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Tuesday, 16 May 2017 03:10

FG establishes website, reactivates YouTube

The Federal Government is set to establish a website and reactivate its YouTube account to provide access to the public for authentic information on its activities. Mr Tolu Ogunlesi, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on digital and New media said in Abuja on Monday that the YouTube account would be reactivated very soon while the website would be ready by the end of June. “We have a YouTube account; it has not been active but one of the things we are working on over the next few weeks is to reactivate the page and upload our videos. “Meanwhile, our…

Tuesday, 16 May 2017 03:08

FG shops for replacement as 16 perm secs retire

Sixteen Federal Permanent Secretaries are due for retirement this year, Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF) Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita revealed yesterday in Abuja. She was speaking at the send-off ceremony for Permanent Secretary Common Services Office, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), Dr Saheed Yemi Adelakun, who retired after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60. While the details of the affected PS were not available as at the time of going to the press, Adelakun’s retirement brings the number of retired PS to four as, the PS Federal Ministry of Information and…

Tuesday, 16 May 2017 03:04

We have ‘water-tight’ case against Sanusi's Kano Emirate Council – Anti-corruption chief

Kano State anti-graft agency said on Monday that it has a water-tight case against the state’s emirate council. NAN quotes Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhyi Gado, as saying that though it has a strong case against the emirate council, the probe will remain suspended to avoid concurrent investigation. The probe was suspended after Kano State House of Assembly also said it was going to investigate the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi. The anti-graft agency was investigating allegations that the emirate council mismanaged N6 billion of its funds, an allegation the council denied, providing details of…

Tuesday, 16 May 2017 03:02

S/West states to hold lying-in-state for Adebayo in Ibadan

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Activities marking the final burial rites of a former military governor of the defunct Western region, Major General Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd),‎ will commence on Thursday, with a lying-in-state at the House of Chiefs, Parliamentary Building, Ibadan. Gen. Adebayo died on 8 March, 2017 at the age of 89, a day before his 90th birthday. Secretary to Oyo State Government (SSG), Mr Olalekan Alli, while addressing a press conference in Ibadan on Monday, said all six states in the South West region would participate actively in the funeral programmes of the former military governor. ‎He said all the…

Tuesday, 16 May 2017 03:01

Ekiti names Govt House, hospital after Gen. Adebayo

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has directed that the new Government House, Oke Ayaba, in Ado Ekiti be named after former Governor of the Old Western Region, late Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo (retd.) The governor has also threatened to prosecute husbands who beat their wives, saying the state would not condone violence against women. Fayose stated this at a meeting with beneficiaries of the state’s N5,000 social welfare scheme at the Government House in Ado Ekiti on Monday. Urging the people to troop out to attend the state burial of Adebayo on Friday, Fayose said, “I have also directed that…

Tuesday, 16 May 2017 03:00

Osun Assembly rejects one commissioner nominee, approves 38

Osun State House of Assembly on Monday confirmed 38 out of 39 cabinet nominees submitted by Governor Rauf Aregbesola. The nominees were confirmed following a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Mr Timothy Owoeye, and seconded by the Minority Leader, Mr Akinwale Akinwole. Speaker of the assembly, Mr Najeem Salaam, directed the governor to proceed with the swearing-in of the nominees, having found them worthy of confirmation. Salaam, however, urged the nominees to operate an open-door policy and shun corruption. He advised the nominees to bring in new ideas to governance in order to rekindle the hope of the people…

Tuesday, 16 May 2017 02:58

JAMB: UTME candidates complain of poor network, other challenges

Candidates who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Delta on Monday complained of poor network during the examination. The candidates told NAN in Asaba in separate interviews that they also experienced malfunctioning mouse and computers that took too long to boot. Chukwuemeka Chijindu said that the poor network might have adverse impact on his result. Adeola Ayeni, however, said that she was lucky that her computer worked well but that some other candidates were not so lucky as they had to shake the computers vigorously before they responded. According to her, all candidates in the hall were…

