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Make positive impact wherever you are deployed – Adeleke to NYSC members

NewsDeskNgMay 7, 2024May 7, 20240

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has charged members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to embrace diversity, foster inclusivity and strive to make a positive impact wherever they were deployed. Adeleke gave this charge during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Batch A Stream II orientation course at...

Vladimir Putin sworn in for record fifth term as Russian president

NewsDeskNgMay 7, 2024May 7, 20240

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been sworn into office for the fifth term. Putin took his oath of office at a lavish Kremlin ceremony. In March, Putin won a landslide victory in a tightly controlled election from which two anti-war candidates were barred on technical grounds. Putin’s best known opponent,...

Osun Assembly passes Disabilities Prohibition Bill into law

NewsDeskNgMay 7, 2024May 7, 20240

The Osun State House of Assembly has passed the Osun State Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Bill into law. The bill was passed into law during plenary of the Osun State House of Assembly, presided over by the Speaker, Adewale Egbedun, on Tuesday. The bill provides persons with disabilities...

NUJ, NAS demand release of Humanist Association President, Mubarak Bala

NewsDeskNgMay 7, 2024May 7, 20240

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Oyo State Council and the National Association of Seadogs, NAS, have jointly called for the release of Mubarak Bala, who has been detained for four years without trial. The two associations made the demand on Monday during a courtesy visit by NAS to the...

JAMB releases withheld 2024 UTME results

NewsDeskNgMay 7, 2024May 7, 20240

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released an additional 531 results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The spokesman of the board, Fabian Benjamin, made this known in a statement issued and made available on Tuesday. According to JAMB, the additional results have brought the total...

Emulate Yar’adua – EFCC chair, Olukoyede tasks Nigerian leaders

NewsDeskNgMay 7, 2024May 7, 20240

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has urged Nigerian leaders to study and emulate the leadership character of former President of Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yar’adua. Olukoyede made the call in Abuja on Monday at the maiden President Umaru Musa Yar’adua International Leadership Conference and...

Nigeria would’ve been better if Yar’Adua completed his tenure

NewsDeskNgMay 7, 2024May 7, 20240

Former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has said Nigeria would have been a better country if late President Umaru Yar’adua had completed his tenure. Gowon said Yar’Adua achieved significant milestones for Nigeria during his short stint in office. Speaking on Monday during a first President Umaru Musa Yar’adua international...

Judge threatens Trump with jail time for gag order violations

NewsDeskNgMay 6, 2024May 6, 20240

Manhattan court Judge Juan Merchan on Monday said he will consider a jail sentence for former President Donald Trump if he continues to violate the gag order imposed upon him. This is even as the judge fined the former President $1,000 for an additional violation, but said it is “clear”...

Nigerian govt delivers doses of anthrax vaccines to Taraba

NewsDeskNgMay 6, 2024May 6, 20240

The Taraba State government has received the delivery of hundreds of doses of anthrax vaccines from the federal government. Receiving the vaccines on Monday in Jalingo, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Professor Nicholas Namessan Oliver, said the vaccines would assist the state government in its efforts to combat...

Former student union leader aims to set 214 hour reading record

NewsDeskNgMay 6, 2024May 6, 20240

Ajao Samson, a former Students Union President of the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, is attempting to set a new Guinness World Record. According to Ajao, he intends to set the record on the longest reading time with a 214 hour marathon. Ajao had, earlier on his Facebook page, announced his...