FEDPOLY Ile Oluji resumes Feb 28 for 2021/22 academic session

The Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State will resume academic activities for the 2021/22 session on Monday February 28. This was contained in a statement by the institution’s Deputy Registrar, Information, Protocol & Passages, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, which said that the Academic Board at its 28th Statutory Meeting held on 17th January,2022, “approved that the […]

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BOI, telecoms launch tech hubs in OAU, UNIOSUN

The Bank of Industry (BOI) and a group of telecommunications companies and commercial banks have teamed up to launch technology hubs at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and Osun State University (UNIOSUN). The objective of Opolo Initiative, as the schemes are called, is to source and harness the potentials of undergraduates and tech entrepreneurs in […]

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3m Ukrainians already in need of humanitarian assistance – UN

Ukraine fleeing refugees UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said an eight-year-long conflict in Eastern Ukraine had already made three million people to be in need of humanitarian assistance “on both sides of the contact line”. Griffiths, who also serves as the humanitarian affairs chief, told journalists that the UN and its partners had been […]

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Ukraine: Trump praises Russia’s Putin, hints at 2024 presidential bid

Former US President Donald Trump emerged from political exile Saturday to blast President Joe Biden and NATO over the Ukraine crisis and repeated his claims of a stolen 2020 election in a speech to grassroots Republicans. Speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, the former president spent 86 minutes repeating many […]

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How fraudulent sellers of manhood enlargement products rip off Nigerians with spurious claims

Using manhood enlargement product. Image credits: MensXP & Healthline The manhood enlargement products market, in recent years, has been growing in leaps and bounds. The sellers of the products make bogus claims to convince intending users that what they are selling is effective, yet science has confirmed that no product can increase the size of […]

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States may face salary crisis as FAAC drops to four-year low, sheds N125bn

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed Some states are set to face fresh economic challenges as the Federal Allocation has dropped to a four-year low, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. In January, the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee shared the sum of N574.66bn to the Federal Government, states and local government councils. The amount […]

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Despite Abuja rice pyramids, price crash remains tall order

Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP • Paddy Processing Takes Two Days — Dama Six weeks after rice farmers promised downward review of the price of rice across the country, it appears there is no succour yet in sight for Nigerians as the price has continued to increase astronomically. When the plan was announced during […]

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Ondo: APC wins Akure South, North Federal Constituency bye-election

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Mr Alademayokun Olarewaju of the All Progressives Congress as winner of Saturday’s by-election for the Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency. Declaring the result in Akure, the Returning Officer, Prof. Deji Ogunseni, said Olarewaju polled 26, 370 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Olumuyiwa Adu of the Peoples […]

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