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In his efforts to make the learning environment conducive for pupils, the lawmaker representing Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Akin Alabi, constructed and refurbished nine blocks of classrooms at St. Paul Anglican Primary School, Olukunle, Olodo, Ibadan. Alabi had since handed over the keys to the classrooms to the community leaders in the area. While handing...

Akinwande Soji-Ojo The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has explained why it boycotted the call to bar ceremony of 4,711 new lawyers that were admitted into the legal profession, on Tuesday. In a statement signed by its National President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), the legal body said its decision to shun the ceremony, was based on the refusal of the Chairman of...

Akinwande Soji-Ojo The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has again provided an insight into his source of wealth. Tinubu in an interview with BBC in London, said he was the most investigated and most accused former governor, yet nothing has been found on him. Many Nigerians had challenged Tinubu to explain his source of wealth, with several...

Akinwande Soji-Ojo Donald Trump's real estate company was on Tuesday convicted of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal problem facing the former United States president as he prepares to run for the office again in 2024. The Trump Organization, which operates hotels, golf courses, and other real estate around the world, was found...

Akinwande Soji-Ojo In its bid to promote cashless policy, the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) has imposed a limit on cash withdrawals in the country. The apex bank disclosed this in a circular directed to deposit banks and other financial institutions dated December 6, 2022. According to the circular signed by the Director of Banking Supervision, Haruna Mustafa, the CBN has restricted...

Akinwande Soji-Ojo The Osun Progressives (TOP), a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to the Minister of Interior Affairs, Rauf Aregbesola, has been dissolved. One of the foremost leaders of the group and a former Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Najeem Salaam, who made the announcement via a statement issued in Osogbo, on Tuesday, also extended...

The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned Nigerians about the potential harm of taking part in the invisible challenge on short-form video hosting service, TikTok, disclosing that it exposes devices to information-stealing malware. In an advisory, the NCC-CSIRT said threat actors have taken advantage of a viral TikTok challenge, known as the invisible challenge, to disseminate...

Akinwande Soji-Ojo The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Ibadan Division, will on Wednesday rule on a motion to consolidate all the 22 suits filed by the sacked staff of BOWEN university, Iwo, Osun State. At the hearing of the case on Tuesday, counsels to the 4th to 10th applicants and 11th to 13th applicants, Ibrahim Kareem-Ojo and Kazeem Adedeji, called the...

By Emmanuel Adeleke The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has expressed disappointment over the withheld salaries of its members, and vowed to sue Federal Government. The government has refused to pay the salaries of the lecturers for the period they were on strike, between mid-February and mid-October this year. The government is enforcing the 'No work No pay' rule. But a...

Dad's demise personal loss-Fagbemi Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Prince Lateef Fagbemi, has described the passage of his father, the late Onijagbo of Ijagbo, Oba Salaudeen Olagunju Adeyeye Fagbemi, Obembe II, as an irreplaceable personal loss to him and the community. The late traditional ruler of Ijagbo, in Kwara State, joined his ancestors on Sunday night after 43 years of reign,...

First Bank has partnered with Junior Achievement (JA) Africa on Company of the Year (COY) Competition, Africa’s largest high school entrepreneurship competition/ scheduled to take place in Lagos, Nigeria, from December 7 to 9, 2022, with the theme, “Fueling Changemakers.” The Company of the Year (COY) competition, which returns for the 12th year in a row and the first in-person meeting...

By Emmanuel Adeleke Osun State Governor, Sen Ademola Adeleke, has appointed Samuel Aina as the new Head of Service. Aina's appointment was contained in a statement issued in Osogbo by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Tuesday. The new Head of Service attended University of Ibadan, where he obtained B.Sc.and M.Sc degrees in Geography. He is...

By Emmanuel Adeleke The World Athletics has named American hurdler, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the Female World Athlete of the Year, beating Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan and three others to the prestigious award. The 23-year-old was announced the winner of the coveted prize via a statement on the World Athletics website, on Monday evening. She defeated Nigeria’s Amusan, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, Kimberly Garcia...

Akinwande Soji-Ojo Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has stated that his government will not abandon any of the initiatives started by the administration of former Governor Gboyega Oyetola in the state. Adeleke said this during a visit to the state House of Assembly, on Monday. The governor also vowed to maintain a cordial relationship with the legislators, saying he would...

Akinwande Soji-Ojo Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said the Independent Campaign Council (ICC) would deliver the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, through the grassroots mobilisation. The minister, who is the director of contact and mobilisation of the Tinubu/Shettima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council (ICC) spoke on Monday in Abuja, during the inauguration of...