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Form Three Lines! Obasanjo Shouts At Old Students As Alma Mater Marks Centenary Anniversary

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

Form Three Lines! Obasanjo Shouts At Old Students As Alma Mater Marks Centenary Anniversary Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, played the role of a senior prefect as old and current students of the Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, embarked on a road walk to mark the centenary anniversary of...

LETTER: Kogi Govt Rejects Monarch’s Response To Query Over Inappropriate Title

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

The Kogi State Government has rejected the response of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim, to the query issued to him on why he failed to welcome the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to the state when he visited in December, to unveil Governor Yahaya Bello’s projects. The...

Inflation rate declines, food rate increases in December 2022

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate declined to 21.34 per cent on a year-on-year basis in December 2022. This is according to the NBS Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation report for December 2022 released in Abuja on Monday. The report said that the rate...

Access Bank Reaffirms Commitment to Gain More Ground in Kenyan Market

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

By Eric Ojo Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest lender, Access Bank PLC, has reassured that in spite of the discontinuation of its Sidian Bank acquisition, it is poised to deepen its presence in the Kenya market. The discontinuation ends Access Bank PLC’s binding agreement with Centum to acquire the entire 83.4 percent...

NGO sensitises Kaduna polytechnic academic staff to need to prevent SGBV

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative (EWEI) an (NGO), on Saturday sensitised members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, to the need to prevent Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). EWEI’s Programme Officer, Gender, Mr Mendie Jeremiah, said at opening session of the seminar in Kaduna, that...

NCDC confirms 42 new cases of COVID -19

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 42 additional COVID-19 infections in the country in two weeks, with Lagos State recording 27 cases. The NCDC made this known via its official website on Sunday, adding that Edo, Kano, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory contributed...

Delta govt, Zenith Bank partner on schools soccer competition

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

The Commissioner for Basic Education in Delta, Mr Sunday Onoriode, says 616 schools will participate in the fourth edition of the Zenith Bank Delta Headmaster’s Cup Football Competition, in the state. Onoriode said this on Monday at a news conference to herald the competition which would hold between Jan. 20 and...

Heat halts play at Australian Open

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

Scorching heat halted outdoor matches and sent fans scurrying for shade at the Australian Open on Tuesday as players were given an early test of their endurance on a sweltering day two at Melbourne Park. Organisers invoked their Extreme Heat Policy about three hours into the day session as temperatures...

Election: NGO urges elected political office holders to give account of stewardship

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

An NGO, the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), has called on elected political office holders to give account of stewardships by organising town hall meetings with their constituents nationwide. The Chairman of CLO in Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Monday that elected...

APC alleges hired crowd at PDP rally in Kogi

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

The All Progressive Congress (APC) Campaign Council in Kogi (KOSACC), has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of hiring supporters from seven neighbouring states for its campaign rally held last Saturday in Kogi Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the Director of Media and Publicity of KOSACC, made the allegation at a news...