Jegede’s wife promises traders soft loans Afenifere chieftain and three terms Commissioner for Information in Ondo State, Chief Segun Adegoke, said today that the Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu led All Progressives Congress, APC, administration has failed the people, and as such, should be voted out. He gave the charge in Ondo town, while speaking at a […]
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11,823 UTME candidates, N59m involved The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted 22 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for allegedly defrauding 11,823 candidates of N59 million. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, who announced this on Thursday in Abuja, said any centre that shared the same ownership with the blacklisted centres would be suspended from […]
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AAUA students Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has slashed the tuition fees of students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko. Akeredolu, on assumption of office in 2017, did an upward review of the tuition fees of the institution, a development which attracted several protests from the body of students and parents as well. He […]
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By Segun Gbadegesin In the life of the nation, these are not normal times. These are troubled times. Many may consider this as an understatement. They may suggest something more dramatic. These are calamitous times. I concur. What with the unending spate of violence from terrorism to banditry, kidnapping, cultism and armed robbery? Or the […]
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Bill will give President absolute control of water resources across Nigeria —Playwright FG wants to acquire water resources for foreigners — Ohanaeze It’ll set Nigeria on fire, says M’Belt Playwright and social critic, Prof Wole Soyinka, has faulted attempts by the Federal Government with the connivance of the National Assembly to return the National Water Resources […]
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The Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential panel, which is probing the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has re-opened the case of a former Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun, who was convicted in 2005 on eight charges of corruption. The panel, it was learnt, had invited a former Assistant General […]
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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said on Thursday that the Federal Government was creating a “payroll support” for private schoolteachers and artisans to cushion the untoward economic effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on them. He added that it had secured land in 11 states of the federation to build thousands of two-bedroom apartments for […]
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Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has vowed to sign the warrant of the death sentence passed on 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Mohammed. The Governor, who supports the ruling by Upper Shari’a Court, said he will promptly sign the warrant if Sharif-Aminu does not appeal the sentence. Sharif-Aminu, a resident of Sharifai quarters […]
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Kano State Elders, under the aegis of the Kano Unity Forum, has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Finance, asking them to stop the N300 billion loan the state Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, plans to obtain from China. In the petition, titled, “A call for the urgent review of […]
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By Abdu Rafiu When a country is in danger of its freedom and liberty being threatened, bold men step forward, putting their chests out and stretching out their arms to form a rampart in protection of the citizens. We have a long list of them in this country. We had those who went to jail […]
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