‘Why Ondo State People Should Vote PDP’ By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, has declared that its candidate in the coming October 10 governorship election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, would defeat the incumbent Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the poll. Making this declaration […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed September 30 for hearing in the N2 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against politician and publisher, Mr Omoyele Sowore and three others. The suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/816/2020 was filed by a group, Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN), claiming to be acting for the Minister of Justice and Attorney […]
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Oyo State Government on Tuesday approved N59 .7 million as grant for the take-off of the State Security Network Agency code-named ‘Operation Amotekun’. The fund, according to the government would be for the procurement of 3000 units of uniforms, combat boots, lanyard, baseball hats, security belts and worsted socks. It will also cover the production […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has directed a random sampling COVID-19 test of students and teachers to assess their risk level ahead of resumption. He expressed optimism that COVID-19 protocols would be strictly adhered to as SS3 class preparing for West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will resume August 10, while resumption date for JSS […]
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike There was low turnout of pupils in Rivers State on Wednesday following the reopening of secondary schools for exit classes. It was gathered that most pupils and teachers were unaware that the school had resumed because the state government gave the directive late on Tuesday. It was, however, observed that […]
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Ondo State Government has sealed two secondary schools in the state for violating COVID-19 protocols set by the state government for reopening of schools. The affected two schools are: CAC Grammar School, Ondo Road, Akure and Akure Academy, Oba- Ile in Akure North Local Government Area of the state. The Permanent Secretary of the state […]
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Another batch of 306 evacuees from United Arab Emirate, UAE, have arrived Nigeria. The Air Peace flight that conveyed the new evacuees arrived the country at about 8.44am on Wednesday. With the latest figures, the Federal Government has successfully evacuated about 7000 stranded Nigerians in over 22 countries across the globe since May, 2020. Thousands […]
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Professor of Broadcast Management and Media Law, Tonnie Iredia, says the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has hijacked the duties of the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission hence the hasty review of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. Iredia, who is a veteran journalist, said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday while […]
Continue ReadingKatsina State Government has said graduating students would resume on August 10 for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination which is scheduled to start August 17. A statement from the state Ministry of Education made public in Katsina on Tuesday night equally directed teaching and non-teaching staff to resume on August 7. The […]
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Government unveils Reviewed Broadcast Code Any broadcasting station that broadcasts news considered to convey hate speech will pay N5,000,000 and not N500,000 fine, Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed, said on Tuesday. The minister spoke in Lagos at the unveiling of the amended Sixth Edition of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission Code. He said an erring […]
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