The Nation Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has urged the Federal Government to prioritise cutting down the high cost of education instead of the loans it is proposing to give to students. The Senate President of the NANS, Henry Okuomo, gave this advice on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily. Okuomo said a reduction in the costs of education would be more profitable to Nigerian students, as against loans that may not be paid back due to the high rate of unemployment. “For now, we don’t know who the beneficiaries of those loans are. We don’t…
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Residents of Dada Estate, Olorunsogo area and Halleluyah town in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State have dismissed speculations of an impending communal crisis. It was alleged that a crisis was brewing between the two towns following the recent coronation of the Ajeniju of Halleluyah town, Oba Yusuf Jelili Olaiya. The residents dismissed the speculations circulating on some social media platforms, describing them as baseless and “lies from the pit of hell.” The Ikolaba of Ajeniju town, Chief Kolawole Alabi, who is also a resident of Halleluyah town, explained that the installation of Oba Yusuf Jelili Olaiya would only…
Kalu Aja, a financial analyst and educator, has stated that the country would be in a better position if President Bola Tinubu’s administration and the National Assembly had deployed CNG buses with the same urgency as they did the presidential jet. Aja made this comment in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Friday. “If the NASS and the presidency used the same speed and focus to deploy CNG buses as they did with the new Presidential Private Jet, we would all be in a better place,” he said. DAILY POST reported that many Nigerians reacted with outrage…
Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, has congratulated Ademola Lookman for joining all-time Nigeria men’s Ballon d’Or nominees. Recall that Lookman was recently named in the 30-man shortlist of nominees for the 2024 Ballon d’Or award. The Atalanta forward was selected among world class players like Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, Rodri and Jude Bellingham in the list. The Nigeria international made the headlines around the world, after he scored a remarkable hat-trick as Atalanta beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final few months ago. Last year, Lookman’s international team-mate Victor Osimhen, finished in 8th place in the Ballon…
The Plateau State Police Command on Friday paraded 18 suspects for crimes ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, and defilement of minors, among others. This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Emmanuel Adesina, while parading the suspects at the police headquarters in Jos. He said, “On 24/08/2024 at about 4:30 pm, one Victoria Livinus and one Kauna Stephen, both females of Tudun Wada, Jos, reported at the ‘A’ Division Police Station that one Miracle Igwbuike, male, 16 years old, of the same address, had been having carnal knowledge of their daughters: Josephine Livinus, 9 years old, Jennifer…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed the appeal by governorship aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Arthur Esene and Anselm Ojezua, seeking the disqualification of the party’s candidate in the forthcoming September 21 governorship election, Asue Ighodalo. In the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/863/2024, Esene and Ojezua had prayed to the Court of Appeal to set aside the April 17 judgment by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which dismissed their suit for being statute-barred. Justice Omotosho had also held that not only did they fail to prove their claim that Ighodalo…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has approved a work-from-home arrangement for civil servants in the state. The arrangement is aimed at further cushioning the effect of the current economic situation on workers in the state. According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode, under the new arrangement, officers on levels 01-07 will work from home three days a week. Also, officers on levels 08-12 are to work from home two days a week, while officers on levels 13-17 will work from home once a week. The new arrangement, which commences on…
The Federal Government says only public servants with duly registered National Identification Numbers, NIN, will be allowed to purchase bag of rice at N40,000 The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari made this known while flagging off the sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice, adding that the move was to curtail racketeering. Kyari, who said that the intervention will be sold strictly one man to one bag or one woman to one bag, also stated that the move is part of efforts to crash the prices of food in Nigerian markets. According to him, the rice,…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said it has discovered secret detention centers where Nigerian security forces have allegedly been detaining some Biafra activists. In a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, the group explained that it wishes to inform the public about the horrible human rights abuses, maltreatment of innocent people, torture, organ racketeering, and forceful disappearances happening at these detention centers. Some of the secret detention centers, as alleged by IPOB, include: Wawa Military Base; Kanji Dam Detention Center; Niger State Barracks and Prison; DSS Headquarters, Abuja; Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Abattoir, Abuja; Tiger Base Police Detention,…
Al-Ittihad’s new signing, Steven Bergwijn, has hit back at Ronald Koeman after the Netherlands manager brutally axed him from the national team’s sqaud. Koeman had announced his Netherlands squad for their upcoming UEFA Nations League fixtures against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday and Germany on Tuesday. However, the former Barcelona manager omitted Bergwijn from squad. Koeman also slammed Bergwijn’s decision to leave Ajax for Al-Ittihad, insisting that the former Tottenham Hotspur player won’t play for the Netherland again while he is manager. But Bergwijn, who was part of the Netherlands squad that reached the semi-finals of Euro 2024 earlier this…