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Oyo Assembly renames Technical University after late governor
By Innocent Raphael The Oyo State House of Assembly has officially passed a bill renaming The First Technical University in Ibadan to Abiola Ajimobi Technical University. The bill was passed into law during a plenary session on Wednesday, following the presentation of a report by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions, chaired by Hon. Oluwafemi Fowokanmi. The report was meticulously reviewed…
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FG to meet UK varsity over alleged deportation of Nigerian students
By Innocent Raphael A delegation from the Nigerian Federal Government is set to meet with officials from Teesside University in the United Kingdom to address allegations of an “unjust deportation order” affecting Nigerian students. This was announced by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) in a statement released recently. The controversy arose on May 22 when several Nigerian students staged…
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BREAKING: 3 storey building collapses in Lagos Island
A three-storey building has been confirmed to have collapsed in Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State. Sources disclosed that occupants of the building were trapped under rubbles of the structure sited on 15, Iga Idungaran Close, Lagos Island. The building that caved in on Thursday was said to be a few meters away from the Oba of Lagos,…
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Makinde inaugurates Oxygen Plant, Newborn Unit
….Launches strategy for sustainable oxygen supply Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has commissioned the first solarised Medical Oxygen Pressure Swing Adsorption Plant in Nigeria and the Level 2 Newborn Unit at the Jericho Specialist Hospital, Ibadan. He also launched the Oyo State Strategy for the Scale-up of Medical Oxygen in Health Facilities (2024-2028), noting that his administration remains committed to…
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Rivers Crisis: Court restrains 27 Amaewhule-led Assembly from parading as lawmakers
A High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an order of interlocutory injunction, restraining the 27-member Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly, from parading themselves as lawmakers. The order was issued by Justice Charles Wali of the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt division in a suit marked PHC/1512/CS/2024. The suit with Victor Oko Jumbo and the 2 other…
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Abdulrazaq receives UN Women award
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin UN Women Country Representative to Nigeria Beatrice Eyong has recognized Kwara state Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq as UN Women Global He for She Champion. The award according to the Country Representative came for the governor’s gender equality and women empowerment. Eyong urged the governor to push for women candidacy in the forthcoming Local government election as he…
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NOA orders memorization of reintroduced National Anthem by June 3
By Innocent Raphael The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has instructed all community orientation and mobilization officers across the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) to memorize the reintroduced national anthem by June 3. The agency emphasized that these officers will serve as the grassroots enforcers of the new government policy, while revealing it was collaborating with the National Union of Teachers…
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Wike left 34 uncompleted projects worth N200bn- Fubara
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has scored his administration high in the past year, despite facing what he called an unprecedented political challenge in the state. Despite the early challenges, he highlighted his achievements in infrastructure development, reporting that he inherited 34 uncompleted projects worth over 200 billion naira across various Local Government Areas. He said some of the uncompleted…
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Reps to probe CBN mass retrenchment
The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to investigate the mass retrenchment in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The motion was passed at an emergency session on Wednesday to commemorate 25 years of Nigeria’s unbroken democracy since May 1999. A member of the House, Jonathan Gaza (SDP, Nasarawa) “worried that this retrenchment without any fair hearing in the…
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FG, Labour resume new minimum wage negotiation Friday
The Tripartite Committee meeting on the new minimum wage will reconvene on Friday, May 31, 2024, as the Federal Government has extended an invitation to Organised Labour for the continuation of negotiations. The letter which was signed by the Secretary of the Committee, Ekpo Nta, was sent to the Presidents of the two labour centres namely the Trade Union Congress…
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