As the race to the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State gets intense by the day, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed that power of incumbency will not work for the ruling All Progressive Party (APC) during the poll. Speaking on behalf of the party, one of the three Senators representing the state in […]
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Commends Amotekun, other security agencies on crime reduction Alarmed by the violence and destruction unleashed on Omolege, a serene agrarian community in Ose Local Government area of Ondo State by unknown gunmen, the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has vowed that the perpetrators would not go unpunished. Similarly he promised that the arsonists when arrested will […]
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The National Universities Commission has said universities should be isolated from the Federal Government’s circular on new employment owing to the shortage of lecturers. The commission also stated that 100,000 academic staff members were attending to 2.1 million students in Nigerian universities. The NUC disclosed this in its latest bulletin, which was made available to […]
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President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, has died at the age of 65. He died Tuesday morning in a hospital in the north-eastern Italian municipality of Aviano, his spokesman confirmed to dpa. On Monday, the EU parliament confirmed he had been admitted to hospital in Italy on December 26 “because of a serious complication […]
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Launches fist edition of compendium of excellent Nigerians Okays establishment of Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the establishment of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund (NDITF), a private sector investment window with Nigerians in the Diaspora to support direct investments in the country. He gave the approval at the presentation […]
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The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, Prof. Emmanuel Adedayo Fasakin, right, being conferred with the”Most Notable and Top Distinguished Rector of the 21st Century” award by the World Grand President of the International Chartered World Learned Society with headquarters in United States of America, who also doubles as the current Vice-Chancellor, Crown […]
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President Muhammdu Buhari and National Leader, All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, during the latter’s visit at the State House, Abuja… on Monday. Photo: State House Says Tinubu’s presidential ambition not rooted in equity, justice, he has added to crises in Nigeria He is working across purposes with the foundations of this country The apex […]
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By Ogheneochuko Arodovwe The news of a letter written by the Ijaw nationalist, Chief E.K. Clark, to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the latter’s reply have dominated online news platforms in this yuletide season. Clark in his letter condemned in strong terms Obasanjo’s position that the oil in the Niger Delta belonged to Nigeria. So […]
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Staff members wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare to spray disinfectant outside a shopping mall in Xi’an in north China’s Shaanxi province on January 11, 2022. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT Five million residents of a central Chinese city were confined to their homes Tuesday while another megacity shuttered all non-essential businesses, as the […]
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Discussions at a closed-door meeting in Abuja, of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike with stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State have been leaked, thereby generating conflicts among political interest groups in the party. The meeting, held last weekend in the home of a former governor of Cross River State, Mr. […]
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