Monday, 15 May 2017 17:08

Ignore fake news, “Nothing unpleasant has happened” to Buhari – Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari is alive and well, his spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu clarified on Sunday night. In a series of tweets on his verified twitter handle, Shehu asked Nigerians to ignore rumours to the contrary. “Baseless rumors are trending again that an unpleasant thing has happened to our beloved President, Muhammadu Buhari,” Shehu said. “If you have received this information on WhatsApp or Facebook, disregard it bcos it is plain lies spread by vested interests to create panic. “Nothing unpleasant has happened to the President. No cause for apprehension. Thanks for the many calls.” President Buhari travelled to London late…

Monday, 15 May 2017 17:00

France's new president wastes no time: names PM, sees Merkel

French President Emmanuel Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, being greeted on a red carpet outside the chancellery with military honors on a busy first full day in office that started with his naming 46-year-old lawmaker Edouard Philippe as his new prime minister. Appointing Philippe to the top job in his government ticked several boxes for Macron, at 39 France's youngest president, who took power on Sunday. Philippe's age reinforced the generational shift in France's corridors of power and the image of youthful vigor that Macron is cultivating. Philippe is also relatively unknown to voters,…

Monday, 15 May 2017 03:25

First Class galore as 16 varsities award 3,499 first class degrees in 5yrs

Sixteen Nigerian universities have produced a total of 3499 first class graduates in the last five years, Daily Trust investigation has shown. The first five generation universities graduated 1, 661 students with the first class degrees within the period, nearly half the total. These are University of Lagos; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife; University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Univeristy of Ibadan and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Within the same period, seven private universities established less than two decades ago produced a total of 1,161 first class graduates. These are Covenant, Afe Babalola, Oduduwa, Babcock, Redeemers, Baze and Nigeria Turkish Nile University.…

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Monday, 15 May 2017 03:22

Unpaid soldiers write open letter to Buhari

Nigerian soldiers of Battalion 38, United Nation Mission in Liberia, UNMIL, who recently came back from a peacekeeping mission have allegedly written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari expressing dissatisfaction over non-payment of their five-month allowances. The troops threatened to take law into their hands if the issue of their outstanding allowances by the Nigerian Army is not resolved. They also urged the president to take his anti-corruption war to the armed forces. UNMIL, is a peacekeeping force established in 2003 to monitor a cease fire agreement in Liberia. Nigeria had deployed 700 soldiers and officers for peace-keeping operations…

Monday, 15 May 2017 03:21

France's Macron takes power, vows to heal division, restore global status

Emmanuel Macron took power as president of France on Sunday, vowing to restore the country's status in Europe and the world and heal divisions in society -- a nod to the bitter campaign the pro-EU centrist fought to defeat a far-right leader. The 39-year-old former investment banker, unknown to the wider public three years ago and whose May 7 election marked a meteoric rise to power, was inaugurated leader of the world's fifth-largest economy in a solemn Elysee Palace ceremony. In his first words after taking office, he pledged to restore France's standing on the world stage, strengthen national self-confidence…

Monday, 15 May 2017 03:18

5% reduction in average speed reduces crash fatality by 80 per cent – FRSC

Reduction of average speed by mere five per cent could reduce fatality of accident by 80 per cent in an event of automobile crash, Mr David Mendie, Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps in Gombe, said on Sunday. Mendie, who stated this during a Thanksgiving service at the Saint James Catholic Church, Gombe, marking the end of United Nation’s 4th Global Road Safety Week, said a credible research had proved so. “Research has so much said that if an average speed is cut by five per cent, there is tendency for the reduction of fatality by 80 per cent…

Monday, 15 May 2017 03:17

Oyo commences free medical services

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Oyo State government on Sunday announced that another series of Governor Abiola Ajimobi Free Health Mission (Free Medical services) will start on Monday, May 15, 2017 at the Adeoyo Maternity Teaching hospital, Yemetu Ibadan, as part of events commemorating the sixth anniversary of the Abiola Ajimobi administration. The free Health Mission, which involves free surgical services, screening and treatment of high blood pressure, diabetics, malaria, family planning, HIV screening, immunization and vitamin A for children under one year, will hold across the six geo-political zones of the state. State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye…

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