Students shouldn’t return to crowded hostels, classes, declare lecturers Holding physical lectures now will be disastrous, says FUNAAB ASUU We won’t expose our members to health hazards – UNICAL lecturers Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday assessed COVID-19 protocols in the universities and said the institutions were not ready for safe […]
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The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Sunday, said amending the Electoral Act without a commitment from stakeholders to do things differently, cannot guarantee free and fair elections. Yakubu said this in an address delivered on his behalf by the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus […]
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The sustained increase in global crude oil prices has pushed up the landing cost of imported petrol closer to the current pump prices of the product in Nigeria, and appears to have triggered a return to petrol subsidy era. Since November 13, 2020 when the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) were last increased […]
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By Tunde Odesola Birth, breath and death; three seeds cohabiting in the same pod. Birth-breath-death: Sikiru Ayinde Balogun’s earthly journey in a winged chariot driven by fate, fuelled by freewill. Fatefully, Ayinde was born by a butcher father and a pepper-seller mother. Utterly, he had no say over the spermatic fluid that shot him […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe It is my earnest desire that we continue to concern ourselves solely with the Truth. We can then as true believers look forward to the future with calm confidence. Once we are enveloped in the Truth, we will understand the signs of the times in which we stand and will not be […]
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By Banji Ayoola Why do children grow to become source of sorrow rather than joy and blessing? Why do they grow to become a nuisance, a curse to the society like developing into armed robbers, bandits or insurgents, enemies of the state, of the society spilling blood of fellow human beings in their hundreds and […]
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By Abiodun Komolafe Looking back, Year 2020 has been very challenging, yet, eventful globally. Here in Nigeria, the year was so overwhelmed by plagues, social turbulence and pestilence that more than half of it was wasted, ultimately. No thanks to COVID-19, violent protests, misguided bullets and mob-induced social chaos. Also in this class of trials […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe “Let your speech be yea or nay! And when you pray, obey the same commandment! Do not pray in order to hear your voice, but pray because your inner being demands it. Dare to pray only when your soul stirs, be it in joy or sorrow. But every prayer out of presumption […]
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says corps created to enhance security of residents Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Friday declared that his government is already investigating the alleged highhandedness of some Amotekun corps members, promising to address the issues squarely in the interest of the security and well-being of residents of the state. He reassured the residents of the […]
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Adieu, an ardent lover of theatre and a great actress Although she was born in humble and inauspicious circumstances in the rural Ilu Ola community of Kwara State on October 10, 1960, veteran Nollywood actress, Mrs. Folake Aremu, popularly known as ‘Orisabunmi’, had become one of the best known and beloved stars in the Yoruba […]
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