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The Edo State Government through the Edo State Skills Development Agency also known as EdoJobs has distributed smart solar boxes to 22 youths in rural areas in the state to enable them start new enterprises or support existing businesses. A cross-section of the beneficiaries during the hand-over of smart solar boxes to beneficiaries by Edo…
• Warns: North will not give power back to South in 2023 By Dapo Akinrefon, Deputy Regional Editor, South-West CHIEF Ayo Adebanjo is a staunch Awoist, loyal to the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. In this interview, Adebanjo narrates the origin of the crisis in the Western Region, the rift between Awolowo and the late…
ENUGU- A Charity organization, Lift Saxum, in partnership with Voice Global, has initiated a programme of giving care to the elderly by training caregivers that would cater for the aged psycho-social rehabilitation and skill acquisition. Executive Director of the group, Mrs. Nwnneka Okolo said that the elderly will be taught various physical exercises, functional and…
Authorities of the Kwara state Polytechnic, (Kwarapoly) Ilorin have declared that they have not opened portal for the institution’s post-UTME screening. They therefore warned admission seekers into the institution to be wary of the activities of online scammers out to defraud them through fake websites. This is in response to some concerned parents and their…
…Says composition of insurgents now cuts across ethnic groups By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—–GOVERNOR Babagana Zulum of Borno State at the weekend faulted the recent military strategy of establishing super camps in designated areas in the fight against terrorism in the state. Zulum Gubio and Magumeri local government areas in northern Borno and other localities in…
Bayern Munich transfer target Timo Werner has signed a four-year contract extension at RB Leipzig, the Bundesliga club confirmed on Sunday. Timo Werner The announcement, which was made just before Leipzig’s first home game of the season against Eintracht Frankfurt, ends speculation that Bayern would sign Werner on a free transfer in 2020. “I am…
…Says no Igbo in Police management team By Anayo Okoli, Regional Editor, South East. ENUGU-A leading right group in the South East, International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law, Intersociety, has accused the police authorities of marginalizing the South East region in the promotion and appointment of senior police officers, lamenting that no…
There are indications that the Governing Council of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) may sack the leadership of the Senior Staff Union of Colleges of Education in Nigeria (SSUCOEN), on Monday. A dependable source informed The Nation that the decision to sack the union leaders was taken during the Council’s disciplinary committee held…
ABUJA-Respite is underway for citizen Yunusa Owolabi who is being held by International Police, INTERPOL of Moroccan government on account of controversial criminal charges preferred against him by Nigerian branch of the service. Osinbajo The family had on July 29, 2019 petitioned Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, drawing his attention to Owolabi’s plights in Morocco, pleading…
The Lagos State Government over the weekend warned the general public to desist from the act of attacking the officials of the Lagos State Fire Service and its Fire Engine or face the full wrath of the law. The Acting Head, Lagos State Fire Service, Mrs. Margret Adeseye made the warning following attack on a…