By Banji Ayoola Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, (OSUSTECH), Ondo State, Nigeria, said on Thursday that there is no increase in school fees being paid by students of the institution, contrary to misrepresentations by vested interests. This was contained in a statement by the Acting Registrar, Mr Felix Oladapo Akinnusi. The university […]
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By Lawal Ogienagbon BY this time next week, the inauguration would have come and gone, President Muhammadu Buhari would lead the way as he and the governors, both returning and incoming, take their oath of office. For the President and the returning governors, it would be their second and final four-year term, which will round […]
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Femi Otedola visits recuperating former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu at the Wellington Hospital, Circus Road, St John’s Woods London. Photo/twitter/nff Forte Oil Chairman, Femi Otedola has assured former Super Eagles’ Coach, Christian Chukwu that money would not be an impediment to his medical and post-medical care. Otedola, who had earlier made a contribution of […]
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The Presiding justice of the presidential election petition tribunal Zainab Bulkachuwa withdrew from the panel yesterday. The panel had dismissed the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the general elections, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, against Bulkachuwa. The PDP and Atiku had last week filed an application against Bulkachuwa, asking […]
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Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has urged the Federal Government to consider the comment by Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, on the rising insecurity in the country. The foremost playwright was speaking at an event organised by the United Bank of Africa to mark the 2019 Africa Day, in Lagos, on Wednesday. While delivering a lecture […]
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The Senate on Wednesday raised serious concern over killing of innocent citizens as a result of murder, kidnapping, violence and abduction with no meaningful strategy being deployed to checkmate the menace. In a motion sponsored by Andrew Uchendu, representing Rivers East, he said the killings, which had been on for more than 10 years now, […]
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Osun State gubernatorial election of last September, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has sued the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, over his arrest and detention in Abuja on May 6, 2019. Adeleke had approached the Osun State High Court, Ikirun, seeking his rights to personal liberty and freedom […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday said that its members should not be held responsible if there is any disruption in the university system, as the Federal Government had not shown commitment to carrying out the 2019 Memorandum of Action. The ASUU National President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this at a briefing in […]
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President Buhari presiding over the Valedictory Meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), at the State House, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the last session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of his first tenure, as the outgoing ministers recollected their memorable moments with the him. They also seized the moment to […]
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Anambra State is set to rank among the top three states in Nigeria in the production of honey, as it trains 1,000 youths in bee-keeping and honey production. It targets to export huge quantity of honey abroad to jack up its internally-generated revenue (IGR). Governor Willie Obiano stated this yesterday in Awka while flagging off […]
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