549 plots within Shangisha to be allocated An amicable resolution of the Magodo Phase II Estate dispute seems to have been reached between the Lagos State Government and the parties in the Magodo/Shangisha land dispute. Under the pact, the state government will provide 549 plots within Shangisha to the affected stakeholders as directed by the […]
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Protest yesterday rocked Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State over suspension of union activities by the management and 13 months unpaid salaries. The management on Tuesday announced suspension of activities of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (NASUP), following an alleged plan by the unions to […]
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Veteran actress, Sidikat Odukanwi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko has died. She died on Wednesday evening. Actress Foluke Daramola-Salako confirmed her death. She wrote on her Instagram page: “and finally we lost her.. rip Iyabo Oko, we did our best but God knows best” Also Sidikat’s daughter Bisi Aisha, a female soldier, confirmed her death. […]
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There was anxiety yesterday in the Federal Civil Service as the Federal Government unfolded plans to reduce the size of the work force. Already, government is working out an exit package for workers that would be affected. However, there was disquiet as Labour described the plan to sack workers as a reversal of the much […]
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By Abdu Rafiu When one thinks of a public intellectual and a diplomat extra-ordinary, the person to whom the mind races is no other than Professor Bolaji Akinwande Akinyemi. You look right, you look left and you concentrate the mind on the centre, the picture that hits you is that of Professor Bolaji Akinyemi. The […]
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The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s position on state police, urging Nigerians to insist on creation of state police. PANDEF, through its National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson while disagreeing with President Muhammadu Buhari on state police said: “The president is saying he does not believe in state police. Well, that […]
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Rubble of the collapsed building Officials on rescue mission at the site of the collapsed building Chairman, Panel of Inquiry into the Gerrard Road building Collapse, Mr. Toyin Ayinde; Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) during the presentation of […]
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Says he’s ready to sign the Electoral bill after necessary adjustments by National Assembly Aware of Nigerians’ sufferings, pains Unhappy with the state of power supply Formal education not an automatic ticket to govt jobs President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday vowed to flush out criminals ravaging the country’s North West region, saying the government has […]
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says favourite presidential candidate may be eliminated if known now President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed fear that his favourite presidential candidate may be “eliminated” if he is known now. He made the disclosure in an exclusive interview with Channels Television aired on Wednesday, noting that he has no special interest in the 2023 election. “It […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, should defend himself in court for peddling false information about his administration while he was overseas. He made this declaration in an interview aired on Channels Television on Wednesday night, saying: “There is one institution […]
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