Education

NYSC DG Bemoans Declining Welfare for Corps Members 

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By Adenitan Akinola The Director General, DG of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed has expressed worry over the declining welfare provision for corps members by their employers. The Director General while delivering a keynote address during the 2023 Corps Continue Reading

Health

Don’t create unnecessary panic, share only verified information – NCDC DG

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By Nafiu Busari The Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa says the purported new Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, named BA.2.86 is not in Nigeria. It also denied any increase in cases of COVID-19 in the country. In a statement on the new COVID-19 variant, Dr Adetifa […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

2023: Media Executives, Stakeholders Strategise

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All is now set for the opening of a two-day workshop in Lagos organised by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, on Broadcast Ecology and Politics in Nigeria. Participants are drawn from the academia, political class, media, judiciary, youth organisations, members of the executive and the legislative arms of government and broadcasters including the Zonal Continue Reading

Agriculture

Seed Council To Establish Zonal Seed Multiplication Laboratories

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In a bid to enhance the multiplication of quality seeds, the National Agriculture Seed Council, NASC is to establish tissue culture laboratories in all the geo-political zones of the country. The Director-General, NASC, Dr. Olusegun Ojo stated this at the formal opening of training organized in conjunction with the Department of Crop Protection and Environmental […]Continue Reading

Judiciary

Court Orders FG, DSS To Pay Igboho 20 Billion In Damages

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An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered the Federal Government, the Director General, Department of State Security, DSS, and the DSS Director in Oyo State to pay 20 billion naira exceptional and aggravated damage over the unlawful invasion of the residence of Sunday Adeyemo “Igboho” in Ibadan. The court also granted all the […]Continue Reading

Politics

Abiodun Seeks FG’s Support Over Tongeji Island

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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called on the Federal Government to join hands with his adminstration towards giving the residents of oil-rich Tongeji Island a sense of belonging and make life more comfortable for them. Governor Abiodun made the call in Abeokuta at the opening of a two-day interactive session of National Boundary […]Continue Reading

Crime

83 Person Rescued In 3 Years – NAPTIP DG

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Eighty-three persons have been rescued from trafficking in Ondo State in the last three years while three suspected traffickers are currently being prosecuted at various courts in the state. The Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Mrs Julie Okah-Donli made this known when she paid a visit to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in Continue Reading

Economy

Oyo Govt Signs MoU on 5 Billion naira Real Estate Investments

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Oyo State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four private investors in Nigeria towards the development of real estate in the state through concessional agreement. Five billion naira is to be injected into the real estate sector of the state’s economy aimed at ameliorating the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, among other steps […]Continue Reading

Health

Illicit Drugs: NAFDAC Boss Seeks Governors’ Support

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The Director General, National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye wants state governors to partner the agency on drugs and food security and the task of curbing illicit drugs in the country. Professor Adeyeye stated this when she paid a courtesy call on the governor of Oyo state, Engineer […]Continue Reading