National personnel audit: UBEC urges Oyo to recruit more teachers

Recruitment plans ongoing – State Govt The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has called on Oyo State Government to recruit more primary school teachers. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi gave the charge on Friday in Ibadan, the state capital as part of the 2022 National Personnel Audit team’s recommendation to the […]

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2023 Presidential Election: Age as a factor in national leadership

Anticlockwise: Presidential candidates of: Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar; All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu; African Action Congress Party, AACP, Omoyele Sowore; and Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi By John Ola Mafo Nigeria’s Presidential Election, slated for February 25th, 2023 is around the corner! The election could not have come at a more trying […]

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Ogun police confirm report on lady allegedly used for ritual

Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the report of a young mentally unstable lady who stripped herself and barked like a dog in Abeokuta, the state capital. The State Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement on Friday. He said the command was aware of the report of the yet-to-be-identified lady who might […]

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Defected APC senators stake political future on PDP, others

A flood of defections has hit the National Assembly, with several members switching parties and more lawmakers expected to announce their switch. The ruling All Progressives Congress appears to have been the hardest hit by the development, as lawmakers who have left the party outnumber those who have joined it, especially after the political parties’ […]

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I didn’t hold any meeting with Wike in France — Tinubu

Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disclaimed reports of a meeting between him and opposition Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike in France ahead of the 2023 general election. Tinubu had recently flown to France in what his handlers said was a continuation of high-level engagements with […]

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Kaigama condemns abduction, killings of Christians, Catholic Priests

Decries state of fed. roads in Benue, as K/Ala gets new Bishop Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, His Grace, Rev. Ignatius Kaigama has condemned the series of abductions, persecution and killings of innocent Christians especially Catholic Priests in the country by terrorists describing the development as unfortunate and unacceptable. He spoke at the Episcopal […]

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Chinyere’s consolation to Deborah’s family

Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere Photo: https://independent The humanitarian gesture of citizen Chibuzor Chinyere in donating a mini estate and a car to Garba Emmanuel, the father of Deborah Samuel, who was killed in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy, is a deep manifestation of love, care and humanity to the recipient of the gift and his entire […]

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Court jails Senator Nwaoboshi for seven years over money laundering

I will appeal – Nwaoboshi The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday July 1, 2022, convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, to seven years imprisonment. He is the chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. […]

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Drama as Bayelsa assembly rejects Diri’s commissioner-nominee

Bayelsa State House of Assembly has rejected the nomination of a former Commissioner for Transport, Grace Ekiotenne, by Governor Douye Diri to serve as a commissioner at the State Local Government Service Commission. Ekiotenne was among three nominees on a list forwarded by the governor to the assembly for screening and confirmation to serve as […]

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First vessel berths at Lekki deep seaport

Lekki Deep Seaport Three Ship-to-Shore cranes and 10 Rubber-Tyred Gantries critical to the commencement of operations of the Lekki Deep Seaport arrived in Nigeria on Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Their arrival, according to Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA), represents a major step toward birthing Nigeria’s first […]

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