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The National Union of Teachers has disclosed that only 12 out of the country’s 36 states employed teachers in state-owned primary and secondary schools in 2023. The figure was contained in a document prepared by the union and obtained by a correspondent on Tuesday. Analysis of the data revealed that 23,092 teachers were employed during […]

The management of Kwara State University, Malete, has expelled 175 students of the institution for various offences. The expulsion was contained in a statement signed by the institution’s acting Director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, which was made available to journalists on Monday. According to the statement, the expelled students were penalised for offences ranging

Abia State Government will on Thursday unveil N1bn Interest Free Revolving Loan Scheme for 9,200 Abians from the 184 wards in the state in the first phase of the programme. The state Commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of this week’s executive council meeting presided by

The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria on Sunday advised Nigerians not to engage in panic buying of fuel for stockpiling purposes. Its Executive Secretary, Mr Clement Isong, gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria due to the ongoing queues at filling stations across Lagos. Isong explained that the shortfall

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says he is still wary of sexual immorality despite his ‘anointing’ and years in the ministry. Adeboye said despite his age, he runs faster than before to avoid any form of sexual temptation, noting that no amount of anointing can fight it.

The Rivers State House of Assembly has invited another commissioner-nominee for screening and confirmation. The invitation was contained in a Public Announcement signed by the Clerk of the Assembly, Dr G. M Gillis-West on Sunday and obtained by our correspondent. The statement said the screening will be held on Monday at the Chamber of the

The naira tumbled to 620 against the British pound sterling at the parallel market on Thursday, even as the euro rose to N565. The naira fell by 2.1 per cent against the pound from 607 on Wednesday, and by 1.4 per cent against the euro from 560. The local currency was, however, stable against the

The Ogun State Police Command on Friday said it has launched an investigation into the killing of 28-year-old Adeniji Ibrahim in front of his father’s house at Abule Oke axis of Yewa North Local Government Area of the state. The command also said that it has commenced a manhunt for those who were behind the

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that he is neither deterred nor worried by Thursday’s Appeal Court judgment which returned Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers to the state House of Assembly. The Appeal Court had nullified the order of a Rivers State High Court which restrained Amaewhule and the other lawmakers loyal to

Armed robbers on Friday attacked an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps, simply identified as Abu, who was returning from a bank and heading towards his house in the Zango area of Lokoja, Kogi State capital. Abu was dispossessed of a yet-to-be-ascertained sum of money after shots were fired at him. Eyewitness accounts stated