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Renowned preacher and president of Sword of the Spirit Ministries International, Bishop Wale Oke, last Tuesday commissioned a block of flats for staff residence  named after him at the Offa meta campus of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo. Bishop Wale Oke, who is also the Chancellor of Precious Cornerstone University, Ibadan, came for the commissioning with his wife. He expressed gratitude to the University for naming a block of the staff quarters after him, stating that when he came to lay the foundation for the block of flats at the early stage of the nationwide lockdown occasioned, occasioned by the Corona…

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Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with  Federal School of Surveying, Oyo , to offer a degree programme in Surveying and Geo-Informatics. The Vice-Chancellor, Rt. Rev. Professor Dapo Asaju, stated while signing the document, that it was important that both institutions should collaborate being neighbours. Both institutions are the oldest in Oyo. Rt. Rev. Professor Dapo Asaju noted that both institutions already have very high standards, and they would do well to let such standards reflect on the collaboration. By this collaboration students of both institutions would leverage on the strength of each other in…

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Rights activist and SaharaReporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has knocked Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, over comments that he (Sowore) was trying to overthrow a democratically-elected government. According to the activist, the only Nigerian military officer, who overthrew a democratically-elected government in history was President Buhari. Shehu had on Friday while reacting to SaharaReporters’ publication accusing him of reversing the Council of State decision nominating Silas Agara as Chairman of National Population Commission and announcing one Nasiru Kwarra, a Muslim, described Sowore as a coup plotter. But responding swiftly to Shehu’s post, Sowore…

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The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Mr Musa Wada, challenging the victory of Governor Yahaya Bello in the November 16, 2019 election. The seven-man panel headed by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, in a unanimous decision affirmed the election of Bello of the All Progressives Congress as the duly elected governor after resolving all issues raised in the appeal against the appellants.

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Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, a.k.a Winners Chapel, has declared that he would embrace and breathe into COVID-19 patients without any fear of contracting the disease. He said he would lay his bare hands on any coronavirus patient brought to him for prayer. Bishop Oyedepo said he would not wear gloves to attend to COVID-19 patients but would lay his bare hands on them to receive healing. “COVID-19 cannot be any reason why your own ‘Breaking Limit’ package will not be delivered,” Bishop Oyedepo said while addressing his congregation on Sunday. “It’s not a tenable reason,”…

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday issued a safety advisory to travellers ahead of the ‘Ember’ months. Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) ACM Bisi Kazeem, in a statement on Monday, said a nationwide campaign on the theme ‘Drive safe and Stay safe’ has commenced. He cautioned motorists to note that the end of the year was not naturally tragic and was not in any way different from other months of the year. “It is very possible to drive without involving in a crash as long as motorists obey and adhere strictly to traffic laws and ensure constant maintenance…

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The Federal Government has said it would retain the original sharing formula for its Special Public Works, SPW, scheme. The Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, disclosed this while dismissing claims of approving a 40 percent rise in the allocation of jobs to political officeholders. The SPW is a federal government scheme aimed at employing 774, 000 unskilled Nigerians who would receive N20, 000 monthly. By design, state governors, National Assembly members, Ministers and other interest groups would get 15 per cent of the job slot. However, Keyamo said the interest of the public would be uppermost…

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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has asked security agencies to arrest the killers of a 12-year-old herder, Usman Abdullahi, by some persons at Sabzuro-Tunga Nok Road in Jaba Local Government Area of the state. He, however, commended Fulani and Ham leaders in Jaba for de-escalating tension and keeping the peace after the incident. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, gave the commendation on behalf of the governor on Saturday during a peace advocacy engagement between leaders of both ethnic groups at Ungwan Tunga in Nok District. Aruwan, who visited the parents of the deceased…

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A professor of political economy and management expert, Pat Utomi, has faulted the system of governance in Nigeria. Despite being a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Utomi believes the present administration is finding it difficult to connect to the solutions to the problems of the country. “I think that the government is crippled; it is not connecting to the solution,” he said during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. The economist added, “If there is anything absent in Nigeria, it is leadership. At every level of our society, there is a failure of leadership. “Leadership is about…

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As the spread of Coronavirus continues to increase around the world, voices from the international community are rising to stop religious oppression occurring in South Korea, known as an exemplary case for COVID-19 quarantine. On August 17, 2020, the Coalition of Caribbean Leaders for Peace (CCLP) consisting of former and current leaders in the Caribbean, including the former president of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), sent a joint letter to South Korean Foreign Minister, Kang Kyung-wha and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. In the letter, they said the governments, even in response to…

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