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FG inaugurates IDICE Technical C’mittee for creative enterprise development
The Federal Government has inaugurated a technical committee to start the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) Programme. The Vice President Kashim Shettima has described the development as the dawn of a new era in Nigeria. The iDICE Programme, a collaborative effort between the government and international partners, including the Bank of Industry (BoI), African Development Bank (AfDB), French…
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First Baptist exco visits Soun Ogbomoso, Onpetu, pray for a peaceful reign
By Mosunmola Ayobami in Ilorin The Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Surulere Ilorin, Rev. Dr Yinka Ololade has offered special prayers for the peaceful reign of two prominent traditional rulers in Ogbomosoland, the Soun and Onpetu of Ijeruland, wishing their time be laced with growth and development for all and sundry in Ogbomosoland. The cleric offered the prayers when…
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First Lady urges Muslims to maintain purity after Ramadan
First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu has urged Muslims to embrace chastity and virtue beyond the month of Ramadan. She offered the advice on Tuesday during the Iftar (breaking of the Ramadan fast), organised for federal legislators, former first ladies, wives of governors, and others at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja. She urged the women to help each other to…
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Towards reforming Nigeria’s Civil Service, by Adémólá Òrúnbon
It is the tradition that whenever a new government whether autocratic or democratic is formed, they come along with their agenda, policies and programmes. As the most vital machinery of government, it is the responsibility of the Civil Service to drive the implementation of these policies and programmes because; a committed civil service is the best vehicle for carrying out…
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Former ADC to Alao Akala found dead
A deputy commissioner of police, Gbolahan Olugbemi, has allegedly been found dead. Olugbemi who was an aide-de-camp to the former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao Akala, was reportedly found dead on Monday afternoon in his single-family home on Petros Academy Street in the Federal Lowcost neighbourhood of Ogbomoso, Oyo State. He was believed to have returned home for Easter.…
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Does Osun Government award road contracts at N2.5bn per kilometre?
Deborah Oladejo writes on the controversial road contract awards in Osun State… Providing an answer to this question has become pertinent because of the back-and-forth accusations and counter-accusations raging between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government in Osun State led by Governor Ademola Adeleke and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the cost of road contracts awards. The Osun…
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Hold on to the renewed hope this Easter brings, Oshiomhole enjoins Nigerians
The lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District at the Senate, Senator Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole has urged Nigerians to embrace the fresh optimism that this Easter offers in the knowledge that all efforts to improve the people’s lives will not go unappreciated. Senator Oshiomhole stated this in his Easter message to Nigerians. According to Oshiomhole, Nigerians are now fortunate to have…
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How my ex-wife’s false accusation landed me in UK jail – Adeyinka Grandson
Recently released President and founder of the Young Yoruba for Freedom (YYF), Adeyinka Shoyemi popularly called Adeyinka Grandson has explained the events that led to his prosecution and eventual sentencing in a United Kingdom court, saying he was wrongly convicted on trumped-up terrorism charges. Adeyinka Grandson who was sentenced to four and half years imprisonment by a United Kingdom court…
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Olubadan Crisis: Only Ladoja can summon a meeting to nominate new king – Chief Lana
Former attorney-general and commissioner for justice in Oyo State, Chief Michael Lana, has said that only the Otun Olubadan, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja can summon a meeting of the Olubadan Advisory Council to nominate a new candidate for the Olubadan stool. Westernpost reported how the elevated high chiefs shunned a meeting called by Otun Olubadan, Chief Rashidi Ladoja last Tuesday and…
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Kaduna State political theatrics, by Salihu Moh. Lukman
At a Town Hall Meeting in Kaduna, on Saturday, March 30, 2024, Mallam Uba Sani, Governor of Kaduna State raised the alarm that he inherited huge debt of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities from the administration of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. Because of this huge burden, out of N10 billion due to the State from Federal Allocation, N7…
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