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News update, Thursday, 28/03/2024 **FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays **Tinubu confers national honour on slain 17 soldiers, approves other benefits **Slain soldiers left 21 orphans, 10 widows –COAS **Tinubu establishes 31-member economic coordination council, management task force **Unemployment responsible for rising insecurity, provide employment for youths - Obasanjo tells Tinubu **Senegal: Tinubu congratulates President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye **President Tinubu’s strategic economic plan addressing current challenges -FIRS Chairman **Labour Party reserves 2027 presidential ticket for Peter Obi, re-elects Abure as Chairman **Nothing will cut short my tenure - Fubara **Tinubu promises to ensure good governance, fairness **Palliatives: Dangote donates 80,000 bags of rice to Lagosians ----Sanwo-Olu says Dangote prioritize Nigerians’ welfare above profit **Tourism Summit: Oyo woos investors **Eduction is a veritable tool to actualize women rights - First Lady **“Kidnappers must be treated as terrorists” — Timubu **Tinubu should direct Nigerian military authorities to produce abducted FirstNews editor Segun Olatunji *Economic Hardship: Abiodun assures muslim faithful of relief, to sell rice at 50% discount **Youth corps member emerges as insurance industry’s ambassador **Man, 22, jailed seven years for belonging to secret cult **Amotekun dismisses three officers for misconduct in Ondo **EFCC to NFVCB: Stop movies promoting internet fraud, naira’s mutilation **Again, NAF destroys illegal refineries in Rivers **NMEP: We’ll start malaria vaccination in Kebbi, Bayelsa before Dec **Nigerian female engineer invents smart bra to detect breast cancer **Edo Guber: INEC to publish candidates’ person **Osun govt fails to conduct teachers recruitment.exams after online payment-- Governor's SA denies allegation **Alleged defamation: Tayo Ayinde’s lawyer writes Gani Adams again **Economic hardship: Ogun to begin sale of rice at 50% discount **NAFDAC intercepts psychoactive drugs, bursts beverage factories **Court remands man for allegedly defiling 7-year-old girl **Teenager allegedly stabs man to death with knife in Bauchi –Police **Nigeria’s public debt stock hits N97.34trn in Q4 2023 **Outstanding Performance: FERMA bags BPSR award **Why I don’t win awards – Yemi Alade **Naira appreciates to N1,350/$ in parallel market **Why she almost quit acting – Beverly Naya **19-year-old German teenager allegedly kills parents, brother in knife attack *Ukrainian ambassador rejects Russian blame for Moscow attack "**UN report highlights global food waste crisis **What I will do in retirement from football – Lionel Messi May heaven attends to all your needs and water your dry ground