November 12, 2022

[GIST] Illegal dredgers endanger Ogun communities, flooding, erosion threaten buildings

[GIST] Illegal dredgers endanger Ogun communities, flooding, erosion threaten buildings

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FATTEH HAMID writes about the activities of sand diggers threatening houses in Ogun communities Intense activities of sand diggers aided by ‘omo onile’ (land-grabbers) have almost turned Magboro area in the Obafemi/Owode Local Government, Ogun State into a community grappling with recurrent flooding and erosion. The sand diggers who excavate laterite; an important soil used


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November 11, 2022

[GIST] Osun community protests over rumoured monarch’s removal

[GIST] Osun community protests over rumoured monarch’s removal

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Village heads and indigenes of Osogbo, Osun, staged a peaceful protest on Thursday, asking the state government not to depose Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji. The protest took off from the residence of the leader of Osogbo Village Heads, Chief Jimoh Buraimo, and moved to Odi-Olowo before moving in a long convoy of vehicles


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[GIST] FCTA committed to empowering vulnerable Nigerians –Minister

[GIST] FCTA committed to empowering vulnerable Nigerians –Minister

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The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, says the administration is committed to ensuring the empowerment of vulnerable people in society in light of recent economic realities. Dr Aliyu said this at the graduation ceremony and presentation of start-up tools to 100 beneficiaries of the 2022 women empowerment programme of


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[GIST] Allen artwork sales for $1.5bn

[GIST] Allen artwork sales for $1.5bn

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Paintings and sculptures owned by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen have been sold for a record $1.5bn (£1.3bn). It was the largest art auction in history, according to Christie’s. The auction house said works by Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne and Gustav Klimt each sold for more than $100m (£88m), breaking


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[GIST] Choose careers wisely, group advises students

[GIST] Choose careers wisely, group advises students

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The Education Support Project of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos, has  told students to choose their careers wisely. Speaking at the Ilupeju Senior Secondary School, where scholarships were given to 14 undergraduates in universities across the country, the Senior Pastor, Fountain of Life Church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, said since 2002, the church had


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[GIST] School seeks education sector’s development

[GIST] School seeks education sector’s development

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The Mummy’s Place International Nursery and Primary School,  has called on the stakeholders in the sector to rise up and rescue the sector from collapsing. The proprietor of the school, Dr Damilola Oshin, said education needed proper funding and there was a need for the collaborative efforts of all the stakeholders to raise the standard.


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