September 23, 2023

[GIST] 2023 Government college Ughelli relays holds in November 

[GIST] 2023 Government college Ughelli relays holds in November 

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The 2023 edition of the Government College, Ughelli (GCU) Relays, will be held on November 18 instead of its regular first week. This is in deference to the national off–cycle elections in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa states.

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September 22, 2023

[GIST] SON intensifies advocacy for energy-friendly appliances, equipment

[GIST] SON intensifies advocacy for energy-friendly appliances, equipment

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The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged Nigerians to discourage the use of non-energy-friendly equipment, noting that the move would help reduce the cost consumers incur in powering their appliances in the country. The Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Farouk Salim, at the commissioning and launch of the AC Bioclimatic […]

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[GIST] “My Governor, I’m sorry and I need us to work together” - Shaibu apologises to Obaseki

[GIST] “My Governor, I’m sorry and I need us to work together” - Shaibu apologises to Obaseki

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Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has sought forgiveness and reconciliation from his principal governor, Godwin Obaseki. Shaibu made the apology shortly after his investiture as the grand patron of the Catholic Men’s Organisation (CMO) of the Catholic Archdioceses of Benin on Thursday. The deputy governor, who has been at the centre of political […]

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September 21, 2023

[GIST] PFN debunks alleged anti-CAN remarks by Wale Oke 

[GIST] PFN debunks alleged anti-CAN remarks by Wale Oke 

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Office of the National President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Lagos has refuted an online report that claimed that its President, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, made derogatory remarks about Christian Association of Nigeria...

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[GIST] Ogun considers special court to try cultists

[GIST] Ogun considers special court to try cultists

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...mulls amnesty programme A Special Court is to be established by the Ogun State Government to try cult-related cases. Also to be set up is a Joint Anti-Cultism Security Task Force comprising all major security outfits, with the mandate to rid the state of the menace of cultism. The state is also proposing an amnesty […]

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September 20, 2023

[GIST] Role of innovation in building long-term wealth

[GIST] Role of innovation in building long-term wealth

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The reality of change, as the most constant aspect of life, must be wholeheartedly embraced by any family aspiring to achieve multigenerational prosperity. Today’s successes will inevitably face challenges from the innovations of tomorrow.

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[GIST] Witness recounts how sales girl abducted a minor 

[GIST] Witness recounts how sales girl abducted a minor 

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Justice Abiola Soladoye of a Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, yesterday heard how a sales girl, Chinwendu Onwuasoanya, abducted a 12-year-old girl from her guardian.

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[GIST] Stakeholders urge FG on reforms,  governance policies to stimulate growth

[GIST] Stakeholders urge FG on reforms, governance policies to stimulate growth

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Stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to establish quality economic governance, consistent with tested economic principles and empirical evidence.

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[GIST] 91 NNPC top managers retired compulsorily

[GIST] 91 NNPC top managers retired compulsorily

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Heads of NAPIMS, NNPC E&P redeployed in troubled shake-up About 91 managers, across six managerial levels of Deputy Manager to Executive Vice President at the Nigerian National Company Limited (NNPC) have been showed the door in a major shakeup. The Guardian gathered that the Group Chief Executive of NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, who was meant […]

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September 19, 2023

[GIST] ‘Real reasons some senators are after Akpabio’

[GIST] ‘Real reasons some senators are after Akpabio’

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Fresh details on agitation against Senate President Godswill Akpabio emerged, yesterday, indicating disaffection that followed appointments into committees, was only diversionary. The real angst of a group of aggrieved senators might be suspicion about incapacity of the Senate President to checkmate what some northern lawmakers have called ‘Yorubanisation’ of the country’s financial system and economy. […]

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[GIST] Court admits FBI report, Mompha’s iPhone in money laundering trial

[GIST] Court admits FBI report, Mompha’s iPhone in money laundering trial

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A Lagos Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, admitted a Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) report on Ismaila Mustapha (a.k.a Mompha), and his iPhone used for fraudulent practices, in evidence. The trial judge, Mojisola Dada, admitted the report during Mompha’s trial in absentia, on alleged money laundering brought against him by the Economic and […]

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[GIST] Army ready for synergy to fight insecurity, says OPWS commander

[GIST] Army ready for synergy to fight insecurity, says OPWS commander

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Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), Maj-Gen. Sunday Igbinomwanhia, has said the Nigerian Army is willing to work with relevant security agencies in safeguarding the country. He stated this, yesterday, in his speech at the inauguration of 4 Special Forces (SF) Command Operation Planning Cadre for Officers in Makurdi, Benue State. The General charged the participants […]

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[GIST] Zulum raises  students’ feeding allowance to N3m monthly

[GIST] Zulum raises students’ feeding allowance to N3m monthly

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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has raised the monthly feeding allowance of students of the State Special School (SSS), Moduganari, to N3 million. The increase followed an anti-corruption programme in Hausa, entitled ‘Cigaba Al’umma’ sponsored by Wadata Media Advocacy Centre (WAMAC) with support from MacArthur Foundation. According to WAMAC, the investigation was on alleged diversion […]

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[GIST]  59-year-old man bags life imprisonment for defiling two daughters

[GIST]  59-year-old man bags life imprisonment for defiling two daughters

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Justice Abiola Soladoye of Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a 59-year-old artisan, to life imprisonment for defiling his two daughters for nine years. The judge, who found Chukwuma guilty as charged by the Lagos State government, held that the prosecution has sufficiently proved the allegations of defilement against him. The state […]

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[GIST] Group condemns attack on Ondo commissioner, urges speedy prosecution of attacker

[GIST] Group condemns attack on Ondo commissioner, urges speedy prosecution of attacker

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A non-profit civil society organization focused on inclusive governance and advocacy against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), Sustainable Gender Action Initiative (SGAI), has expressed utmost displeasure and condemned in very strong terms, what it described as the unwarranted acts of physical violence perpetrated against the person of Dr Olubunmi Osadahun, Commissioner for Women Affairs, Ondo […]

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