By Abdu Rafiu The environment is getting increasingly toxic. The toxicity is so palpable you would think it can be held in one’s hand. It is flowing out of outcry of anger which in turn is primarily from experiencing hardship and a feeling of uncertainties of daily living in these times. In Nigeria, the outcry […]
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President Bola Tinubu has named Dr. Mansur Kabir as the new Chairman of the board of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control and reappointed its Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Moji Adeyeye. He also appointed a new Director-General for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Olajide Idris, who replaces Prof. Ifedayo […]
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The Federal Government and the 36 state governments of the Nigerian federation are considering the creation of state police. This was disclosed on Thursday to State House correspondents by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris after an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and state governors at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. […]
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FRESH efforts by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum to halt the spiraling food crisis in the country coincide with the overly optimistic reiteration by the Federal Government that Nigeria will be a net exporter of food very soon. Represented by the governors of Taraba, Agbu Kefas; Ondo, Lucky Aiyedatiwa; Kogi, Ahmed Ododo, and the NGF Chairman […]
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NIGERIA’S oil industry is chaotic, primitive, and sunken. Proof is found in the recent decision of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to import crude oil from the United States in the coming months, as the $20 billion facility intensifies moves to start pumping out refined products. With Nigeria being the leading producer of crude in Africa, […]
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The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Hon Fatai Adams, has passed on. This was confirmed in a statement on Wednesday by the party’s state spokesman, Hon Kennedy Ikantu Peretei. According to the statement titled “Ondo PDP Mourns State Chairman, Fatai Adams”: “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ondo State Chapter wishes […]
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The National Working Committee of the Labour Party has slammed a six-month suspension on its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara. The suspension was announced at a press conference on Wednesday at the party secretariat in Abuja. Opara had, on Monday, challenged LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, at a press conference to account for an alleged N3.5 […]
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Authorities of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, have kicked against the midnight raid by the Economic and Finacial Crimes Commission, EFCC, operatives on some private hostels off-campus where some of the institution’s students reside. In a statement on Wednesday by the Director of Corporate Communication, Mr. Adegbenro Adebanjo, the University said that it […]
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The Student Union Government of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, has condemned the invasion of its off-campus community by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The union also revealed that a female student was molested, while some students sustained bodily injuries as a result of the midnight raid. This was […]
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Men suspected to be operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission were said to have carried out a midnight operation at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. Students’ lodges were reportedly invaded at about 2 am. Some students have taken to social media, sharing videos and alleging that the men broke into rooms […]
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