Delta’s tertiary schools resume from September 28

Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, has announced the reopening of academic activities for the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. According to the university’s bulletin, academic activities will resume on Monday, October 5, 2020. This is coming nearly six months after the institution was shut down following the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic […]

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FG, labour meet Thursday over electricity, fuel prices hike

The Federal Government will on Thursday meet again with the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on the threat by the organised labour to proceed on an indefinite strike and protest over the hike in electricity tariffs and fuel pump price. Government is expected to unfold its palliative plans during the parley which would […]

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Lover sells ex-girlfriend’s twins for N150,000

The police in Anambra State have arrested a 31-year-old man for allegedly selling twin babies of his ex-girlfriend. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Awka, the state capital. Mohammed said the suspect sold the twin babies from an ex-girlfriend whom he (suspect) impregnated […]

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Tinubu, Oshiomhole quiet after APC loss in Edo

Ex-Lagos governor will speak at appropriate time – Spokesperson Former APC chairman has no personal opinion, will back Ize-Iyamu’s position – Aide The September 19, 2020 Edo State governorship election has come and gone but the embers of the episodic event continue to glow in the glade of public discourse. Although 14 parties fielded candidates […]

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Ondo election: 5,000 card readers arrive Akure

Barely two weeks after a fire incident at the Akure office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), it has replaced the 5,000 smart card readers destroyed in the inferno. The smart card readers sourced from the Oyo State office of the commission have been received by the Akure office, it was learnt. The State […]

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Five students, 3 pupils, 15 others die in tanker explosion

Five students of the Kogi State Polytechnic, KSP, Lokoja, three nursery school pupils and 15 others, on Wednesday, lost their lives in a road crash, in Lokoja, Kogi State. The accident involving a petrol tanker conveying premium motor spirit, PMS, happened around 8.30am in Felele, along the Lokoja-Abuja highway. The fuel laden tanker belonging to […]

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Why I didn’t pick Akeredolu’s deputy as running mate –Jegede

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has given reasons for not picking Agboola Ajayi, the Ondo State Deputy Governor as his running mate. Agbola had defected to the PDP from the All Progressives Congress in a bid to secure a governorship ticket but […]

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Nigeria’s first chocolate factory rolls off products

Nigeria’s first chocolate factory on Tuesday rolled chocolate bars off its production line as the Ondo State Government vowed to give it operational freedom. Named Sunshine Chocolate Factory, the venture is a Public Private Partnership between Ondo State Government and a United States company, Spagnavola Chocolatiers.It was established at Alade-Idanre in Idanre Local Government Area […]

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Court faults Buhari on judges’ appointment

A Federal High Court in Abuja has faulted the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to forward the names of 11 lawyers nominated for appointment as judges of the High Court of The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to the Senate for screening and confirmation. In a judgment on Wednesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that President Buhari […]

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