BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Niger State Ministry of Education has disclosed that low-risk boarding secondary schools in rural areas are to run as day schools while high-risk schools remain closed even as the schools reopen in phases in the state today. The Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Hannatu Jibril Salihu, in a statement yesterday announced the reopening […]
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BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Thursday announced that it had restored power supply to Maiduguri, Borno State, and its environs. It said electricity was restored in the state on Wednesday around 3:51 pm despite the security challenges in the area. It said bulk power supply was presently being transmitted through a
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BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu on Thursday accused states of not fully cooperating with the Federal Government in the battle against insecurity. He canvassed “community participation” through the involvement of traditional rulers to secure the country from all forms of criminality. According to him, security should not be left entirely in the
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BY DEJI OGUNSOLA A lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Dr. Jones Ayauwo, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen three weeks ago in the Khana Local Government Area of the state has regained his freedom. This came barely one week after students of the University, especially his students at the Department of
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BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading, a bill for the establishment of the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences in Iyin, Ekiti State. The proposed law for the establishment of the institution was sponsored by the Senator representing Ekiti Central, Opeyemi Bamidele. Bamidele said the Ekiti State Government has
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BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The federal government has tabled a list of requests it wants Ngozi Okojo-Iweala to help address as Director General of World Trade Organization (WTO). First, Nigeria wants Ngozi Okojo-Iweala to support the nation’s push for the country’s gas to be classified as transition energy. Minister of finance Mrs. Zainab Ahmed made the
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BY DEJI OGUNSOLA President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday took a major step towards the reorganisation of agencies under the Ministry of Aviation. Leading the pack was the appointment of Professor Bako Mansur Matazu as new Director-General of the Nigeria Meteorological Agency, (NIMET). Buhari also approved the appointment of Captain Modibbo Alkali Mahmud as the new
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BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Lagos State Government has affirmed Chief Anthony Folami as Baale of Kirikiri in the Oriade Local Council Development Area, (LCDA). The government said its decision followed a painstaking deliberation and examination of the Obas and Chiefs Law, and Customary Law of the Kirikiri community. It directed the Chairman of the LCDA,
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BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Teachers recruited by the Ondo State government under the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) have started collecting their appointment letters. The successful teachers were given their appointment letters after the conduct of an online examination. Chief Press Secretary to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Olabode Richard Olatunde, who confirmed the distribution of the
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BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has reappointed billionaire businesswoman, Dr Folorunso Alakija as Chancellor of Osun State University for another five years. A statement by the University’s Public Relation Officer, Mr Adesoji Ademola on Monday, made available to newsmen stated that her reappointment was based on her track record as a
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