Oyo State Government is investing in information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and training to boost its digital economy agenda. Special Assistant to the State Governor on ICT and E-governance, Adebayo Akande, said the deployment of infrastructure and digital skills training for civil servants in the state, has led to the digitisation of many government […]
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Attorney-general and minister for justice Abubakar Malami has debunked reports that he asked President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the constitution and declare a state of emergency as insecurity in Nigeria spikes. Peoples Gazette reported on Wednesday that Malami sent an 18-page memo date May 4, 2021, urging the president to take the drastic step to […]
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The Presidency has described as unfair and distorted opinion the latest article on Nigeria published by the Foreign Affairs (Magazine) titled, ‘The Giant of Africa is Failing’. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made the condemnation in a statement in Abuja on Thursday while reacting to the […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has deleted over 15 million voters found to have been duplicated from its records between 2011 and 2021. Its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, also announced the commission will launch an online voter registration portal on June 28, 2021 to reduce the stress associated with voter registration. Delivering […]
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Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has said he is considering the possibility of heeding calls on him to contest the 2023 presidential election. He stated this during a chat with State House Correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office in the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He also said competence and capacity should […]
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Corps members are part of the national defence policy and can be conscripted for war should the need arise, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brig. Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim has stated. He spoke on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme while reacting to moves to scrap the NYSC scheme, which is compulsory for all […]
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Atan Offot, Uyo home confers on him chieftaincy title June 5 Natural Resources Institute 2021 Distinguished Pillar of Integrity Award/ Professional Fellow By Banji Ayoola Poet and author, Mr Victor Emmanuel Uwah, has bagged double honours simultaneously from his Atan Offot, Uyo, country-home in Akwa Ibom State and the prestigious Institute of Human and Natural […]
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Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto diocese, Rt Reverend Matthew Kukah, has faulted the administration of the President Muhammadu Buhari for its refusal to declare bandits as a terrorist group. Kukah, in his homily at the burial of Rev. Fr. Alphonsus Bello, which held at Our Lady of Apostle Catholic Church Independence Way, Kaduna, on Wednesday, […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun The so-called investigation by the Nigeria Police Force of the assassination of former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, is highly unsatisfying. Their synopsis of what transpired is riddled with so many holes and hardly sensible. The NPF’s reports are customarily frustrating to read. They are habitually riddled with typos and flawed logic. Read […]
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A respite may have come for Higher National Diploma (HND) holders, as the Senate, yesterday, passed a bill prohibiting employers from discriminating between first degree and HND certificate holders in Nigeria. The passage followed the consideration of a report by the Joint Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters, Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. The chairman, […]
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