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UNILORIN Announces Dates For Its 2023/24 Post-UTME Screening
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), says its registration for the 2023/24 Post-UTME Screening exercise which started on Nov. 23 will end on Dec. 3. Mr Mansur Alfanla, Registrar of the University, said in a press statement on Friday that the institution had invited all candidates, who had applied for admission into the University to the Post-UTME screening. READ ALSO: I am...
Osun Govt To Begin Mining Processes In 2024
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has revealed that mining processes in the state will begin by the year 2024. Governor Adeleke, who revealed that environmental standards were being enforced in the mining industry in the state, added that the cleaning up of the polluted environment was ongoing. The governor gave these revelations while responding to a situation brief submitted by the...
Our Strike Is About Workers’ Rights – Osun JUSUN Carpets National Body
The Chairman of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Osun State Chapter, Oluwagbemiga Olakunle Eludire has said the union is only fighting for the rights of its members. Eludire, who said that the strike would continue till directives to the contrary, added that the union was not fighting the state’s embattled Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo. He made this...
We Are Committed To Staff Welfare, Says NIS Comptroller
Mr Tony Akuneme, Comptroller of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command, has reaffirmed the service’s commitment to employee welfare. Akuneme made the remarks on Thursday in Abuja while visiting officers involved in a deadly traffic accident on the Kano-Zaria motorway. In a statement issued by Mr Ifeanyi Uche, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Akuneme also assured...
Kano Govt Sacks Over 3, 000 Civil Servants
The Kaduna State government has sacked 3, 234 staff due to their ineligibility to be employed in the Civil Service. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abudullahi Baffa Bichi disclosed this to journalists on Friday. Bichi said their sack followed the government’s decision to implement a report of the committee on screening and verification of employment conducted by the immediate...
UNILAG Student Aims Guiness World Record Of Longest Singing Marathon
An undergraduate of the University of Lagos UNILAG, Rhema Ahonsi, is aiming to have his name in the Guinness World Record GWR as he attempts the longest singing marathon record. Rhema, 27, who is joining a host of Nigerians making record-breaking attempts, an unprecedented surge experienced by Guinness, after Hilda Baci’s cook-a-thon record, will be attempting to become the first...
Rare Elephant Delivers Set Of Twins In Kenya
An elephant in Kenya has given birth to a set of twins, a rare event for the planet’s largest land mammals. A conservation group, Save the Elephants announced this on Friday, adding that the twin female elephants were born in the Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya to a mother named Alto, describing it as “double joy”. According to an AFP...
Tinubu Appoints Ten MOFI Board of Directors
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of ten qualified Nigerians to serve on the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI). This is contained in a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. The MOFI Board of Directors are, (1) Dr. Shamsudeen Usman — Board Chairman (2) Dr. Armstrong Ume...
34-Year-Old Abia Ex-Councillor, Kalu Okore Laid To Rest Amidst Tears (Photos, Video)
A former councillor in Obieze - Isu Ancient Kingdom, Arochukwu LGA Abia State, late Hon. Kenneth Okore Kalu Okore who passed on Tuesday 26 September 2023 after a brief illness has been laid to rest amidst tears. Hon. Okore who passed away at the age of 34 was laid to rest in his community on Friday where friends and family...
Former Anambra Governor, Mbadinuju Laid To Rest In Ihiala
As the curtain draws on the life of a former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, his remains have been laid to rest at his country home of Ndikpa Village, Uli, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. Mbadinuju died on April 11, 2023. The journey to his final resting place started with a formal lying-in-state ceremony at the...
