President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Board, its staff, and the families affected by the recent helicopter crash off the coast of Bonny Finima in Port-Harcourt. In a Friday statement released by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Tinubu expressed his “deepest […]
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Senate President Godswill Akpanio The Senate, on Thursday, approved 15 percent of the Consolidated Revenue Fund as the source of funding for the newly created zonal development commissions by member-states. The approval followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Special Duties on the bills establishing the commissions. Earlier, the […]
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FG differs as Clark, others allege lopsidedness, Tinubu seeks Senate confirmation President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, which had Ogun State reportedly producing four ministers, the highest by a state in the cabinet, has sparked reactions across the country. In a significant cabinet shakeup during the 19th Federal Executive Council meeting at the State […]
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The Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, has ordered the troops of 17 Brigade Katsina to end the lingering insecurity bedeviling Katsina State, saying President Bola Tinubu “is ready to supply everything” needed to eliminate insecurity. The minister gave the order while addressing newsmen at the Katsina – Zamfara States border town, Gurbin Baure in the […]
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Residents of Oyo State have been assured of even distribution of rehabilitation, as the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA, continues to make efforts to rehabilitate roads in the State. Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said OYSROMA chairman, Mr. Raphael Ogunlade gave the assurance in Ibadan while inspecting some ongoing rehabilitation […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has promised to spread developmental projects across all parts of the State, even as he pledged an all-inclusive administration if retained in the coming November 16 election. His spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan said in a statement that he made the promises on Thursday at Isua Akoko, in the Akoko South East […]
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By Tunde Odesola From the bottomless depth of Yoruba divinity, I fetch the myth of Ajala, whose popular name is Obatala. Ajala is the heavenly potter tasked with the duty of moulding human heads. Ori is the Yoruba word for head. Ori encases destiny. In Igbo cosmology, a person’s Chi, like Ori, is a personal […]
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Ondo State Commissioner for Regional lntegration and Diaspora Relations, Prince ‘Boye Ologbese Ondo State Commissioner for Regional lntegration and Diaspora Relations, Prince ‘Boye Ologbese has described the solidarity, support, and visit of the All Progressives Congress, APC bigwigs to the state as a great boost to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s expected victory in the coming November […]
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A former Chairman of the National Election Commission (now the Independent National Electoral Commission), Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, has passed on. He was 83. Nwosu, who conducted the June 12, 1993 election annulled by former President Ibrahim Babangida, served as Chairman of NEC from 1989 to 1993. He hailed from the Ajali community in Orumba North […]
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Twelve states of the federation are yet to implement the 2019 minimum wage of N30,000 for teachers. Data from the National Union of Teachers showed that though some states implemented the 2019 minimum wage, it was not fully implemented for teachers at primary school levels. The affected states where the wage was not yet implemented […]
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