Management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has shut down the institution following students’ violent protest at the weekend. A statement by Director, Protocol, Information and Public Relations, Mr. Adeyemi Adejoju, at the weekend, said the joint emergency meeting of the academic board and management committee held on Saturday, November 2, 2019, also proscribed […]
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High rent, poverty and lack of alternative accommodation are frustrating compliance with government evacuation order on residents of buildings along the canal of Akungba, in Ondo State, where a 400 level student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Doyin Boluwaji was recently swept off by flood. The State Government had, following the incident, issued the order […]
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Some key government organisations have been avoiding the use of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) in the last three years, thereby causing a huge loss of revenue to the country. According to a report by the adhoc committee of the House of Representatives Committee on TSA, shortly before the end of the Eighth Assembly, the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party has called for immediate and unconditional release of its Head of Security in Dekina Local Government area of Kogi, Mr. Edeh Abutu, and others allegedly arrested in the state. The party made the call at a news conference addressed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday, in Abuja. […]
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Organised labour has appealed to state Houses of Assembly to identify with workers by compelling governors to pay the new minimum wage. General-Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, made the appeal while fielding questions from journalists on Sunday in Lagos. He said that any governor who refuses to pay the minimum […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the closure of Nigeria’s land borders to January 31, 2020. “I am directed to inform you that it is observed that despite the overwhelming success of the operation, particularly the security and economic benefits to the nation, a few strategic objectives are yet to be achieved,” an official […]
Continue ReadingFond memories of the legendary Yoruba Leader and first Premier of the defunct Western Region, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, came alive on Thursday in Ibadan at the 60th anniversary of Africa’s first broadcasting station, the Western Nigeria Television Station, WNTV. The occasion was graced by veteran media practitioners including Ambassador Yemi Farounbi, Chief Olu […]
Continue ReadingBy Malcolm Little Black I’m grateful for the rays of the sunDancing daily upon my coffee skin.Grateful for the gift of melanin. Grateful that being black is not a sin.I’m grateful for the time of the rains,For the sensation it brings to my soul.And for the times my heart was broken;The love that healed and made […]
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By Victor Emmanuel Uwah Created by Him yet despised by men, Immutable though Truth stands out still, That when He’s denied and men complain They can’t His faithfulness thus repeal. Truth is the “Which Is”, for He’s the same From days of yore, today and fore’er: He changes not His aim nor His name, And […]
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Secretary to Ondo State Government SSG, Mr Ifedayo Abegunde, has rallied support for the reelection of his principal, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, in the 2020 governorship election in the state. He appealed to all members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state to close ranks and reelect the governor to enable him […]
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