Senator Biodun Olujimi, (PDP-Ekiti South) has assured that she will make her stand on the clamour by her supporters to contest in Ekiti State 2022 governorship election known soon. She said this on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti in a statement signed by Chief Sanya Atofarati, her Special Assistant on Media against the backdrop of agitations by […]
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An Abuja Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 2 has granted a N20 million bail to a former presidential candidate and the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore. Sowore and four others – Peter Williams, Sanyaolu Juwon, Emmanuel Bulus and Damilare Adenola – were arraigned before the court on January 4, 2021, on a three-count […]
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University of Jos has announced January 22 for resumption of the 2019/2020 academic session. Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications of the university, Abdullahi Abdullahi, announced this in a statement on Tuesday, in Jos. The statement said the decision was reached and approved by the Senate of the university at its 4th special meeting on the […]
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Schools across the nation will resume on January 18 except the Ministry of Education announces otherwise, the Federal Government stated on Tuesday. National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, said this during a television programme. Aliyu said: “As regards schools, I just want to make a clarification, what the minister […]
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The 72 lawyers newly conferred with the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) have expressed gratitude to the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) for the honour. The latest members of the inner bar who made the list this year also thanked the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) for the warm reception to […]
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The Federal Government is initiating policies that would drastically reduce youth unemployment in the country, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has said. The Minister made this known yesterday while kicking off the Extended Special Public Works (ESPW) Programme in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The programme was designed to employ 1000 persons in […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will work with security agencies to prosecute any institution or candidate found breaching its admission code of operations. The board announced this in its latest Weekly Bulletin, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. It stressed that henceforth, stringent […]
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National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has asked the Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde and former Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose to table their differences before the party’s National Peace and Reconciliation Committee, chaired by former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. Makinde and Fayose have in the past […]
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The remains of an abducted farmer, Mr Wole Agboola, have been recovered from the bush in Aba-Odo, a few miles from where he was abducted. Sources hinted Agboola was killed after his family allegedly paid about N2million ransom to his abductors. A family source said they were expecting the release of Agboola four days after […]
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A team of Nigerian professors and scientists, named IVERCOVID Research Group, has investigated the effectiveness and roles that the Ivermectin drug can play in the treatment of coronavirus. This was revealed in a statement on Tuesday by Mr Laolu Akande, the media aide to the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. He noted that the team, […]
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