By Fred Ohwahwa “The culture of only reading to pass examinations leaves us a barely functional society. It only enables us breed people who can barely think. And they are the ones who cede their thinking to their pastors, imams and politicians. And trust these categories of people – they take full advantage of this […]
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Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni and her evaluators have embarked on COVID-19 safety and hygiene compliance monitoring exercise to ensure that schools in Lagos State adhere strictly to the guidelines on safe reopening of schools as specified by the Federal Government. This is in a bid to ensure safety in schools […]
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Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has called on the Federal, state governments and lawmakers to provide legislation, policy and funding to promote African Traditional Medicine. A statement by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) explained that Oba Ogunwusi made the appeal in Lagos at the launch of the […]
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‘Market forces now determine rates, tariffs’ Senate may reconvene The price of petrol at the pump jumped to between N162 and N164 per litre on Thursday following Wednesday’s hike in ex-depot price. The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), announced N151.56 as ex-depot price. It sold for […]
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Youths have trooped to streets in Osogbo, capital of Osun state to protest the hike in petrol and electricity tariff. The Federal Government on Wednesday through the Petroleum Pricing Marketing Company (PPMC) increased the ex-depot price of petrol from N138 to NN151.56 per litre, triggering marketers to increase pump price from N148 to N162 per litre. Protesters […]
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The illegal slaughter slab at Oke Rube area of Alimoso Local Government Area dismantled by the Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance team of the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday in Lagos Lagos State Government has dismantled an illegal slaughter in the Oke Rube axis of Alimoso Local Government Area of the state. The state […]
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Ogun State Government has approached the Federal Government for authorisation to rehabilitate, reconstruct and commercialise the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road, along with Lagos State. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa on Thursday. He also said the state requested for rehabilitation of the […]
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The Federal Government has released the list of international airlines denied approval to operate in Nigeria as international flights resume on Saturday. The international airlines denied flying approval, according to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, include Air France, KLM, Etihad, Rwandair, Lufthansa, TAAG Angola Airlines and others. Some airlines were however denied approval because […]
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The Federal Government has given the nod for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to begin preparations for reopening of orientation camps nationwide. Orientation camps were shut in March as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu: “For the National Youth Service […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has dismissed the allegation that its governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, is pursuing what is known as the Akure agenda. It said anybody making the allegation was attempting to localise a state issue. The PDP challenged any political opponents to state how Jegede campaigned with the Akure agenda […]
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