceptance of the Presidential candidates by Nigerians. In the latest report, the independent survey by Nextier, a policy consulting firm, defined rural communities as local government…

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Book on Peter Obi For Presentation, Thursday November 24.

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The public presentation of the book, ‘The Challenge of Good Governance and Leadership in Nigeria: The Peter Obi Factor’ is set to hold in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja on Thursday November 24, 2022. The book is centred on the stewardship of the Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, during his eight-year tenure as Governor of Anambra State. A statement by the Peter Obi Book Launch Committee Abuja said the presentation is coming with the wave of quest for Political and Social Renewal by…

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The North Will Witness Economic Boom Under Obi—Tanko Yunusa, LPPCC Spokesperson

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Omocho Kalu The Northern Nigeria will benefit more under Peter Obi Led Federal Government than it had done in the past if God willing, Labour is voted into power come 2023. This was the submission of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, (LPPCC) Spokesperson, Dr Yunusa Tanko on a radio programme in Abuja at the weekend. Dr Tanko who was a guest on life programme of the Bright Repubiq FM reiterated that the Labour Party, (LP) Candidate, Ex-Governor Peter Obi was determined to direct energy to aggressive agricultural production in…

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2023 elections: Vote for only trustworthy candidates, Obi tells supporters
…vote for those that will deliver

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Mandy Park The Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has advised Benue people to vote for credible and trustworthy candidates during the 2023 general elections. Obi gave the advice while addressing his supporters on Friday in Gboko Local Government Area, Benue. He further reiterated that they should vote for only candidates that they know would deliver if they gave them their mandates. “Vote for those people who know you and know your pains. Next year please, vote for the right persons,” Obi said. He said that there…

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Mbaise People’s Congress to hold annual Professionals Get Together, awards ceremony Dec 10

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Mandy Park Mbaise People’s Congress will on December 10 hold its annual Professionals Get Together, and reception for its Deputy National President, Dr Ken Opara, the Executive Director of Fidelity Bank of Nigeria and President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). In a statement made available to Nigerianewsmark the event, which will also feature Distinguished Achievement Awards for deserving Mbaise sons and daughters, will be held by 12 noon at Golden Tulip, Mafoluku, Lagos. Chairman of the occasion is the Head of Finance and Strategy at Oando…

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Climate justice groups rate COP27 low

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…Expose Fossil fuel enablers behind sponsorship Omocho Kalu Verifiable gains were not made in checkmating industry distraction and delay of the climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, climate justice groups that attended the meeting have said. While Corporate Accountability insists that industry lobbyists dominated the list of sponsors of the negotiations, Friends of the Earth International, in a press briefing on November 18, said the most important demand of developing countries on the frontlines of the climate crisis such as loss and damage was still in limbo. Meena Raman…

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