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Lagos pays N740m pension backlog

25.10.2024
The Lagos State Government has paid N740 million accrued pension rights to another set of 348 retirees. The Director General, Lagos State Pension Commission, Babalola Obilana, confirmed this at the 107th batch retirement bond certificate presentation ceremony on Friday in Lagos. Obilana said the payment was for the retirees’ past service benefits before the start...
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UNIBEN appoints new VC

25.10.2024
The management of the University of Benin has appointed Professor Edoba Omoregie, a specialist in constitutional law and governance, as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The Chairman of the Governing Council of the university, Professor Shaibu Umaru, announced the appointment on Friday in Benin. Umaru stated that Omoregie emerged as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of...
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Bianca’s appointment laudable move by Tinubu – APGA

25.10.2024
The factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Mr. Sly Ezeokenwa, has lauded the appointment of Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu as minister of State for Foreign Affairs. According to him, the move by the President is audacious and laudable Ezeokenwa, who was elected as APGA National Chairman in 2023 following the completion of a...
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Ondo poll: Aiyedatiwa promises developmental projects

25.10.2024
As political parties in Ondo State continue their campaigns ahead of the governorship election in November, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has promised to spread developmental projects to all the nooks and crannies of the state. The governor who had visited the Ifedore and Akoko South East and Akoko South-West Local Government Areas of the state on...
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Benue promises to domesticate disability act

25.10.2024
The Benue State Government has pledged to domesticate the Disability Act in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Deborah Aber, gave this assurance on Thursday when she received the Executive Director of the Inclusive Friends Association, Grace Jerry, and her team in her office. Aber acknowledged the importance of the Act and commended...
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Alleged rape: Court discharges UNIBEN lecturer

25.10.2024
An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, on Friday, discharged and acquitted a lecturer with the University of Benin, Dr Omowumi Steven, who was standing trial for alleged sexual assault (rape) of a 400 Level female student of the university. The senior lecturer in the Department of English and Literature, University of Benin, was...
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Sokoto APC hails Tinubu over cabinet reshuffle 

25.10.2024
The All Progressive Congress party in Sokoto State has commended President Bola Tinubu for giving the state an additional ministerial slot. The President in his recent cabinet reshuffle recently nominated the former Minister for Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, as the Minister of State for Labour while also redeploying Muhammad Goronyo from the Ministry of State...
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Digital literacy key to combating disinformation, says minister

25.10.2024
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, emphasised the critical role of digital literacy in tackling misinformation and promoting responsible media use. Idris spoke at the celebration of National Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2024, in Abuja on Friday. The event, themed “New Digital Frontiers of Information: Media and Information Literacy for...
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Court rejects Rivers’ bid to block fund allocation suit

25.10.2024
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, denied a request by the Rivers State Government to stay proceedings in a suit seeking to halt the allocation of funds to the 23 Local Government Areas in Rivers State. The presiding judge, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, dismissed the request after hearing arguments from the State’s counsel, Gordy...
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‘Efunroye: The Unicorn’: Nollywood actress, Faithia Williams, clarifies movie intent amid online backlash

25.10.2024
Popular Nollywood actress Faithia Williams late Thursday disclosed the intentions behind her upcoming biopic movie titled ‘Efunroye: The Unicorn.’ The movie has gained a large reaction on Nigerian social media space, especially X (formerly Twitter), as some netizens have given different views about the history surrounding the movie’s main character, Efunroye Tinubu. Tinubu (c. 1805–1887)...
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