NBC Director General, Mr. Charles Ebuebu Media professionals have expressed satisfaction with the recent court ruling nullifying provisions of the Broadcasting Code empowering the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to impose fines on broadcasters. Recall, a Federal High Court in Abuja, last week, declared null and void, provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code authorising the NBC […]
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Application process will be strictly by app Ahead of the launch of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), President Bola Tinubu has directed the expansion of its focus areas to include interest-free loans to Nigerian students interested in skill-development programmes. He gave the directive after a briefing from NELFUND’s Executive Secretary, Akintunde Sawyerr, at the […]
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday nullified the N800bn budget signed into law by the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The Rivers State House of Assembly and its Speaker, Martin Amaewhule had, in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1613/2023 filed against Governor Siminalayi Fubara, the National Assembly and others sought the order of the Court […]
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Sacked PDP members’ threat to attend sitting invitation to anarchy — APC The political crisis rocking Plateau State in the aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment, which affirmed Governor Caleb Muftwang as elected governor of the state, has taken on another dimension as the 16 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state lawmakers sacked by the Court […]
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As political parties in Edo State prepare for primaries amid rash of candidates jostling for patronage, the consideration for competence is gaining grounds, but so too is the sectional advocacy for ‘justice, fairness and equity’ in selecting party flag bearers. With less than five weeks for political parties in Edo State to conduct primaries to […]
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• Power intervention up, running at Alex Ekwueme, UDUS, UAM • Yet to commence in UNILAG, OAU, abandoned in five others • UNILAG, UI, Ilorin, OAU, BUK spend N45m to N80m on electricity bills monthly Six years after the $105 million-worth of special intervention to electrify public varsities and some tertiary hospitals nationwide, several beneficiaries […]
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By Banji Ayoola The departed Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu will be buried in his Owo hometown on February 23, 2024. This was announced in a statement on Monday by his son, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Jnr. Akeredolu passed away on December 27, 2023, in Germany after a protracted battle with prostate cancer. He was aged 67. […]
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Canada is set to impose a national cap to reduce the intake of international students into the country. The country’s immigration minister, Marc Miller, said during an interview on Sunday with CTV’s Question Period, that his home government will need to have a meeting with provincial governments “to make sure that the provinces that have […]
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Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on past political office holders to return all government vehicles in their possession. . It slammed the All Progressive Congress (APC) for supporting its members who illegally charted away government vehicles and plunged the state into another round of multi-billion naira expenditure for car […]
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Oyo State Government is seeking a special grant from a non-governmental organization, Water Aid International to revive the state’s ailing water sector. A statement on Sunday by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said that the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Water Corporation, Hon. Elias Adeojo, stated this during a courtesy visit to […]
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