archiveAugust 23, 2021

…says recruitment based on merit Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Monday, charged the 5,000 newly-recruited teachers and 700 non-teaching staff converted to teaching cadre to embrace professionalism in the discharge of their duties. The governor, while speaking at the Induction and Training Programme for the new teachers employed by...

 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the number of fresh registrants on its online registration portal for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), has exceeded two million. The programme was launched on June 28. INEC said this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education...

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Osun State, is witnessing a disquiet over the decision of the institution’s Senate to uphold the recommendations of an investigative committee that gave a soft landing to a lecturer indicted for sexually harassing a student. According to an exclusive report on Monday by The Nigeria...

Developing countries are expected to receive $275 billion dollars out of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) $650 billion dollars Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to be distributed among member countries based on their quota shares in the IMF. Ms Kristalina Georgieva, IMF’s Managing Director, said this in a statement on Monday,...

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, disclosed that 135 persons have died in Lagos from COVID-19 during the third wave, and not 500 as being speculated. Sanwo-Olu, who provided the COVID-19 update, said about 1000 passengers from the red zones, with high delta variant cases, have absconded. “From...

The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has pledged management’s determination to reposition the nation’s seaports for greater efficiency, safety and accountability. Bello-Koko made the pledge in a statement signed by Mr Olaseni Alakija, General Manager Corporate and Strategic Communications, on Monday in Lagos....

The National Industrial Court, Abuja division, on Monday, ordered the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend its nationwide strike. Recall that the doctors had on August 1 embarked on an indefinite strike over alleged irregular payment of salaries other issues. Despite efforts by lawmakers to mediate between the...

General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), former military head of state, has said that by the end of 2021, Nigeria will experience an economic turnaround that will bring an end to borrowing. Gowon said this on Monday when he led conveners of ‘Nigeria Prays Mission’ to seek divine intervention against security threats...

  Prof. Olayinka Kareem, the new Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has pledged to promote the Federal Government’s “Back-to-farm” policy, by transforming the faculty to an agricultural commercial hub. Kareem, who stated this while speaking with newsmen on Monday, explained that this was a way...

The Lagos State government has explained why it is not possible for her to reverse the upward review of boarding fees for its model colleges, saying the review is based on the economic reality of this present time. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, who stated this position,...