The Management of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, has debunked alleged contract racketeering in the institution as “social media posts being circulated by some sensational media outfits who are out to tarnish the image of our University for no Justifiable cause.” In a rejoinder signed by the institution’s Registrar, Mr G. […]
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Workers, under the auspices of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Monday, picketed the National Assembly Complex for two hours. The picketing followed the failure of the management to persuade the workers to suspend the action. The workers had notified management of the picketing and their resolve to embark on strike if their demands […]
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Tell security agency to summon Gumi for hobnobbing with bandits Christian youths under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) said on Sunday that they would mobilise to join the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, in appearing before the Department of State Services. The President of YOWICAN, Belusochukwu Enwere, said […]
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Forty-four-year-old Terhemen Anongo, who dropped out of the University of Ibadan as a 500-level medical student, says he has castrated his second testicle. The Punch had in March 2021 reported the story of Anongo, who became a cart pusher after dropping out of school and removed one of his testicles. Several people, including his classmates […]
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By Tunde Odesola The waves washed the blue whale ashore at midnight, an abomination that daybreak must not see. Sadly, not a thousand hefty men can secretly push the big fish back into the receding sea; what is left is a lie to tell that the shore was a better habitat for the fish than […]
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The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has urged state governments to step up mass vaccination against COVID-19 as part of moves to combat the virus. The agency, in its latest advisory obtained by one of our correspondents in Abuja, also urged state governors to enact and enforce vaccination mandate for local and state government workers. […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has vowed to arrest and punish the criminal suspected Fulani herdsmen who killed three persons, ransacked and burnt many buildings at Molege community of Ose local government, the popular and most thriving yams depot of the state on Thursday. He spoke the vow on Sunday during his visit to the […]
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In the beginning was a political family, and the family was led by a strategist, and the strategist was a kingmaker. His word was obeyed with delight. His plan was endorsed heartily. It was a close knit political family, an impregnable bloc. But with time, men vouched that the centre could not hold again in […]
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By Banji Ayoola Man was given by his Creator the precious gift of a twins, Taiwo and Kehinde, each of who came with a special talent or ability to be developed and cultivated for his meaningful existence and development on earth, to his benefit and that of his neighbours, earthly environment and the entire Creation; […]
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Stop harassing Christian clerics, HURIWA tells agency Youth wing of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has condemned the purported invitation of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, by the Department of State Services (DSS) for questioning, apparently over his comments in recent times. SOKAPU National Youth Leader, Isaac John Sirjay, […]
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