Ondo State Deputy Governor and the Vice Chairman of the State Executive Council, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Thursday presided over the state exco meeting. The meeting was held at the executive chamber of the governor’s office, Alagbaka Akure area of the state. It came after a meeting President Bola Tinubu had with stakeholders from the […]
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The Ondo State House of Assembly Assembly and its Speaker on Thursday withdrew its appeal filed before the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja which stopped the planned impeachment of the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The House and its Speaker had challenged the jurisdiction […]
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Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr Betta Edu, to release details of how the sum of N535.8 million was expended on feeding school children during the COVID-19 lockdown. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directed the minister and the ministry to furnish […]
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About 24 polytechnics and colleges of education have been converted to universities by the Federal and State Governments in the last three years, a move described by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) as an attempt to ‘kill’ technical education in the country. This came as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) warned […]
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[File] A health worker administered the AstraZeneca COVID-19 to a man during the flag-off of COVID-19 Mass Vaccination by the Nigerian government in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) The House of Representatives has recently mandated its Committee on Public Accounts to investigate the embezzlement of the N183.9 billion […]
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• Directs banks to issue old notes There are indications that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has discreetly redeployed top officials in the apex bank as part of moves to reinvigorate the institution. The Guardian on Monday, reported that the CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso has taken ownership of the ‘housecleaning’ and commenced a broad […]
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Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) More teaching hospitals might shut down due to a shortage of nurses and doctors on account of their massive relocation abroad, the president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Dele Abdullahi, has indicated. The fear follows reports that the Lagos […]
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The people of Ifon-Osun in Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State have sent a Save-Our-Soul message to the inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, over the worrisome activities of some allegedly gun-wielding miscreants in the community. In their petition, which was also copied to Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, the state police boss, […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Pan Yoruba socio-cultural and political group, Afenifere has stressed the need for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to restructure Nigeria into a true federation where all the component units will coexist harmoniously and live side by side under the rule of law. It called on the Federal Government to harmonise the report […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right) presenting 2024 appropriation bill to joint National Assembly members at the Complex in Abuja …yesterday. PHOTO: PHILIP OJISUA • Earmarks N9.92tr for non-debt recurrent expenditure • N8.25tr for debt service, N8.7tr for capital expenditure • PDP asks N’Assembly to reject ‘deceptive’ proposal • As Akpabio, Abbas, Ibrahim, Adeola, others laud […]
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