Tobi Amusan, Nigeria’s queen of the tracks and Women’s hurdles world record-holder has dismissed a doping rule violation charge leveled on her by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). “I am a clean athlete, and I am regularly; (maybe more than usual) tested by the AIU,’’ the 26-year-old athletics sensation posted on her Instagram page on […]
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Says N8,000 monthly to 12 million households a waste The Committee For The Defence Of Human Rights (CDHR) Osun State chapter, has criticised the planned payment by the Federal Government of N8,000 monthly palliative for six months to 12 million ‘most vulnerable’ families each as wasteful, illogical, ridiculous, and unacceptable. It called on Governor Ademola […]
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Residents of Osun State are groaning following the increase in fuel pump price e as transportation farws within the state have skyrocketed. In Osogbo, the state capital, intra commercial transport services popularly called Korope’ charge N200 per drop in short distances while Okada charges N300 or N400 depending on the distance . Most filling stations […]
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Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has awarded a N40 million research grant to Prof. Dimie Ogoina, a recipient of the 2023 Time Magazine 100 Most Influential Persons in the World. Diri made the pronouncement yesterday when Ogoina, accompanied by members of the planning committee for celebrating the recipient, paid him a courtesy visit in Yenagoa. […]
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House of Representatives, yesterday, raised the alarm that Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) willfully withheld public revenue of about N2 trillion. Uduak Odudoh, who raised the allegation in a motion, accused NNPCL of disrespecting and downplaying the collective intelligence of Nigerians. He noted that Section 162(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of […]
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After 50 days in office, President Bola Tinubu has sent the list of his ministerial nominees to the Senate, and to be read out today by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. It was gathered that the Clerk of the National Assembly, Magaji Tambuwal, received the letter containing the list yesterday. As mandated by […]
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• NNPCL blames new pump price on market realities as petrol hits N617/litre • Labour, NECA kick against fuel hike, threaten to pull out of ongoing dialogue • Hike will shrink corporate earnings, stockbrokers warn Less than 24 hours after the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released data about the June inflation, which rose to […]
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Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology is set to conduct a Screening Exercise for primary six pupils transiting into Public Junior secondary schools in the coming academic session on July 31, 2023. This was contained in a circular, released by the Registrar, Mr Yekeen M.B, on behalf of the Ministry’s […]
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Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State government has said it may start enforcing the Examination Malpractice Act, as enshrined in the 1999 Federal Constitution. The Act stipulates a three years jail term or a fine of N100,000 or both for anyone caught and found guilty of compromising exam ethics in the country. Speaking in Ibadan, with […]
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I-CON Polytechnic, Osogbo, Osun State has launched a press club, I-CON Wiz, as a platform for practising journalism on campus. The inauguration ceremony was held at Osamdo House, Osogbo and chaired by the Assistant Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State council, Comrade Mayowa Fagbohungbe. Addressing the Mass Communication students of the […]
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