ECOWAS Chiefs of Defense Staff after their meeting in Abuja recently By Adama Gaye Everybody saw the coming disaster but the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) whose top leaders, the Heads of State and Governments of its Member States, except the four countries under military regimes they have outlawed – blindly decided on […]
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Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) says its Higher National Diploma (HND) to a bachelor’s degree Top Up programme, was designed to facilitate career and academic progression of HND holders. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Prof. Idris Bugaje, stated this in an […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Government has renewed its call for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) recognition of the Sango festival held annually in the ancient Oyo town. This was in a statement by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation. Speaking on Saturday, the Commissioner for […]
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has presented a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser Prado SUV to popular Fuji musician, Akorede Babatunde Okunola, popularly known as Saheed Osupa. The grey-coloured exotic automobile is reportedly worth a staggering N70 million. Osupa revealed this in an Instagram post where he was captured behind the wheels of his […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu receives in Audience, the chairman of the National Population Commission, Mr Nasir Isa Kwarra and his delegation from the Commission at the State House, Abuja on Thursday… Credit: Twitter/DOlusegun President Bola Tinubu has not fixed a date for the conduct of the upcoming Population and Housing Census in Nigeria, according to […]
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Opposition leader for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Nelson Chamisa (C) casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential and legislative elections in Harare, on August 23, 2023. – Zimbabweans on August 23, 2023, began voting in closely-watched presidential and legislative elections. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP) Zimbabweans on Wednesday voted […]
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For a country like Nigeria with her huge potential, and enterprising people in the haste of real development, it remains pathetic that despite higher ranking among countries in the world with huge mobile connections today, manufacturing of mobile phones in Nigeria has remained a mirage, as over 99 percent of mobile devices in the country […]
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Wagner group in Mali with arms, ammunition Abdulsalami raises dialogue hopes, briefs Tinubu The arrival of Russian mercenary group Wagner in Mali with soldiers, arms, and ammunition, has introduced a new twist into the crisis over the military coup in Niger Republic. The Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, a few days after appearing in a […]
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By Oluwayemisi Oyeronke Alaba There has been a welter of strong negative public opinions against the seeming flip-flop attitude of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over some of his planned policies targeted at addressing multi-dimensional poverty in the country. First, he mooted the idea of giving eight thousand Naira to 12 million poor households in Nigeria […]
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Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of 18 persons as Commissioners as sent to it by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. This followed their screening and consideration at the assembly’s Committee of Whole during Tuesday’s plenary. The move was in line with Section 182 Sub-Section 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the […]
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