2019 Poll May Affect Passage It is likely that the promise by this government to reset the country’s disjointed and dysfunctional budgeting system, may not materialise before the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s four-year tenure. Rather than put in place the much-talked about January to December life cycle for the national budget, the administration has […]
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Fulani settlers in Ekiti State on Sunday, under the aegis of Gan Allah Fulani Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), Ekiti , waved the olive branch, saying they were ready to end hostilities with their host farmers in the state.They also pledged readiness to live in peace and harmony with communities where their members were operating commercial […]
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rates AAUA high, pledges government continuous support Pro-Chancellor, Tunji Abayomi boasts of supplying world the brightest, best Varsity appoints Dr. Owolewa Dean, Student Affairs By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Government has no plan to merge the three state-owned universities as being suggested in some quarters. Making this declaration, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, said: “We’ll continue […]
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By Taoheed Ajao Conceived as a citadel of medical education to offer services of specialized facilities for medical training and research, the University of Medical Sciences, the first in Nigeria, located on Laje Road, in Ondo, was founded by Ondo State government on the 22nd of April, 2015. The university has not only lived up […]
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Nigerian showbiz maestro and rights activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charlyboy, has formally walked his American wife, Diane, down the aisle after 40 years of marriage. The marriage has produced three children. Charlyboy and Diane exchanged marriage vows on Saturday evening at the Chapel of Sisters of Jesus the Redeemer Catholic Church in Gwarimpa, […]
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The Nigerian Navy says that its improved presence at sea has reduced incidences of sea piracy which hitherto was prevalent on the nation’s territorial waters. Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, stated this on Saturday during the inauguration of a naval medical centre and gulf course at the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder […]
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo of All Progressives Congress (APC) with Khadija Abdullahi-Iya of Alliance for New Nigeria, ANN (second-right); Ganiyu Galadima of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN (right); Peter Obi of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP (second-left) and Umar Getso of Young Progressives Party, YPP (left ) during the Vice-Presidential Debate in Abuja…yesterday PHOTO: NOVO ISIORO […]
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Towards flushing out Boko Haram and other insurgencies in Nigeria and the neighboring countries, an extra- ordinary meeting of Heads of State and Governments of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and Benin met in Abuja on Saturday. President Muhammadu Buhari at the meeting insisted that the war against Boko Haram and other insurgencies must be won now. Those […]
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urges them to address nation’s infrastructural decay asks Nigerians to tighten their belts President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, met with governors of the 36 states of the federation in the Presidential Villa, where he told the state chief executives that the economy of the country was in a bad shape, urging them to redouble efforts […]
Continue ReadingWith artisanal mining in Nigeria, especially solid minerals mining, rising to about 80 per cent, the Nigerian economy is said to be losing huge fortunes to the neglect of the sector by relevant authorities for decades. Major stakeholders in the sector like the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Global Rights and Miners […]
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