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KEBBI GOVT DONATES 10 HILUX VEHICLES TO BOOST SECURITY ON SOKOTO–BADAGRY SUPER HIGHWAY. (PHOTOS).

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 Kebbi Govt Donates 10 Hilux Vehicles to Boost Security on Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway  The Kebbi State Government has handed over 10 brand-new Hilux vehicles to the Federal Ministry of Works to strengthen security for personnel working on the Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway project. The vehicles were formally received by the Minister of State for Works, Bello Muhammad Goronyo, who praised Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Nasiru Idris (Kauran Gwandu), for the donation. Goronyo described the gesture as a clear demonstration of the state government’s commitment to protecting workers and contractors on the strategic highway corridor. He explained that the vehicles will be deployed exclusively to security operatives providing cover for construction teams along the section of the super highway passing through Kebbi State. The Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway is a multi-state infrastructure project aimed at improving connectivity and economic activities across northern and southern Nigeria. More...
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SENEGAL HAS SCRAPPED VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL FOREIGNERS,TO REVIVE THEIR TOURISM SECTOR.

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                    The cost and administrative hassle of visas,couple with the taxes on air tickets,led to the fall in the number of visitors to Senegal.According to Senegal President Macky Sall said yesterday friday that the new measure on visa free travel,will come into effect on May 1st.Taxes on airfares would be cut by half in a bid to make Senegal a more competitively priced destination .It was not clear when the taxes on airfares would be cut,but many hotels along Senegal coastline that was once full of French visitors closed early this tourist season as fears over an Ebola outbreak in neighboring Guinea and nearby Liberia and Sierra Leone came on top of a gradual decline in the industry.Senegal recorded one case of Ebola last year but prevented any further spread.Senegal is looking for a strategic partner to relaunch its indebted state carrier Senegal Airlines ahead of the opening of a new international airport next year as it se...
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3 DAYS OF MOURNING,DECLARED IN KENYA BY PRESIDENT KENYATTA,AFTER THE UNIVERSITY ATTACK.

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                  In a televised address today saturday in Kenya,their President Uhuru Kenyatta said Alshabaab will not be able to create an islamic caliphate in Kenya.He also declared a three day mourning following the killing of university students at Garisaa University college on thursday.148 people died in the attack,including policemen who were guarding the institution.The Al Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the massacre in which four terrorist were killed.Kenyatta said Kenya would defend her territory and the way of life of her people and urge more help from the country's muslim community in rooting out radical element.''The task of countering terrorism has been made more complex by the fact that the planners and financiers of this brutality are deeply embedded in the communities''.One more photo below.                                     ...
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