Month: March 2022
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FG To Train 50,000 Non-Graduate N-Power Beneficiaries
Federal Government has approved the engagement of four of its agencies to train 50,000 Non-Graduate N-Power beneficiaries. At the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday, the National Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Industrial Training Fund (ITF), National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, Hydraulic Equipment Development Institute (HEDI) were given the nod to train the beneficiaries for…
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Tinubu Donates Leadership Centre Worth N1 Billion To LASU
National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has donated a Centre of Leadership Development worth one billion naira to Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo. LASU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, announced the donation at the 25th convocation lecture of LASU on Thursday. The theme of the Convocation Lecture was: “Global Trends: Nigeria and its…
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Convention: President Buhari, APC Governors Agree on Unity list
The Nation To ensure a hitch-free convention on Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari and governors elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket agreed on a unity list based on consensus. At a meeting held at the Presidential Villa with 16 governors in attendance, Buhari expressed his preference for a former Nasarawa State Governor Senator Abdullahi…
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OAU VCship Tussle: Ile-Ife People Ought To Have Denounced Protesters For Such ‘Crazy’ Agitation, Wole Soyinka Talks Tough
Globally revered Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has reacted to the the protests staged by some Ile Ife indigenes over the appointment of Prof. Adebayo Bamire as Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). Soyinka lambasted the protesters, saying Ile Ife people ought to have denounced the protesters for such “crazy” agitation. The protesters…
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Osun Traditional Worshipers State Position on Invasion of OAU Campus by ‘Sacrifice-carrying’ Protesters
Following the invasion of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife by some displeased indigenes of Ile-Ife with some fetish items over the announcement of Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire as the new Vice Chancellor of the institution on Thursday, The leadership and the entire members of the Traditional Religion Worshippers Association, State of Osun (TRAWSO), which is…
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Reps To Probe Multiple Fees Imposed by JAMB on UTME Candidates
Punch Newspaper The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the multiple fees being imposed on candidates of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME . At the plenary on Wednesday, the House mandated its Committee on Basic Education to “investigate the multiple processing and/or administrative fees imposed by JAMB and its accredited agents on JAMB candidates.”…
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OAU VCship Tussle: Ooni Warns Indegenes, Residents of Ile-Ife
Foremost traditional monarch, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has cautioned aggrieved indigenes and residents of the ancient town not to take laws into their hands over their dissatisfaction with the process that led to the selection of the new Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The monarch who dropped the warning…
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2023: Northern Pastors To Hold One-million-man Prayer Rally For Tinubu
Some Christian Pastors from the Northern part of the country have announced plans to hold a one-million-man prayer rally for the national leader of All Progressives Congress party, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The group led by one Bishop Sunday Garuba said the move is divine. In a statement on Tuesday, Garuba stated that Tinubu’s…
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Oyo Govt Partners American Youth Based Initiative, Carrington Fellowship Network
Oyo State Government has partnered an American youth-based initiative, Carrington Fellowship Network, CFN, to upskill young Oyo indigenes to maximise the numerous opportunities available for young people for the development of the State. The government let this out through the Ministry for Youth and Sports, under the leadership of Engr. ‘Seun Fakorede, MNSE, in a…
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Hushpuppi: Court Fixes New Date To Hear Suit Seeking Extradition of Abba Kyari
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed April 27th to hear the application seeking the extradition of the suspended ‘super cop’ , Abba Kyari to the United States of America, USA, to face trial over his alleged involvement with a notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. Kyari, a deputy…