Nigeria’s celebrated music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, known as the “Elegant Stallion,” has been laid to rest in Lagos.Credit: BBC Pidgin The artiste died on July 30, 2024, at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, after collapsing at an event honouring the Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals, Dr Stella Okoli. She was 72 years old. The funeral service was […]
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says Nigerians care more about bread and butter criticises purchase of new presidential jet Ex-Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, on Friday urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to revisit and reconsider some of his economic policies. Also, he criticised the purchase of a new presidentoal jet when Nigerians are hungry. He noted that whatever policy […]
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By Segun Akintoye There had been various administration in Ekiti State since its inception. Some wrote their names on marble, while some wrote theirs on dust. This has opened room for comparative assessment, as the impacts made in people’s life are determinant for such assessments. However, the style of practical governance put in place by […]
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The National Assembly has waded into the controversy generated by the Federal Government’s plan to peg the age limit for students to write the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate, WASSCE, examination at 18 years. It will be recalled that the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, announced plans on Sunday by the federal government […]
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Hundreds of Nigerian nurses are stranded following the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, NMCN, continuous closure of its portal for verification of nurses’ certificates. It was gathered that while many nurses are currently stranded in different countries abroad, others are on the verge of being deported. Nursing boards in the US, Canada, New Zealand, […]
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By Abdu Rafiu There are and will always be all kinds of children. They consist of those that are well brought up and those that are ill-bred. There will be good children and vagabonds will abound. There are deprived ones, evincing lack of parental responsibility and care. A legion of them flooded the streets during […]
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Agency Report The All Progressives Congress in Edo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of plotting to violently subvert the will of the people in the September 21 governorship election. The Media Director of the APC Governorship Campaign Council, Mr Kassim Afegbua, on Thursday in Benin, the state capital, alleged that the State Security […]
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The Federal Government has approved an upward review of the statutory allocation of Universal Basic Education matching grant accessible by state governments for infrastructural projects to N3,554,642,584.46. David Apeh, the Universal Basic Education Commission’s spokesman, said in a statement that the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi stated this […]
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The Igbo community in Ondo State has pledged support for Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa’s reelection bid. Ebenezer Adeniyan, the governor’s spokesman, said in a statement that they gave the pledge during a meeting that members of the Igbo community, led by the Eze Ndigbo of Akure/Ondo State and National President, Association of Ndieze Ndigbo in […]
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Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has flagged off the construction of the Obokun 33 KV feeder line, a pivotal project set to enhance electricity supply across four local governments in the state. In his address, he congratulated the residents of Obokun Local Government and neighboring communities benefiting from the new feeder line. He said: […]
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