The alarming shortfall of qualified teachers in public primary and secondary schools across the country was highlighted recently by the Nigerian Union of Teachers, which also bemoaned the failure of state governments to correct the anomaly. The NUT National President, Titus Amba, lamented that teachers leaving the service in many states were not being replaced, […]
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged Nigerians not to see age as a barrier to pursuing educational dreams, saying one of the conditions he was given before his 2022 governorship ambition would be supported, was for him to complete his education. Adeleke spoke at the combined 9th undergraduate and 5th postgraduate convocation ceremonies of […]
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Bola Bamigbola examines the continuing fight between supporters of the immediate past governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, and his predecessor and former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, despite efforts to reconcile the two factions: Notwithstanding the victory recorded by the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections, where it retained its hold on […]
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An investigation has shown that some politicians, who think that their closeness to President Bola Tinubu, will fetch them ministerial positions are in for a shock. It was gathered that the President might rely on security reports on individuals whose names were already sent to security agencies for screening ahead of the submission of the […]
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A one-story school building in Agbado, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun state collapsed on Saturday afternoon during heavy rainfall. It was gathered that the affected building contained ten classrooms belonging to Agbado District Comprehensive High School in the Ifo area of the state. The building collapsed after the heavy rainfall on Saturday […]
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Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has refuted claims that it padded the 2022 supplementary budget to accommodate the N70b attributed to lawmakers. It noted that the passage of the Supplementary Appropriation Act was part of the constitutional duties of the Senate to accommodate funding for the Federal Government’s Palliative for the Nigerian public among […]
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The President, Bola Tinubu, and the Vice-President, Kashim Shettima have discredited the case made by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the outcome of the February 25 presidential elections describing their arguments and witnesses’ testimonies as worthless. The duo made the averments through their legal team led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, […]
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has condemned the National Assembly over the decision to allocate N70 billion as palliatives for its members. In a press statement on Sunday, he said the move is illegal and contemptuous. The allocation of N70 billion, disbursed among 306 newly elected members, in addition to N40 billion set aside for […]
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Russian President Vladimir Putin The impact, if any, recorded by Africa’s efforts to bring the catastrophic war in Ukraine to a peaceful end may be slight; but Africa cannot be accused of not making any effort at all. If anything, the visit by some African leaders to the war […]
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No fewer than four persons were confirmed dead while 11 others sustained injuries in a lone accident involving a Foton bus at the Aiyetoro axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. On Sunday, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. He explained that the […]
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