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04/04/2024

More Than 50,000 Flee Haiti Capital, Following Surge in Violence

Tens of thousands of people have fled the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, to escape a surge in gang violence over the past weeks...

More Than 50,000 Flee Haiti Capital, Following Surge in Violence. UN figures suggest more than 53,000 left the city of 3 million between...

04/04/2024

South Africa Speaker Turns Herself to Police over Alleged Corruption Charge

South Africa speaker of parliament Nosi-Viwe Mapisa-Nqakula has handed herself over to police a day after she resigned over corruption allegations...

South Africa Speaker Turns Herself to Police over Alleged Corruption Charge. Ms. Mapisa-Nqakula arrived at a police station...

04/04/2024

Fubara Warns Wike, Other Political Opponents It Will Now Be Fire for Fire

Governor Simi Fubara of Rivers state has read a riot act to his political opponents in the ongoing tussle for the control of political structures in the state...

Fubara Warns Wike, Other Political Opponents It Will Now Be Fire for Fire. Fubara who is at loggerhead with his predecessor...

04/04/2024

Electricity Consumers Enjoying a Minimum of 20 Hours of Power Supply Daily, To Pay Higher Tariff

Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)has approved an increase in electricity tariff by consumers on the ‘band a’ classification...

Electricity Consumers Enjoying a Minimum of 20 Hours of Power Supply Daily, To Pay Higher Tariff. Tariff of those on ‘band a’ has been...

04/04/2024

Finally, Tinubu Signs the Student Loan Bill into Law, Says It Will Be Accessed By All Students

President Bola Tinubu has finally signed the long awaited student loan amendment bill 2024 into Law...

Finally, Tinubu Signs the Student Loan Bill into Law, Says It Will Be Accessed By All Students. With the new law, Tinubu said no Nigerian...

04/04/2024

Ogun Issues Employment Letters to 498 OGUNTEACH Interns to Fill Vacancies in Public Schools

Ogun State Government has issued employment letters to a fresh batch of 498 interns of Ogun State Teaching and Acquisition Channel (OGUNTEACH) to fill up vacancies in public schools...

Ogun Issues Employment Letters to 498 OGUNTEACH Interns to Fill Vacancies in Public Schools. 266 of the letters were issued for...

03/04/2024

Ukraine Reduces Combat Call-Up Age to Replenish Its Military Reserve

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a bill lowering the military mobilization age by two years from 27 to 25...

Ukraine Reduces Combat Call-Up Age to Replenish Its Military Reserve. The move will allow Ukraine to call up more people to...

03/04/2024

Search for Survivors after Taiwan Hits by Biggest Earthquake in 25 Years

Taiwan has been struck by its most powerful earthquake in 25 years, which measured 7.4 inches magnitude...

Search for Survivors after Taiwan Hits by Biggest Earthquake in 25 Years. Officials have confirmed at least seven people have...

03/04/2024

Bandits Attack Mosque during Midnight Ramadan Prayers, Abduct Scores of Worshippers

Armed bandits have attacked a Mosque in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital...

Bandits Attack Mosque during Midnight Ramadan Prayers, Abduct Scores of Worshippers. Scores of worshippers were taken away by the...

03/04/2024

Deputy Police Commissioner Found Hanging in His Private House in Ogbomosho

A deputy police commissioner, Gbolahan Oyedemi, has allegedly committed su***de...

Deputy Police Commissioner Found Hanging in His Private House in Ogbomosho. The officer attached to Federal Criminal and Investigations...

03/04/2024

UCH, Ibadan Workers Suspend Evening, Night Duty, To Work between 8 Am To 4pm Over Power Cut

Health workers at the Nigeria’s Premier Hospital, the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, have resolved to suspend evening and night shifts...

UCH, Ibadan Workers Suspend Evening, Night Duty, To Work between 8 Am To 4pm Over Power Cut. The staff say they will now work between 8...

03/04/2024

Gunmen Abduct Two Persons in Imeko Afon Axis in Fresh Kidnapping in Ogun

Again, armed kidnappers have abducted two persons, a woman and a commercial motorcyclist rider, in Ogun state, close to its border with Oyo state...

Gunmen Abduct Two Persons in Imeko Afon Axis in Fresh Kidnapping in Ogun. They were abducted in the Imeko Afon Local Government Area...

03/04/2024

Join us and on Wed 3rd, April at 9a.m. on

FOCUS: PRESIDENTIAL AND GOVERNORSHIP ROTATION BILL

Guests: Ola Animasaun (A Sociopolitical Philosopher; Civil Society Operative; Entrepreneur and Consultant) AND Hon. Olu Fatoki(Fmr. Member, Ogun State House of Assembly)

Hosts: Deborah Modupeoluwa Akinyosoye & Dare Folarin

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02/04/2024

QUICK TAKES:
TINUBU REPORTEDLY DIRECTS SALE OF THREE PRESIDENTIAL JETS OVER COST OF MAINTENANCE

Three jets in the Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) are to be sold off to cut down on the bloated cost of running the government.

According to the Nation, there are 10 aircraft currently in the presidential fleet – six jets and four helicopters – which will be cut to seven if the planned action sails through.

According to the report, this is part of the cost-saving measures being adopted by president bola Tinubu’s administration.

