BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA THE National Examinations Council, NECO, has announced a new date for commencement of its 2020 Senior Schools Certificate Examinations, SSCE. The examinations body, in a statement, this morning by its Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, announced Monday, February 8, 2021 as the commencement date. The board said the examinations will …
BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA Several properties have been gutted in the early hours of today, in Somolu Market area of Lagos State. At press time, 7 am, emergency responders were yet to arrive at the scene. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as residents scampered to safety for dear lives. According to a …
BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA Governors of the South-West have agreed to ban all forms of open and night grazing across states within the region. This resolve was reached on Monday at a meeting between governors from the South-West region and the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association. Rising from the meeting, the chairman of the …
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BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA The Federal Government is to engage 30,000 graduates to serve as agriculture extension workers who will provide strategic support to farmers across the country. Federal government also announced that it had empowered 20 young Nigerian farmers with an initial take off grant of N30m, adding that the fund was provided through the Bank …
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BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA A Kaduna State High court presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada has ordered the Nigerian Correctional Service to evacuate the wife of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria , Zeenat Elzakzaky to an isolation centre to enable her to undergo treatment for COVID-19. Mrs Elzakzaky reportedly contracted the virus inside …
BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA A 47-year-old man, Ibrahim Issa, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for unlawfully distributing the National Identification Number (NIN) forms to applicants. The police charged Issa, with unlawful distribution of NIN forms to applicants without authority from the National Identity Management Commission. The Police Prosecutor, ASP Benson Emuerhi, alleged that …
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BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to ignore fake news making the round that it would resume its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) TODAY. The commission, on its social media on Sunday, said no date had been fixed for such exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commission …
BY-DEJI The Senate today has commenced a two-day public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill. The petroleum industry bill has lingered in the National Assembly for nearly twenty years with previous assemblies failing to pass the critical legislation. Senate President Ahmed Lawan assured that the petroleum industry bill will be passed in the first quarter …
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BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has admitted that the number of police officers manning Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre is inadequate for the city. While admitting that the State Government can do nothing to increase the number of police officers in the State, Governor Sanwo-Olu, however, assured that security officers will continue to …
BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said his administration has started making contacts with Covid vaccine manufacturers including Pfizer, Oxford–AstraZeneca, Moderna, amongst others. He said the government planned to vaccinate up to 50 per cent of the population of Lagos to develop herd immunity to the virus. The governor spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday …
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