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EducationIbadan Poly Shuts Down Over Security Concerns

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 28, 2021

IBADAN — The Management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan in Oyo state has halted all activities in the institution due to security concerns and Covid regulations. Modupe Fawale, registrar of the institution disclosed this in a statement released on Sunday. The directive takes effect immediately for all activities in the institution, except the ongoing second-semester examinations. Fawale said the decision was part of efforts to monitor the security temperature within the institution. “The decision is also...

News Nigeria PoliticsObasanjo Dismisses Rumour of Buhari’s Death.

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 28, 2021

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has diminished the rumour about Buhari’s health, saying reports that the President is dead and was replaced by a certain Jubril from Sudan is untrue. Obasanjo made this clarification while speaking at a youth mentorship session in Ogun on Sunday. According to him, rumours are often peddled online and used to abuse social media. “It’s ridiculous to the extreme. But you have it in social media and you see people believing...

Accidents and Safety News11 Persons Killed in Osun Car Crash

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 27, 2021

Eleven persons died in a crash that occurred along Gbongan–Ibadan expressway in Osun state on Friday. The accident occurred at 9:21 p.m, around Ayedaade Local Government Secretariat, 5km from Sasa Bridge. This crash affected 32 adults and an infant. Of the adults, 21 persons were injured and rushed to the nearest hospital alongside the infant while the others died on the spot. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed this incident in a statement made...

Local Government Nigeria ElectionsJigawa LGA Polls: Governor Orders Announcement of Result

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 27, 2021

Jigawa State governor, Muhammad Badaru, has instructed the state’s electoral commission to declare the council election results despite the controversy surrounding the Saturday election. In a statement issued on Sunday by his media aide, Habibu Kila, the governor was quoted to have been satisfied with the result of the election. “The conduct of local government council elections in the state. The Governor says the way and manner in which people in the state conducted themselves...

Crime & SecurityDestroy Remnants of Insurgents, Yahaya Tells Soldiers

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 27, 2021

Nigeria chief of army staff, Faruk Yahaya has urged soldiers at the firing line to wipe out the remnants of Boko Haram insurgents. While addressing troops of Sector 2 joint task force of operation Hadin Kai in Damaturu, Yobe state, Yahaya assured the soldiers of improved welfare. He added that a new reward system for commendable troops will be created. A statement by Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesperson, disclosed this. “The Chief of Army Staff further...

Business Oil & GasWhy Fuel Subsidy Must Be Removed — Sylva

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 27, 2021

ABUJA — Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources has said the deregulation of the downstream sector is in Nigeria’s best interests. The minister who spoke on Sunday, at a forum hosted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja called for the deregulation of petroleum through market-driven pricing of products to boost the country’s economy. He noted that the removal of fuel subsidy is a rational move that will be beneficial to...

Crime & SecurityUse of Illicit Drugs Deadlier Than Insecurity — Buhari

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 24, 2021

The intake and trafficking of illicit drugs have been rated above the worsening security defects in the country by President Muhammadu Buhari. “Let me say that this war is more deadly than the insurgency we have in the Northeastern part of the country or the acts of banditry in the Northwest or the acts of kidnapping that transcends all the geopolitical zones of this country,” he said. The presidents who spoke at the launch of...

Labour News NigeriaNLC Threatens to Resume Strike in Kaduna

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 24, 2021

KADUNA — The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to reembark on its suspended industrial strike in Kaduna state due to a breach of the agreement by the government. The Congress had on May 18 halted all activities and embarked on five days warning strike to protest the decision of Governor Nasir El-Rufai to lay off civil servants. WAP had reported how the state government threatened to sack the protesting workers rather than discontinue the...

Law & Justice Press * MediaProposed NPC Act Amendment Has Nothing to Do With Buhari – Presidency

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 23, 2021

ABUJA — The presidency has said the move to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) act is free of President Muhammadu Buhari’s personal interest or influence. Femi Adesina, senior adviser to the president on media and publicity indicated this on Wednesday while addressing questions from the state house correspondents in Abuja. He also noted that the proposed amendment is a federal government initiative, and as such, only the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed,...

Crime & Security Education NewsInsecurity: Seven Kebbi Schools Closed Down Amid Fear

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 22, 2021

BIRNI KEBBI, (Kebbi State) —Amid the tension caused by the recent abduction of students from the federal government college in Yauri, seven schools have been closed down in Kebbi state. This development was confirmed by the chairman of the state chapter of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) Isah Arzika. According to him, the state government had ordered that schools prone to the bandits’ attack or invasion be shut down. “Government has given us an...

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