Bandits have attacked over 10 communities in Niger State, killed eight persons, abducted a bride and left several others injured. The gunmen, who were said to have numbered over 100, invaded the communities in the Lavun Local Government Area of the state. According to a resident of the Ndakogitu community, who spoke on condition of […]
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Oil marketers have commenced the compilation of losses incurred by filling stations as a result of the purchase of bad fuel imported into Nigeria in January and shall be demanding compensation from the Federal Government, it was learnt on Sunday. Filling station owners under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, the […]
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The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, on Sunday, said it would soon shut down universities because of the failure of the Federal Government to implement the Memorandum of Action it signed with the union. SSANU said it had been reluctant to resume its suspended strike because of its effect on students, university education and […]
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The clamour for resource control and state police by the Southern Governors’ Forum seems to have suffered a setback going by the details of the 68 amendments proposed by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives’ Special Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution. Also, the gains brought by the Federal High […]
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• More vessels avoid Black, Mediterranean seas over attacks, sanctions The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine may further prolong the over three-week scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in Nigeria, as bulk of the refined products coming into the country from the warring region and its adjoining areas are likely to face […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Saturday led his other siblings to celebrate the 90th birthday of their mother, Lady Evangelist Grace Akeredolu. Family members, friends and well-wishers gathered at St. Mathias’ Anglican Church, Orogun, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to praise and give thanks to God for His divine mercy and favour over […]
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The Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State will resume academic activities for the 2021/22 session on Monday February 28. This was contained in a statement by the institution’s Deputy Registrar, Information, Protocol & Passages, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, which said that the Academic Board at its 28th Statutory Meeting held on 17th January,2022, “approved that the […]
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Ondo State Police Command has arrested one Nkanu Patrick ‘m’ Aged 50 years for alleged impersonation as an Assistant Superintendent of Police. This was contained in a statement by polce spokesperson in the state, SP Odunlami Funmilayo. According to the statement: “On the 23rd of February, 2022 at about 2:00pm a team of Policemen attached […]
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The Bank of Industry (BOI) and a group of telecommunications companies and commercial banks have teamed up to launch technology hubs at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and Osun State University (UNIOSUN). The objective of Opolo Initiative, as the schemes are called, is to source and harness the potentials of undergraduates and tech entrepreneurs in […]
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Ukraine fleeing refugees UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said an eight-year-long conflict in Eastern Ukraine had already made three million people to be in need of humanitarian assistance “on both sides of the contact line”. Griffiths, who also serves as the humanitarian affairs chief, told journalists that the UN and its partners had been […]
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