‘PDP yet to decide on 2023 presidential candidate’

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has debunked the rumour that it had reached a conclusion on which part of the country its next presidential candidate would come from. It alleged that politicians in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, who had become jittery of its rising political fortunes were at work in planting seeds of disunity […]

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Osun plans waste management firm

Osun State residents have been urged to change their attitude to indiscriminate dumping of refuse defacing the beauty of the state and causing health hazard to the general populace. The Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Mr Sola Oladepo stated this while addressing Private Sector Partners (PSP) service providers on refuse collection and waste management in […]

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Ekiti, EU revive Egbe Dam with N320m

Ekiti State Government, parleying the European Union, EU, has bought equipment worth N320 million to rehabilitate Egbe Dam in Gbonyin local government area of the state. The Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) , according to the Commissioner for Public Utilities, Mr. Bamidele Faparusi, would make the dam function at optimal capacity for water supply to about […]

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Ondo LG staff school begins HND programme

Ondo State Local Government Staff Training School, Itaogbolu has started running programme leading to the award of the Higher National Diploma, HND, It is running the programme in conjunction with Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO, through the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the state owned institution early this year. These were disclosed by the […]

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Authorities shut Ado Ekiti federal poly, ban students’ union

Management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has shut down the institution following students’ violent protest at the weekend. A statement by Director, Protocol, Information and Public Relations, Mr. Adeyemi Adejoju, at the weekend, said the joint emergency meeting of the academic board and management committee held on Saturday, November 2, 2019, also proscribed […]

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We have nowhere to go, Akungba flood victims lament as quit order expires

High rent, poverty and lack of alternative accommodation are frustrating compliance with government evacuation order on residents of buildings along the canal of Akungba, in Ondo State, where a 400 level student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Doyin Boluwaji was recently swept off by flood. The State Government had, following the incident, issued the order […]

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How government agencies ruin Nigeria’s economy

Some key government organisations have been avoiding the use of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) in the last three years, thereby causing a huge loss of revenue to the country. According to a report by the adhoc committee of the House of Representatives Committee on TSA, shortly before the end of the Eighth Assembly, the […]

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PDP alleges arrest, torture of members in Kogi

The Peoples Democratic Party has called for immediate and unconditional release of its Head of Security in Dekina Local Government area of Kogi, Mr. Edeh Abutu, and others allegedly arrested in the state. The party made the call at a news conference addressed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday, in Abuja. […]

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Labour asks assemblies to impeach governors who won’t pay minimum wage

Organised labour has appealed to state Houses of Assembly to identify with workers by compelling governors to pay the new minimum wage. General-Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, made the appeal while fielding questions from journalists on Sunday in Lagos. He said that any governor who refuses to pay the minimum […]

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Nigerian borders remain closed till January

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the closure of Nigeria’s land borders to January 31, 2020. “I am directed to inform you that it is observed that despite the overwhelming success of the operation, particularly the security and economic benefits to the nation, a few strategic objectives are yet to be achieved,” an official […]

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