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19
Feb

Educational

Xcel360 Awards N100,000 and Mentorship to FUOYE’s Best Graduating Engineering Student, Offers Scholarship Guidance to Six Others

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By Damilola Adeleke In a reassuring expression of commitment toward future generations, Xcel360, a scholarship guidance platform, through the Alumni of the Faculty of Engineering at Federal University Oye-Ekiti rewards excellence in academics. The best-graduating student from the Faculty of Engineering will also receive a cash award of N100,000 sponsored by graduate members of the […]

19
Feb

FG wants liberalised visa policies for Nigerian businesses

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Abuja—President Bola Tinubu has called for more liberal visa policies to support Nigerian businesses seeking to expand globally. His call came barely days after the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, was denied a visa by the Canadian government to travel for the Invictus Games for wounded soldiers in action in Vancouver. The President, […]

15
Feb

Education

Stakeholders Differ On Proposed 12-year Education System

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By Damilola Adeleke The federal government’s proposal to adopt a 12-year education system has sparked mixed reactions from stakeholders in the country. While some believe the change will enhance the quality of education and better prepare students for the future, others have raised concerns about its impact on the existing educational structure. At the 2025 […]

15
Feb

Dikko Tanker Explosion Update… Controversy Trails Sharing Of Presidential Rice, Maize

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By Damilola Adeleke Twenty-seven days after the fuel tanker explosion occurred at Dikko Junction near Suleja in Niger State, survivors and families of those who died in the accident have alleged short-change in the distribution of food items released for their succour by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They accused officials of the National Emergency Management […]

15
Feb

HEALTH

Experts, Families Cry Out Over Increasing Childhood Cancer Cases In Nigeria

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By Damilola Adeleke As the world marks the International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) today, childhood cancer survivors, families, and experts have called on the federal government to take urgent action in supporting children battling with the disease. Childhood cancer remains a leading cause of death among children globally, with an estimated 400,000 new cases diagnosed […]

15
Feb

News

Concerns as US Congressman Alleges USAID Funded Boko Haram

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By Damilola Adeleke The damning revelation by a United States Congressman, Scott Perry that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), funded terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram, to the tune of $697 million annually has elicited concerns by some security experts and diplomats in Nigeria. Perry, a Republican representing Pennsylvania, made this assertion during […]

04
Feb

Ebola in Uganda: NCDC strengthens preparedness, advises against non-essential travel

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By Damilola Adeleke Following the confirmation of an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Uganda, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has initiated measures to strengthen the country’s preparedness, advising Nigerians to shelve travels to countries affected by the disease. It, however, assured that there was no case of Ebola in the […]

04
Feb

2025 Grammy Awards: Tems Wins Best African Music Performance

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By Damilola Adeleke For the first time, a Nigerian artist has won the Grammy for Best African Music Performance. Tems clinched the award in a category dominated by Nigerian artists, including Burna Boy and Asake. Her song ‘Love Me Jeje’ from her debut album ‘Born in the Wild’ stood out, making her the second-ever winner […]

04
Feb

Subsidy Removal: Oil marketers escalate borrowing, transfer burden to motorists

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By Damilola Adeleke Against the backdrop of sharp rises in cost of procuring products and interest rates in banks petroleum marketers have recorded massive jump in bank borrowing and cost of doing business. Financial Vanguard findings from the financial records of key operators in the sector show they borrowed over N3.0 trillion in the nine […]

04
Feb

Vice Principal, wife, 3 children perish in Borno inferno

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By Damilola Adeleke Vice Principal of Dugja Bayan Tasha Junior Secondary School in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, Mallam Aliyu Mohammed, his wife and three children, yesterday, lost their lives in a fire outbreak in their house. The cause of the inferno was unknown at time of this report, but there were insinuations […]

04
Feb

How Obasanjo and Buhari embarrased Nigeria in Paris

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By J. Israel Biola “$6bn Mambilla power contract deal: Obasanjo, Bubari testify in Paris court”. Weekend Trust, January 25, 2025.“ In every community there is a class of people profoundly dangerous to the rest. I don’t mean the criminals. For those we have punitive sanctions. I mean the leaders. Invariably, the most dangerous people seek […]

04
Feb

32-year-old man steals 5-year-old child in Anambra

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By Damilola Adeleke Policemen attached to the Ogidi Area Command, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, have arrested 32-year-old Joshua Simeon from Ohaozara in Ebonyi State for allegedly stealing a five-year-old child. Simeon was said to be trying to elope with the child when the police, acting on information, confronted him at […]

03
Feb

How Babalola Agreed to Drop Criminal Defamation Suit Against Farotimi

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It was a persuasive meeting in the night of Sunday 26th January 2025 involving Ekiti obas, led by the spiritual leader of the Yoruba people, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. The consensus among the obas was one that the Baamofin of Yorubaland, Aare Afe Babalola, could not resist.

03
Feb

FUOYE’S Phenomenal Growth in 14 Years

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On the last day of his courtesy visit to Ekiti State, the new Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba was in Afe Babalola University, Nigeria’s number 1 university in three consecutive years according to Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. Along with…more

03
Feb

Dr. Segun Aina at 70

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Dr. Olusegun Aina is a reputable banker from Osun State. This is a jingle that celebrates the good life of the newest septuagenarian.

03
Feb

Professor Siyan Oyeweso at 64

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The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Ife, Professor Siyan Oyeweso, clocks 64 on 1st February, 2025.

03
Feb

50% telecom tariff hike: Nigerian workers fix date for nationwide protest

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By Damilola Adeleke Nigerian workers have announced February 4, 2025, as the date to embark on a nationwide protest against the 50 percent telecommunications services tariff hike in the country. The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.This comes as the Nigerian Communications Commission on January 20, 2025, announced the approval […]

03
Feb

Education

2025 UTME: We won’t conduct admissions for Law programme in 8 Universities – JAMB

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By Damilola Adeleke The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has informed prospective candidates for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations that it would not conduct admissions for Law programme in some selected universities. The universities are Kwara State University, Malete, Ilorin, Kwara State; Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State; Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State; Western […]

01
Feb

Politics

Trump: Africa needs to wake up – Uhuru Kenyatta

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By Damilola Adeleke Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged African nations to see former US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt foreign aid as a call to action.Speaking recently at the East Africa Region Global Health Security Summit 2025, Kenyatta emphasised that Africa must focus on self-reliance and effectively utilise its resources. The ex-president […]

01
Feb

Disaster

Two dead, six rescue as 2 storey building collapses in Lagos

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By Damilola Adeleke At least one person, including a 15-year-old boy, died while six persons were rescued when a two-storey building still under construction collapsed at Ikota, Lekki area of Lagos State. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, […]