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Nine more motorists in Edo State have completed various forms of community service for flouting road traffic rules and regulations in Benin City, the Edo State capital, following the adoption of this method of punishment by the Edo State Traffic Control and Management Agency (EDTSMA). Seven offenders, who last week flouted traffic rules in Benin…
…Chief lecturers set for inaugural lectures The Management of the Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, has announced academic and non-academic staff promotion for 2017 and 2018 after due approvals from the state government, with two lecturers climbing to the Chief Lecturer cadre. General Manager of Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS), Mr. Ransly Abu-Osagie (right), addressing pioneer students…
Owerri – Gov Rochas Okorocha has said that the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport is ready and will be inaugurated in the second week of May, President Muhammdu Buhari receives in audience Governor Rochas Okorochas of Imo State in State House on 1st April 2019 The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo…
By Ikechukwu Odu NSUKKA —The Vice Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, has lauded the Faculty of Arts of the University for rejuvenating the spirit of research and intellectualism in the university. The Deputy Vice Chancellor of UNN, Prof. Charles Igwe(middle); the dean, Faculty of Arts, UNN, Prof. Nnanyelugo Okoro (3rd left);…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, says the bank has registered eight companies to carry out Cash-In-Transit (CIT) as part of key policy measures towards promoting effective and efficient currency management in the country. Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele Emefiele, who was represented by the…
Houston Police Department has arrested Dafe Sejebor, former group general manager of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), over his alleged involvement in human trafficking. Sejebor was arrested along 46 others in an investigation that lasted 10 days with focus on Fort Bend County and the Katy areas of Texas. Sejebor was retired from NAPIMS, a…
By Emmanuel ElebekeABUJA – After the Friday’s meeting that ended in deadlock, the Federation Account and Allocation Committee, FAAC on Tuesday shared the sum of N617,566billion to the three tiers of government for the month of March. The amount includes N446,647billion from gross statutory revenue, N88,494 billion from Value Added Tax, VAT and additional funds…
Dear Bunmi, I have just come out of a marriage that lasted almost 12 years. It was an amicable separation and I’m not interested in getting seriously involved with anyone, but I recently had some one-night stands which I’ve handled badly. I’m not sure what’s expected of me any more, the dating scene seems to…
…says investor interest increases to $90.9bnBy Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – VICE President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday said that Nigeria has spent over N3.5 trillion from the National budgets to infrastructure in the last three years. VP Osinbajo The Vice President also said that Investor-interest was on the rise in Nigeria based on the tracking of investment…
Dear Bunmi, I’m an old-fashioned man and like to treat a woman correctly. I have a good job and I recently re-located to the country. I open doors for my girlfriends and hate to see a woman carrying heavy bags. But I find women don’t accept my chivalry and prefer men who treat them badly….