Driven by the desire to provide quality education, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced the total abolition of all forms of fees and levies in public primary and secondary schools across the state. Governor Wike directed State-Owned Primary and Secondary Schools to stop collecting fees and levies from students and pupils with immediate effect. […]
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Nigerian internet were on Monday divided, after Tonye Cole, billionaire politician, shared his flight experience on how Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, was asked to vacate a seat by a young passenger. Mr. Tonye Cole who is the co-founder and former group executive director of Sahara Group and Energy, had taken to his Instagram page to […]
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Olisa Metuh, the Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who is standing trial for money laundering has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the N400m project fund for which he is standing trial was paid to him by former President Goodluck Jonathan and not the former National Security Adviser, […]
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The President of Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan has withdrawn the appointment of Festus Adedayo, a columnist. Recall that the senate president had appointed Adedayo as his special adviser on media and publicity and also retained Olu Onemola and Tope Olowoyeye, former aides of Bukola Saraki, his predecessor. But in a statement on Thursday, Mohammed Isa, […]
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Insurgents who attacked a military base in Gajiram, the local government headquarters of Nganzai in Borno State on Monday night, reportedly looted the armoury. Spokesperson of Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Ado Isa confirmed that the troops in Gajiram had an encounter with insurgents, however, he was yet to provide details at the time of this […]
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Ousted president of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, collapsed and died during a court session on Monday, according to state TV. It is believed that the 67-year-old former leader was attending a session in his trial on espionage charges emanating from suspected contacts with Hamas, a Palestinian sect, when he fainted and then passed away. “His body […]
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A businessman, Alhaji Idris Mohammed on Friday told a Zuba Upper Area Court Abuja, that Lukman Bada, a bank manager at First City Monument Bank (FCMB), and his accomplice, Idris Yusuf defrauded him of N210 million. The police charged Bada of FCMB Bank Area 11 Abuja and Yusuf who does business at 112 T/G Shanu […]
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Antoine Griezmann will sign for Barcelona this summer, Atletico Madrid’s CEO, Gil Martin, has confirmed. According to him, the club knew Griezmann would be joining their LaLiga rivals since March. “We know since last March that Griezmann is going to Barcelona,” he told to Sport. It was reported last month, that Griezmann informed Atletico that […]
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Senators-elect Ovie Omo-Agege (APC-Delta) has been elected the deputy senate president of the 9th Senate. He defeated Senator Ike Ekeweremadu. The election followed the announcement of the position by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Mohammed Sani-Omolori at the Tuesday’s inauguration ceremony in Abuja. While Omo-Agege, who represents Delta Central Senatorial District, was nominated […]
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It is ironic that it had to take a member of the military establishment now turned democrat, that is General, now President Muhammadu Buhari for June 12 to be accorded its pride of place in the socio-political calendar of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Before now, the recognition/celebration of June 12 as a watershed in […]
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