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By, Mayowa Sodehinde The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked 2025 candidates to creates Profiles in advance ! This is as the examination body is intensifying efforts to ensure a hitch-freeregistration and examination process for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME). JAMB has assured candidates that the upcoming UTME will be unparalleled in its efficiency and transparency. Candidates ...
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January, 2025
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16 January
UAE President accepts invite to reciprocate Tinubu’s visit
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has accepted Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s invitation to visit Nigeria this year. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President(Information & Strategy)said that the Nigerian leader invited him Wednesday night during their bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2025 President Tinubu arrived in Abu Dhabi ...
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13 January
Lagos speaker Obasa impeached, Mojisola Ojora becomes 1st female speaker
By, Isa Abdullahi. The Lagos State House of Assembly has impeached Mudashiru Obasa as speaker. Obasa, who is serving his third term as speaker, was removed from his position over allegations of gross misconduct and abuse of office. The 52-year-old lawmaker, who represents Agege state constituency I, became speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly in 2015. Mojisola Meranda, ...
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11 January
Calls for release of Teacher who slapped minor.. awaits Jan. 18 @ Kirikiri Prison
She has been taken to kirikiri till Jan 18, awaiting court trial.Now, there are clamours for her release.. One of the lines of reasoning is that..”This woman ran into trouble because she graciously accepted to be a teacher. The job brought out her anger and she misused it. Having been arrested, detained and charged, she has learnt enough lesson. “The ...
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11 January
5 kingmakers reject new Oyo Alafin, Owoade, angry with Makinde
By, Ayoofe Aiyedatiwa The appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo by Governor Seyi Makinde has been met with stiff opposition by five prominent Kingmakers in Oyo town, Oyo State. Owoade’s appointment was announced on Friday in a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, sparking controversy within traditional circles. Oyelade said ...
December, 2024
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30 December
Two Ijesha Royal families attack, reject new Owa, as Adeleke presents staff of office
Two royal families, Ofokutu and Fajemisin, within the Bilaro Olu-Odo ruling house have rejected the emergence of new Owa in Ilesa. In a statement signed by Prince Adetoyese Adegbohungbe, Secretary of the Ofokutu royal family, the process was described as a desecration of Ijesa traditions. “We have witnessed not just compromise but the desecration of the noble tradition of the ...
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28 December
Tinubu’s Buharisation of the NNPC – Farooq A. Kperogi
After the sustained, unwarranted personal attacks I endured for eight years from northerners for unswervingly calling out what I called the “embarrassingly undisguised Arewacentricity of Buhari’s appointments” in a February 2, 2019, column titled “Even Ahmadu Bello Would Be Ashamed of Buhari’s Arewacentricity,” I promised that I would look the other way if a southern president returned the favour after ...
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28 December
Ooni’s ex-queen, Naomi’s horrible prison experience, on hunger strke
By, Joke Thomas. Detained Ex-Ife Queen Naomi Silekunola is having it rough inside detention..prisoned awaiting her matter’s hearing in January. Her mother, Mrs Funmilayo Ogunse rejo visited her said, Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, former queen of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has gone on hunger strike at the Agodi correctional facility where she is remanded. She was reminded following ...
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26 December
Queen Naomi,Oriyomi Hamzat’s case file, in prison till Jan.13
By, Joke Thomas. Ex-queen Naomi Ogunwusi andOriyomi Hamzat, are in prison because 35 minors were killed and six othes injured in the stampede that occurred during a children’s Christmas party. An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Tuesday remanded three persons, including a former queen and a broadcaster, in connection with Wednesday’s funfair tragedy which caused a stampede and ...
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16 December
ECOWAS opens ‘comeback’ window for Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger
By Onome Jackson. The Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS has given Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger six months, from January 29 to July 29, 2025, to reconsider their decision to exit the regional bloc. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President , (Information & Strategy) made this known on December 15, 2024. President of the ECOWAS ...
