Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the reported approval by the Department of State Services (DSS) of a list of 10 media houses whose reporters would be allowed to cover the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, scheduled to take place today at a Federal High Court in Abuja, describing it …

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*Average of 100 pupils in a classroom *Students don’t assimilate after 12noon *Primary, secondary school use same toilet facility *Principal, 12Teachers, 65 pupils use same classroom *Six students to a bench *Education takes lion share (22%) of state’s N226.6bn budget in 2021 *Oyo is ranked number 20 in literacy rate among Nigerian states by UNESCO 2012 Concerned citizens of Oyo …

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Hours after the news making the rounds on the social media of an aircrash involving a Nigerian Air Force plane on Sunday, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has dismissed the report  that it lost another aircraft in Kaduna. According to NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who responded to the news, “the report of the …

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By Emmanuel Adeniran Investigations have revealed that facilities in some primary schools in some Ondo State communities are currently below standard, whereby making learning condition for the pupils very difficult. A visit to the L. A. Primary School located in the remote Awule community in Akure South Local Government Area of the state is an indication that all is not …

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…calls for restructuring businesses  in pandemic era  University of Lagos Professor of Business Administration, Sulaimon Abdul-Hameed Adeola, has noted  that with the latest World Bank report on Nigeria, which stated that 7.5 million people in Nigeria, the country has slided into extreme poverty in the last one year. He noted that, Nigeria is rated as almost the poverty capital of the …

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Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has inaugurated the 32-man Economic Advisory Council earlier constituted to reshape the economy of the state. The state governor today in Lokoja, the state capital inaugurated the team during a virtually programme, challenging members of the committee to “guide the state into prosperity” by tapping into the abundant human and mineral resources available to …

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The University of Jos (UJ), Alumni have added her voice to the continued call on the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello to run for the president of the nation in 2023, noting that he had the needed criteria, describing him as a wind of welcome change. The UJ Alumni made this known on Saturday through its National President, Pastor …

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The Police in Lagos have debunked a report making the rounds that a stray bullet from one of its men has killed a 14-year old girl at the Ojota venue of the mega rally organised by the Oodua Nation Agitators on Saturday. In a statement signed by Spokesperson of the Lagos Command, CSP Muyiwa Odejobi, the police stated that the …

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While agitators of the Yoruba Nation threatened to go ahead with the planned mega rally today in Lagos, Nigeria’s former capital against the earlier warning of the Lagos State police command during the week for the group to desist from such activity, the metropolis has been relatively calm. Meanwhile, the said date for the rally is here and many in …

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The Eighth General Meeting of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network of African freedom of expression and media development organisations which are members of the global press freedom advocacy network, IFEX, was held in Accra, Ghana, from 25 to 26 June 2021. The meeting forms part of the major events of the AFEX network held annually. The …

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