Although the amount released from the budgetary line year on year could not be ascertained, the president was said to be uncomfortable with the rising cost of maintenance and therefore directed that the fleet should be reduced.

Q: IS IT ADVISABLE TO SELL SOME OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PLANES?

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01/04/2024

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AfDB PRESIDENT, ADESINA, PROPOSES NEW NAME FOR NIGERIA
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has proposed that Nigeria should be renamed the “United States of Nigeria.”

Adesina made this suggestion during a lecture delivered as the recipient of the 2024 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership. He argued that renaming the country to ‘the United States of Nigeria’ would shift the relational dynamics between the states and the federal capital, Abuja.

He proposed that under this new framework, the states would serve as the fulcrum, with the center supporting them rather than lording over them.

Q: IS THE PROPOSAL FEASIBLE OR REALISTIC?

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01/04/2024

Join us and on Tues 2nd, April at 9a.m. on

FOCUS: BILL SEEKING TO BAR CHILDREN OF POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS: MATTERS ARISING

Guest: Olaposi Oginni (National Secretary, NNPP)

Hosts: Precious Ighalo Chima & Folarin Jamiu

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29/03/2024

"Unity in Diversity" with Aunty Olajumoke Akinbile on , Sat 30th March, at 9:30 a.m.

Guest: Olori Ameenat Adeleye Matemilola

29/03/2024

Join Precious Ighalo Chima & Olajumoke Akinbile on on Sat 30th March at 1:00pm

Focus: IS EDUCATION A SCAM?

With: Ayubb Soliu (Creative Director, KSA CRAFT AND DESIGN) AND Julianah Omotoyosi Fadiran (Senior Volunteer , The Orphanage Empowerment Society, Social Media Manager and Content Writer)

29/03/2024

Top UN Court Orders Israel to Allow Aid into Gaza

The UN top court has ordered Israel to enable the unhindered flow of aid into Gaza in order to avert a famine...

Top UN Court Orders Israel to Allow Aid into Gaza. In a unanimous decision, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said...

29/03/2024

South Africa’s Former President Bars from May Presidential Poll

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been barred from running in May’s general election, the country’s Electoral Commission (IEC) has said...

South Africa’s Former President Bars from May Presidential Poll. Mr. Zuma's backing of the new Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party...

29/03/2024

NUT Advocates Transfer of Primary Education from Local Government to State Governments

Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has called for the transfer of basic education from the local governments to the state governments...

NUT Advocates Transfer of Primary Education from Local Government to State Governments. The union wants the constitution...

29/03/2024

Labour Party Crisis Festers, Says BOT Chairman Not Its Financial Member

The crisis in the labour party has continues to fester, as the party disowned the Board of Trustees (BOT) which claimed to have taken it over on Thursday...

Labour Party Crisis Festers, Says BOT Chairman Not Its Financial Member. National publicity of the party, Obiora Ifoh in a statement late...

29/03/2024

Again, National Power Grid Collapses, Second Time This Year

Again, the National Power Grid collapsed on Thursday, disrupting electricity supply nationwide.

The collapse was the second this year, and forty eighth between 2017 to date...

Again, National Power Grid Collapses, Second Time This Year. The collapse was the second this year, and forty eighth...

29/03/2024

EFCC Arrest 74 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Ogun, Cart Away Seven Exotic Cars

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested scores of suspected internet fraudsters in a fresh raid in Ogun state...

EFCC Arrest 74 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Ogun, Cart Away Seven Exotic Cars. 74 suspects were picked up by the anti-graft...

27/03/2024

QUICK TAKES:
TRADITIONALISTS WANT TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE AS SUBJECT IN SCHOOLS
Traditional Religion Worshippers’ Association, on Wednesday, urged both the federal and state governments to establish schools where traditional religious knowledge would be taught as a subject, to impart the younger generation with the Yoruba Culture and Tradition.

Fakayode, in a statement personally signed, stressed the need for proper education to disabuse the minds of the younger generation about Yoruba history and antecedents.

He explained that the miseducation of Africans about their origin and culture had led to many wrong perceptions about their traditional religion.

Q: SHOULD GOVERNMENT INCLUDE TRADITIONAL RELIGION IN CURRICULA OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS?

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27/03/2024

Join us and on Thurs 28th Mar, 2024 at 9am on

FOCUS: ABIA'S SCRAPPING OF EX-GOVERNORS' PENSION: MATTERS ARISING

Guests: Dr. Ebenezer Nkom (A Consultant General Surgeon, MD, Prince Specialist Clinic, Asero, Abeokuta) AND Ustaz Lawal Jubril (Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Mediator and Concilator)

Hosts: Olufemi Edward Osinuga & Folarin Jamiu

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27/03/2024

Thailand Moves to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

Thailand has taken a historic step closer to marriage equality after the lower house passed a bill giving legal recognition to same-sex marriage...

Thailand Moves to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage. It still needs approval from the senate and royal endorsement to become law...

27/03/2024

Russia Accuses West and Ukraine of Involvement in Moscow Terror Attack

Top Russian officials have directly accused Ukraine and the West of being involved in the deadly Moscow concert hall attack, after it was claimed by the Islamic state (is) group...