The National Coalition of Youth and Students NACOYS, a coalition of 57 groups, has endorsed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2023 presidential election, saying he is the best qualified for the top job. In a communique read following their meeting with officials of The Progressive Project TPP, the sole coordinating body for scores of existing and upcoming pro-Osinbajo …
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Kaduna State Government has directed all public schools in the state to operate only four working days a week, between Monday to Thursday instead of the usual five working days. The directive was contained in a notice for school resumption for the second term of the 2021/2022 academic session by the state commissioner for education, Halima Lawal. The directive to …
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Trial of former Director Legal Services of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Grace Taiga, continued yesterday before Justice O. A Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja with the testimony of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, fourth prosecution witness, Aminu Lawal. At the resumed proceedings, the prosecution presented a thirteen-count amended charge which was read …
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National Assembly workers, operating under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), on Monday, embarked on a protest over the non-implementation of their minimum wage and other unpaid allowances. The aggrieved workers, who occupied the National Assembly complex chanting songs of solidarity with various placards, condemned the action of the Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) …
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Edo State Government’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative, Ossiomo Power, has concluded an agreement with the Benin Owena River Basin Authority for the supply of electricity to the authority’s facilities. Managing Director, Ossiomo Power, Dr. Uwa Igiehon, who disclosed this at the weekend, said the development is another milestone for the government-backed power initiative. According to him, “The Benin Owena …
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Nigeria’s Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo said in Azare in the Katagum Emirate Council of Bouchi State at the weekend that Nigerian cannot be separated by ethnicity, religion and class. The Vice President who premised his remark on the diverse nature of the rollcall of guests at the wedding ceremony of former Ms. Fatima Adamu, (the daughter of Mallam Adamu …
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja for Accra, Ghana this morning to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government to discuss the political situation in the Republic of Mali. Today’s meeting which is expected to be attended by leaders across the region, follows previous meetings and efforts by …
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By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, Alltimepost.com Abuja Correspondent The Palace of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II has reacted to the insult that a cross-dresser, Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, aka Bobrisky heaped on the revered King of Benin, and described it as the height of madness and a joke taken too far. Bobrisky is a Nigerian …
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Nigeria’s ant-corruption Agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has taken over from the Nigerian Navy, a vessel marked MT TIS IV laden with suspected stolen crude oil arrested by the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Soroh, at the Akassa River in Brass Local Government Area last December. Also handed over to the EFCC were twenty-two crew members of the …
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By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku If you were looking for anyone to carry out any kind of informal economic activity – artisans, welders, bricklayers, masons, technicians, farm hands, the tricycle riders – name it – chances are that you may never get a regular Benin person undertaking any of those tasks. The jobs appear too menial for them. In contradistinction however, …
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