Gbemisola Ojerinde
11 Nov
Experts have lamented that the rising cost of building materials is derailing projects, causing developers to cut corners and abandon projects in the country.
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The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB), said it has shortlisted 1,811 applicants for employment. A statement from the Press Secretary, Aminat Atere, on Tuesday in Ilorin said the shortlisted were from the 55,713 applicants from across the state. ”The breakdown includes 1,500 teachers, mostly from STEM subjects, and 311 non-teaching staff comprising drivers,…
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Guangzhou FC, China's most successful football team and former Asian champions, have been thrown out of the country's professional leagues because of "heavy historical debt", the club say.
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Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has decried the spate of vandalism of public facilities in the state, especially transformers. Eno said this when he received the new Commissioner of Police (CP) for the state, Mr Baba Azare, who paid him courtesy visit on Tuesday in Uyo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
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Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to lead a Vatican department, naming the first woman head of the office that oversees the world's Catholic religious orders and congregations.
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Director General, Labour Party Directorate of Mobilization and Integration, Marcel Ngogbehei, has called on President Bola Tinubu to publicly reprimand the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, over his alleged threat to Peter Obi, the Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate. The LP Chieftain said such a public intervention is necessary to demonstrate…
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The Police Command in Ebonyi on Tuesday, said it arrested no fewer than 1, 270 suspects in connection with various offences in 2024. DSP Joshua Ukandu, Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki that the suspects were arrested in different locations across the 13 Local Government Areas of…
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Electricity Consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried the planned power interruption, while appealing to relevant authorities to hasten relocation process. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) had announced an impending power interruption in parts of its franchise areas between Jan. 6 and Jan. 21.…
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Bauchi State Police Command has said that 18 of its personnel faced disciplinary measures in 2024, with one of them being dismissed
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Retired military personnel barricaded the entrance to the Ministry of Finance in Abuja on Tuesday, demanding the full payment of their long-overdue entitlements. The retirees set up canopies and positioned chairs to block the ministry's entrance. This protest comes after a similar one in December 2024, when the retirees shut down the ministry to protest…