July 17, 2024
Oyo fixes July 22 for teachers recruitment exam
The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board has said the computer-based test for the recruitment of teachers into primary schools in the state, will begin on Monday, July 22 through Friday, July 26, 2024. The Chairman, OyoSUBEB, Nureni Adeniran, made this known in Ibadan on Wednesday. Adeniran said 50,097 applicants scaled the application exercise to […]
Lagos denies return of monthly sanitation, movement restrictions
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday stated that it has not re-introduced the monthly environmental sanitation and is not starting any movement restriction by July. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, stated that those behind the report are mischief makers who are keen on confusing residents. This was contained in a […]
AAC Party Demands Immediate Resignation Of Oyo Governor, Makinde For Rejecting Local Govt Autonomy
The African Action Congress (AAC) has demanded the immediate resignation of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde for publicly rejecting local government financial autonomy. The AAC made the call in a press statement issued by the party’s Oyo Chairman, Kayode Babayomi as a response to Makinde’s reaction to the recent judgement of the Supreme Court which […]
Just In: Kaduna Assembly Hires Foremost Human Rights Lawyer Femi Falana To Prosecute Ex-Gov El-Rufai For Mega Corruption
Kaduna House Of Assembly has hired human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) to prosecute the former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai corruption. It was learnt that Falana will lead a battery of lawyers to begin unravelling the monumental corruption on Thursday in Kaduna. Earlier in July, the Kaduna State House of Assembly reaffirmed […]
Just In: Kidnappers Attack El-Rufai Estate In Abuja, Shoot Resident, Exchange Fire With Policemen
A man simply identified as Nathaniel has been reportedly shot by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers after an attempt to kidnap him was foiled by operatives of the Nigerian police in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was gathered that the incident happened in El-Rufai Estate in the Bwari Local Government Area of the Territory around […]
42,000 People Listed As Missing In Ukraine
Around 42,000 people are currently missing in Ukraine, an Interior Ministry official said on Wednesday, a figure that includes both soldiers and civilians. The number had once stood as high as 51,000, Dmytro Bohatiuk, who leads the ministry’s missing persons department, told state news agency Ukrinform. Russia’s all-out invasion in February 2022 has seen Ukrainians […]
Ghana Supreme Court Defers Ruling on Anti-LGBTQ Bill
Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred its ruling on a request to restrain parliament from transmitting a highly contested anti-LGBTQ bill to President Nana Akufo-Addo for his final approval. The ruling means debate around the bill, which has dominated Ghana’s political discourse since parliament passed it in February, will be sidelined from the campaign for […]
Tinubu Asks Senate to Raise 2024 Budget by N6.2trn
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday transmitted a letter to the Senate asking the lawmakers to approve 2024 supplementary appropriation to the tune of N6.2 trillion. The letter was read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. This increases the 2024 budget to N34.9 trillion from an initial N28. 7 trillion budget President Tinubu had earlier signed […]
Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui convicted in $1b fraud scheme
A wealthy Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, a self-styled opponent of the authorities in Beijing, was found guilty of defrauding customers of more than $1 billion in a New York federal court on Tuesday, prosecutors said. Guo presented himself as a fierce critic of the Chinese Communist Party and a fervent defender of democracy, while keeping […]
Eight arrested for cultism, drug peddling in Kogi poly
The joint security team of Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, arrested three students of the institution and five others suspected to be members of a secret society and hard drug peddlers. The arrests were made during the ongoing second-semester examination for the 2023/2024 academic session. A statement issued on Wednesday by […]