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Federal Gov. Of Nigeria Gives Lifeline To Kano Bomb Blast Victims

Bomb blast victims: file photo Helps have come the way of the victims of Wednesday, November 18, Kano bomb blast as the federal government through the Presidential Support Fund donated N40 million to the hospitals handling the treatment of the injured persons. The fund was given to the victims who were currently receiving treatment at two hospitals of Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital and Kano Teaching Hospital. The announcement for the donation of the fund was made by the executive director of the fund, Prof. Sunday Ochoche when he visited the two hospitals, The Na

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Meet the 18-yr-old boy who emerged best candidate May/June WASSCE

This 18 year old former student of Vaatia College, Makurdi, Benue State, Samuel Nder was on Thursday, November 26, honoured as the best candidate in the May/June West African Senior Certificate Examination (WASSCE) taken by over 1.7million candidates nationwide. Nder obtained 9A1s in the school exam to emerged the best candidate while 18-year-old, Miss Onyinye Oguejiofor formerly of Marist Comprehensive College, Nteje, Anambra State placed second with 9A1s and 17-year-old Oluwatobi Raji formerly of St Francis Catholic Secondary School, Idimu, Lagos, recorded 9A1s in the W

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118 shops gutted by fire at the Kabong Market in Jos

A raging fire gutted 118 shops at the Kabong Market in Jos on Thursday. A NAN correspondent, who visited the market, could not access the burnt section because some of the shops were still in flames. The actual cause of the fire could not be ascertained, but the Chairman, Kabong Market Traders Association, Mr. Christopher Jama, said the fire started by 4am. Jama claimed that the fire was caused by an electrical spark when public power supply was restored in the night. He told Governor Simon Lalong, who visited the market, that 118 shops were burnt, adding that goods destro