The European Union on Tuesday, said it is extending its Erasmus plus postgraduate scholarships to academic and non-academic staff of Nigerian higher institutions. This, the EU, said will promote knowledge sharing and professional growth. This was disclosed in a statement made available in Abuja by the European Union Delegation to Nigeria. Quoted in the statement, […]
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Justice Adepele Ojo By Ajisafe Olayiwola The suspension-cum-removal of the Osun State Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, has generated lots of reactions, from the state government to the state judiciary workers, the Nigerian Bar Association, and the state House of Assembly, among others. In this piece, Ajisafe Olayiwola gives a comprehensive report on the timeline of […]
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A Nigerian man has narrated the traumatising story of how he found himself under the Oshodi Bridge, in Lagos and slept there for two years, after living 21 years in the United States. According to the man who was tearful as he shared his story, he studied Banking and Finance in London, but his downfall […]
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The Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho on Tuesday approved the redeployment of 94 judges across Federal High Court divisions in the country. The deadline for the presumption in the new posting, according to the CJ, is January 8, 2024. The redeployment was aimed at boosting manpower and optimising the […]
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated the Committee on Public Accounts to investigate revenue leakages through the Remita platform and non-compliance by revenue-generating agencies of the government on standard operating procedures and other allied service level agreements signed among deposit money banks, office of the AGF, Systemspec, Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS), and […]
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Protesting court workers in Osun State on Wednesday declared a strike to protest the firing of tear gas at them by police operatives and to press home their demands. State chairman of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Gbenga Eludire, announced the strike following the incident. Police operatives had on Wednesday dispersed protesting members […]
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File – Women console another woman mouning loved ones killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. Credit: Said Khalib/AFP via Getty Images By Etim Etim It’s so hard to watch international news these days. The images from the Gaza Strip are heart-wrenching and distressing. Injured children crying and bodies of dead ones wrapped in […]
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APC candidate, Nasir Gawuna and Governor Abba Yusuf Contrary to its Friday pronouncement upholding the judgement of the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, the certified true copy of the Court of Appeal judgment however showed that the appellate court had set aside the judgement of the lower tribunal. The Court of Appeal had, during its […]
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There is confusion in Kano following the release of the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Court of Appeal judgment delivered on the state’s governorship election dispute. The appellate court had reaffirmed the sack of the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in its judgment delivered on Friday. However, […]
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The opposition All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Osun State has started grassroots mobilisation of voters in preparation for the 2026 Elections. State executive officers of the party, led by its chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, started the statewide sensitisation programme, yesterday, at Ila-Orangun, the home town of Chief Bisi Akande, the first interim national chairman of […]
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