The National Universities Commission has issued fresh guidelines regulating the award and use of honorary doctorate degrees in Nigeria. It cited what it described as the increasing incidence of indiscriminate conferment and misuse of such honours within the Nigerian University System. In a public notice released on its official X page on Thursday, the Commission […]
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Nigeria’s most prominent opposition figures converged on the nation’s capital on Thursday to demand an immediate and comprehensive overhaul of the Electoral Act. Leaders from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) called on the National Assembly to initiate a fresh legislative process to amend the act ahead of future […]
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INEC Chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved and issued a revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general election. The Commission had earlier fixed Saturday, 20th February 2027 for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections and Saturday, 6th March 2027 for the Governorship and State Houses of […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Police Command has rescued 15 young victims of a suspected human-trafficking syndicate in a coordinated intelligence-led operation in Osogbo, reinforcing ongoing efforts to clamp down on transnational organised crime. The victims, nationals of Togo, Benin Republic and Niger, were allegedly lured with false promises of employment and improved living […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday promised to continue the ongoing revamp of the state’s Health sector. He gave the pledge in Ondo at the seventh convocation ceremony of the state-owned University of Medical Science, UNIMED. Also, he restated his administration’s unwavering commitment to education, research and innovation, particularly in the health sector. […]
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The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, right; and the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Hon. Ifabiyi Olatunji, at the public hearing of the Assembly on the bill to convert the state-owned Owena Press Limited to Ondo State Government Printing and Publishing Corporation… on Thursday, February 26, 2026 Assembly […]
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President Bola Tinubu speaking during an interfaith breakfast with senators at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Photo credit: State House Abuja President Bola Tinubu on has urged the Senate to amend the Constitution to provide a legal framework for the establishment of State Police to tackle the worsening insecurity nationwide. He made the appeal during […]
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The Police have arrested six men in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State for allegedly running a fake miracle scam that defrauded unsuspecting residents by exploiting their faith. State Police Command’s spokesman, Mr. Jimoh Abayomi, a deputy superintendent, DSP, disclosed this in a statement alleging that the six suspects, all young men, posed to […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to restore peace and strengthen security nationwide. He gave this directive on Wednesday at Disu’s decoration as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, following the retirement of Kayode Egbetokun and pending the Nigeria Police Council’s ratification of the new appointment and the Senate’s […]
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By Olubunmi Adebayo *Please be careful of what you say with your mouth.* *The mouth is a DOOR to our body, just as the eye is the window to our body.* *Food and drinks are not the only items of passage through it. We also have words coming out as another very critical function.* *Listen […]
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