Ekiti employs new teachers, releases list

Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board has released the names of 600 newly-recruited primary school teachers. Director of Social Mobilization and Media, Ekiti SUBEB, Ado-Ekiti, Tope Babalola, made this known on Tuesday, titled, ‘Ekiti SUBEB releases a list of the first batch of newly-recruited teachers on state website’. The statement quoted SUBEB Chairman, Prof. Femi Akinwumi, as saying that “the …

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Secondus to Makinde, Fayose: take your problems to Saraki

he National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde and former Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose to table their differences before the party’s National Peace and Reconciliation Committee, chaired by former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. Makinde and Fayose have in the past few months, locked horns in what party …

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Comparing Fayose’s govt to Fayemi’s is like Satan and Jesus – APC

The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti State has urged residents of the state to go about their normal activities without any fear of threat to their lives or property. Reacting to a statement credited to the opposition People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) that people are no longer safe in the state under the present administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi, the …

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Boko Haram: Police announces release of burial expenses for Elaine’s officers in Yobe

The Yobe State Police Command has announced that family members of Elaine’s police officers who died during the battle with Boko Haram between 2013 and 2014 should come for the payment of deceased burial expenses which was released today by the police authorities. A statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Dungus, on Tuesday said, the affected families are …

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Soldiers Kill Polytechnic Student, Shoot Three Others Going For Wedding

Soldiers attached to Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State went wild on Saturday in Dengi in the Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State, shooting dead a polytechnic student, Muhammed Mado, and injuring three other relatives heading for a wedding. It was learnt that the soldiers placed an illegal checkpoint at Kyamsagi village and when Mado, a student of Abubakar …

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Gunmen kill councillorship candidate kidnap two others in Delta

Gunmen have shot dead a councillorship candidate in the forthcoming local government elections, in Delta State, Mr. Elliot Offa. The gunmen also abducted two others who were with the deceased at the time of the incident. The incident occurred along the Jesse/Oben road, a boundary between Delta and Edo States, It was announced. It was learnt that the deceased and …

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COVID-19: Oyo Justice Commissioner leaves Isolation Centre

he Oyo State Commissioners for Justice and Attorney General, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo has been discharged from the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) Isolation Center at Yaba Lagos. He is currently at home, observing treatment in isolation for the next fourteen days. Making the disclosure in a statement, Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun on Tuesday recounted …

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Sustainable Electrical energy In Nigeria: Half Measures Will Not Cut It, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú

The framework of electricity generation, transmission and distribution reflects the subordination of the superstructure of the state to cronyism/state capitalism… The best solution is to take electricity off the exclusive into the residual list and let a thousand flowers blossom. Break up the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), and the national grid into eight to 10 independent zonal grids. Half …

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Our chairman not sacked by Buhari – NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has denied reports that its Chairman, retired Col. Muhammad Abdallah has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Jonah Achema, the spokesperson for NDLEA, made the clarifications during an interview with newsmen on Tuesday, in Abuja, I was stated. Achema, a Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN), said, however, that the tenure of Abdallah …

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