President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to reorganise the nation’s security architecture and personnel in the armed forces and the police in 2021. The President who made the vow in his New Year national broadcast to Nigerians on Friday, said he would do this so as to enhance the capacity of the security set up so […]
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By Olukorede Yishau We were three on the front row backing a backdrop that created the illusion of a stack of books on a shelf. Toni Kan, poet, novelist, and PR expert, and I were the guests. Segun Dada, the third person on the row, was the host. It was the first edition of the […]
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First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year. We especially thank God because the year 2020 was one of the most trying years since our existence as a Nation. This can also […]
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By Abdu Rafiu We human beings cannot wait to bid the Year 2020 good riddance. The year is leaving behind unpleasant souvenirs, as it is dissolving to yield place to 2021 to mount the saddle. New words, new phrases, new adjectives and new phrasal verbs entered our lexicon in 2020 and within the twinkle of […]
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By Banji Ayoola Chairman of the leading opposition party in Ondo State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon Fatai Adams, has prayed for a new dawn in the state in the New Year. In a New Year message which he signed, he said: “There is little doubt that, this outgoing year, 2020 has been a […]
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By Banji Ayoola The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in Ondo State, has rededicated itself and its government to good governance. It recommitted itself in its New Year message to the people of the state, which was titled “Ondo State APC’s New Year 2021 Goodwill Message: Dialogue and Cooperation Panacea For Growth and Development”, and […]
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The Naira has recently sunk to a four-year low against the US Dollar, as the country’s central bank has weakened the national currency for the third time in 2020. However, there are reports that it could rise again early in the next year. What Has Happened? Strong demand for dollars and a lower than expected […]
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The Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge got a major endorsement on Tuesday as the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, boarded the train at the station named after him in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to Lagos. During the journey, other passengers had approached the Octogenarian writer who recently released another book, titled: Chronicles of the Happiest People […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to deploy all refurbished tractors to farmers to boost agricultural activities in the country. The Vice Chairman of NASENI, Prof. Mohammed Sani Haruna, told State House correspondents that the president gave the order when he updated (Buhari) him on the activities […]
Continue ReadingThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says no date has been fixed for the commencement of sales of the application documents for its 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview on Wednesday in Lagos. Benjamin, who was speaking against the backdrop […]
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