The celebration of this year’s annual Press Week of the Ondo State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists will kick off on Sunday November 26. The week-long event is themed: “Place Of The Media In Times Of Socio-Economic Predicaments & Ondo State Politics”. A statement by the Chairman of the council’s press week committee, […]
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted the request of an anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), demanding details of bidders for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s e-Naira technical partner’s project. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1542/2021, between the Incorporated Trustees Of HEDA Resources Centre and the CBN, the group sought an order […]
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By Reuben Abati Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) now Nigeria’s National Security Adviser has been very vocal lately and there may well be many out there who may be wondering why the NSA, effectively the country’s official “father of secrets” should be so loud in the public arena. […]
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The Federal Government has approved the establishment of the National Education Repository and Databank (NERD) system. This was disclosed by the minister of education, Prof Tahir Mamman, at the stakeholders’ engagement and sensitisation programme for the project on Tuesday at the Conference Hall, Federal Ministry of Education Headquarters, Abuja. The minister said apart from the […]
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Despite the declaration by the presidency that the political crisis rocking Ondo State had been resolved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that the crisis is not yet over. In a statement on Saturday, titled “Tinubu’s intervention: The siege is not yet over”, and signed by its spokesman […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu remains in office, while Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa stays on as his deputy. These were parts of the decisions taken on Friday by the President in his intervention to resolve the lingering political crisis which had plagued the state for some months. They were […]
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC),in Osun State, Barrister Ayodele Kusamotu, has called for the expulsion of the suspended members of the party in Ifelodun Local Government Area He alleged that the said members constitute clogs in the wheel of its progress in the area. He made this call in a statement he […]
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Osun State Government has stressed the need for women empowerment as key to effectively combating and reducing poverty in the society. Stressing this through the Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs, Chief (Mrs) Ayobola Awolowo, the government noted that women empowerment is a powerful tool for the reduction of poverty geared towards improving the […]
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The Rivers State Government has ordered some changes in the state civil service, including the redeployment of the Clerk of the State House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi, and his deputy. Although no reason was given for the redeployment, the development may be connected to the political crisis in the state. A memo from the State […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Thursday, said it would end the importation of refined petroleum products by December 2024 as all the country’s refineries would be operational by then. It also projected that the national oil firm would grow its revenue to N4.5tn at the end of 2023 adding that the rehabilitation of […]
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