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Convocation: FUOYE rewards three humanists with PhDs for selfless service

Federal University Oye-Ekiti, (FUOYE), is rewarding selfless service to humanity by honouring exemplary personalities who have genuinely dedicated their lives in service to the nation. This, the university is doing by honouring three outstanding personalities including 86-year old Imam Abubakar Abdullahi who had saved 262 Christians that would have been killed by insurgents in northern…

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How Ajimobi’s lack of internal democracy pulled me out of APC, says ex-reps member, Awoleye

A former House of Representatives member, Hon. Dada Awoleye has described how the immediate-past Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi pulled him out of All Progressives Congress (APC) party adding that Ajimobi was not a true democrat who doesn’t believed in internal democracy, LiveTimesng reports. He made this known on Wednesday in Ibadan, while speaking…

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21 Ibadan kings may drop their crowns as Makinde, Ladoja set to settle out of court

The 21 kings installed by former Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s administration two years ago amid controversies may lose their crowns soon, it was learnt on Wednesday, The Nation report. Ajimobi, in a well-attended ceremony, handed the instruments of office to the kings in August 27, 2017 at the historic Mapo Hall, Ibadan. It followed…

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I’ll pursue youth development programmes beyond sports – Sunday Dare

The new Minister of Youth Development and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare, on Wednesday said his office will design programmes that would ensure the development of youth beyond sports. Dare stated this when he officially resumed at the ministry shortly after his inauguration by President Muhammadu Buhari. “I am not unaware of the challenges facing the…

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Army dismisses Lance Cpl. Ajayi Johnson who allegedly killed Abia motorcycle rider

The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has dismissed Lance Cpl. Ajayi Johnson, who allegedly killed a commercial motorcyclist, Mr. Chimaobi Nwaogu, at Umoukereke Ngwa in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State. The Deputy Director, Public Relations of the Division, Col. Aliyu Yusuf, announced this in a statement issued in Enugu on Wednesday. Yusuf…

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Woman allegedly kills eight-year-old daughter for stealing N350

The Plateau High Court on Wednesday ordered that a 37-year-old woman, Adeyola Afonja, who allegedly beat her eight-year-old daughter to death for stealing N350, be remanded in prison custody. The Police charged Afonja, who resides in Etobaba Village, Jos North, with culpable homicide, an offence punishable with death if convicted. Justice S.P. Gang gave the…

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Nigerians to pay more for electricity consumption

The Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has increased the tariff payable by power consumers across the country. Findings from various documents obtained from the NERC on Wednesday in Abuja showed that beginning from next year, power consumers will have to pay an additional sum of between N8 and N14 for every kilowatt-hour…

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Apply for ongoing government job recruitments in Nigeria with attractive renumeration

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) Latest Recruitment 2019 Apply here Quanlee Overseas Warehouse Nigeria Limited : Latest Recruitment (37 Openings) Apply here Mass Recruitment at The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Apply here Vacancies in a Paints and Allied Products Manufacturing Company ( 7 positions ) Apply here Ibadan Electricity Distribution…

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Aregbesola confesses: ‘I don’t know anything about Interior ministry

The newly appointed Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said he knows little about the policies and operations of his ministry, adding that all he knows about the ministry was what he read in the newspapers. He said this when he visited the ministry shortly after he was inaugurated and assigned a portfolio alongside…

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Nigerian Army expresses worry over Wadume’s confession, says it puts Army in bad light

The Joint Investigative Panel set up by the Defence Headquarters to unravel the circumstances surrounding killings of three Police detectives and a civilian in Taraba during an encounter with troops of the 93 Battalion is worried over the trending confessional video of the principal suspect in the case, Alhaji Hamisu Bala popularly known as Wadume,…

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