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NISER receives grant to investigate approaches for reducing corruption in Nigeria’s public sector

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The MacArthur Foundation has awarded a research grant to the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) to empirically investigate the various definitional and social dimensions of corrupt behavior. Director-General of NISER, Prof Antonia Simbine, who spoke at the weekend said the purpose of the grant was to institutionalise behavioural change approaches for reducing corruption…

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FRSC cautions against traffic violation on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State command, has cautioned motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway against violating traffic rules. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar gave the warning in a chart with newsmen in Ota on Sunday. He expressed worry that some motorists plying the expressway violate the one-way restriction. “This attitude is causing heavy…

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Osinbajo receives Harvard Business School students, highlights commitment to integrity, transparency

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he has personal commitment to the virtues of integrity, transparency and social justice which are also virtues exhorted in the different faiths in the country. Osinbajo said this when he received a group of Harvard Business School students who visited him on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Numbering about a dozen, the students who are…

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Tinubu extols Sultan of Sokoto Sa’ad Abubakar at 66

All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has sent his special goodwill message to the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on his 66th birthday. Asiwaju in a statement by his Media Office extolled the 20th Sultan of Sokoto for his exemplary leadership as a preeminent traditional ruler and spiritual head of Muslim Ummah in Nigeria…

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Oyetola felicitates with Sultan on 66th birthday

Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, has felicitated with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on the occasion of his 66th birthday anniversary. Oyetola in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, described the foremost traditional ruler as an exemplary leader and bridge builder who continues to promote national unity, tolerance, peace and security of the…

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FG inaugurates Council on public-private partnership

Collaboration between the Federal Government and the private sector will not only ensure effective coordination of the infrastructure development across the nation, and all sectors of the economy, it will also bridge the nation’s infrastructure gaps, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.This is a major reason why the Buhari administration has set up the National Council on Infrastructure, the…

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Young Nigerians starved of heroes to emulate – Chimamanda

Award winning author Chimamanda Adichie says youths in Nigeria are starved of heroes to look up to. Adichie was speaking while delivering keynote address at the Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Bar Association in Lagos on Monday. The meeting has as theme “Bold Transitions”. “We are starved of heroes. Our young people do not find people to look up…

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FG asks ASUU to consider plight of students, call off strike

The Minister of State for Education Goodluck Nanah Opiah says members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities should consider the plight of Nigerian students who have been home for six months and call off their ongoing strike. Opiah who was spewing to journalists in Owerri, said the government cannot afford to pay workers who have not been to work…

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