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Abduction of students in Kaduna unacceptable- UNICEF
Innocent Raphael The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has condemned in strong terms the recent abduction of students by bandits in Kaduna State, enjoining iimmediate and determined action from all levels of government and society to curb further occurrences. UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, in a statement on Friday, explained that UNICEF was in consonance with local officials and…
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Netizens clash over how Wigwe’s daughter greeted Shettima
There was an outrage on X, formerly Twitter, after a user, #sadiqsolar, criticised Tochi Wigwe, daughter of the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr Herbert Wigwe, over a photo of her sitting while greeting Vice President Shettima. The user, on Thursday, compared a picture of Tochi sitting while shaking hands with the VP with pictures of former…
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BREAKING: Lagos NURTW mourns as MC Oluomo’s ally dies in lone accident
A close ally of the former chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, (MC Oluomo), Akintoye Benson has died in a lone autocrash. In a viral video on social media, Benson was seen to have crashed on the Third Mainland Bridge on Thursday night. A friend of the deceased and member…
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ICPC investigates 4,705 cases, recovers assets valued at N450,997bn
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), has announced that between 2019 and 2022, it concluded at least 4,705 investigations and recovered assets valued at N450,997 billion. ICPC, in the prevailing years, recovered lands and buildings worth over N25.361 billion. It also secured a final forfeiture of N8.823 billion. The Assistant Commissioner of the Commission, Hassan Salisu, who…
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NBC asks A’Court to set aside judgment stopping imposition of fines on broadcast stations
The National Broadcasting Commission has filed an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court dismissing the commission’s motion to set aside a May 2023 judgment restraining it from imposing fines on radio and television stations. In a four-ground notice of appeal filed by NBC’s lead counsel, Mr. Babajide Koku (SAN), it complained about the decision of the lower…
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Ogun NUJ mourns ex-NUT Chairman
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ogun State chapter, has expressed sadness over the demise of Comrade Akinola Adediran who until his death was the Immediate Past Chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Ogun State Wing and NLC Treasurer. WesternPost reports that Adediran who retired from service on Wednesday 21st of February, 2024, died in…
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FG inaugurates Oronsaye Report Implementation Committee
The Federal Government, on Thursday inaugurated a committee for the implementation of the Oronsaye Report. The inauguration of the implementation committee followed the announcement by the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government on February 28, 2024, that parts of the recommendations in the 12-year-old Oronsaye report would be implemented. The 800-page report recommended that 263 of the statutory agencies be slashed…
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500 patients benefit from Ogun free surgical intervention programme in one week
The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that over 500 surgeries have been performed on patients under the Free Surgical Intervention Programme in one week. Abiodun made the disclosure when he received the Committee of Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria who paid him a courtesy call in his office at Oke-Mosan,…
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Tinubu sought for the top job, He has to make Nigeria work – Tambuwal
By Kolawole Olayinka and Innocent Raphael Senator Representing Sokoto South, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has pointed out that President Bola Tunubu has the task to fix the ailing economy of Nigeria, as he sought for the top job. Speaking in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital after visiting former president, Olusegun Obasanjo on the occasion of his 87th birthday, the former Sokoto…
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OGSG announces recruitment guidelines for OGUNTEACh
Innocent Raphael The Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in conjunction with Teaching Service Commission, (TESCOM); State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB); and the Ogun State Technical and Vocational Education Board (OGSTVEB) have announced a date for the screening test for the recruitment of suitable applicants as Teach Intern for the 2nd Batch of the Ogun State Teaching Experience…
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