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The Oyo State government has announced a shift in the timetable for its ongoing teachers’ recruitment interview. The exercise, initially scheduled to be held on Tuesday, August 20, has been rescheduled to Monday, August 26, to coincide with the celebration of Isese Day, a public holiday in the state. Isese Day, observed annually on August…
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The Nigerian Army said its troops have in a series of coordinated counter-insurgency operations neutralized five terrorists, while 44 others surrendered to the troops on Monday in Borno. The Nigerian army made this known in a post on its official X Handle on Tuesday. It said the troops also recovered bombs, arms, ammunition, and rustled…
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The Federal Ministry of Education has released JSS 1 admission into Unity Colleges for the 2024–2025 session. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. The statement was signed by the ministry’s Director Press and Public Relations, Mrs Folasade Boriowo. ”Following the announcement of successful conduct of the Common…
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The Nigerian telecom sector is in dire straits, according to MTN Nigeria CEO, Karl Toriola.Speaking at a telecom investment
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa State has given reasons why it will boycott the forthcoming Jigawa State Local Government Election billed for October 5th, 2024. PDP chairman in Jigawa State Ali Diginsa in a statement indicated that the PDP as a party is not convinced that the Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC)…
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Women in Uba-Oka Akoko in Akoko South West Local Council Area of Ondo State, on Tuesday, protested against the killing of a farmer in the community, Sunday Ayeni. The women, who were half naked, marched to the palace of the Olubaka of Oka-Akoko, Oba Adebori Adeleye, to express their grievances over the gruesome killing of…
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Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr. Olufemi Abaniwonda, on Tuesday, revealed how the kidnapped former House of Representatives member, Joan Onyemachi Mrakpor, was released in Bayelsa State, 10 days after she was abducted in neighboring Delta State. Mrakpor, a two-time member of the Delta State House of Assembly, was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Tuesday,…
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The Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, (NELFUND), Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr has revealed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has injected a total of N50billion into the scheme. Sawyerr who made this revelation on Tuesday in Abuja when he led his management team to the corporate headquarters of…
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The federal government has restated its resolve to hit the target of 6000 megawatts of electricity by the end of 2024. The Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, stated this while on a working tour of Calabar Generation Company, a subsidiary of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), yesterday in Odukpani Local Government Area, Cross…
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A violent clash between suspected members of the Vikings and Iceland cult groups at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni in Obio-Akpor Council of the state has left one person feared dead and several others injured. The bloody confrontation occurred on Monday during the Students' Week celebrations at the Rumuolumeni campus, with eyewitnesses reporting that…
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The Secretary General of Afenifere, Olusola Ebiseni, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party ahead of the off-cycle governorship election in Ondo State. Ebiseni, who lost the ticket of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) during the primaries in April, picked a chieftain of the party and former Commissioner for Youths and Sports,…