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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has commended the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on its plan to site a mega station in Ile-Ife. Oba Ogunwusi gave the commendation when the Management of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo Field Office, paid a courtesy visit to his palace in Ile-Ife on Thursday. The monarch said Ile-Ife was ripe for the proposed mega station. He described the ancient town as a strategic link for motorists traveling to the West of the country from the South, the North, the East and returning to those parts of the country.…

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Thursday charged the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) to help in tackling moral decadence and youths’ restiveness in the society. Tambuwal made the call when he received the leadership of the MSSN Sokoto Chapter, who visited him to present awards the body won for three consecutive years at different competitions organized by the MSSN national headquarters. The Governor said that the MSSN and other bodies have significant roles to play in making the youth responsible citizens. “Sokoto state has been known globally as a Centre of Knowledge and Excellence, as such I…

The United Nations Development Programme has keyed into a social protection model introduced by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum in enforcing his ban against political thuggery in Borno state. The intervention was disclosed on Thursday at the sports centre in Maiduguri in the presence of the Governor who was special guest honour at the closing of his government’s phase and launch of UNDP’s involvement. Zulum had in July 2019 launched a ‘cash for sanitation’ programme through which 2,862 registered members of “ecomog” political thuggery groups were being paid N30,000 each for a period of six months while they abandoned thuggery and…

The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, (IPCR) has expressed its willingness to partner with Nile University Abuja, on Research, Capacity Development as well as Conflict Prevention and Resolution. The Director-General of the Institute, Dr. Bakut T. Bakut made the disclosure when he received on official visit, a delegation from the Nile University Abuja led by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Osman Nuri ARAS in his office. Dr. Bakut Said that though there has been an existing relationship between IPCR and Nile University, there was a need to identify specific areas of interest and sign Memorandum of Understanding. He said this would…

A young man identified as Paul Onomuakpokpo has been killed by gunmen suspected to be hired assassins. Mr. Paul who was also the ward Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Olomu, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State was killed on Wednesday night along the Ogoni Road near the palace of Olomu Kingdom. Reports suggest that armed assassins ambushed the PDP Chieftain and rained bullets on him and his Toyota Camry car. He dies from his gunshot injuries. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya confirmed the incident to Channels Television. The police spokesman, however, noted…

The World Bank indicator estimates the fertility rate in Nigeria to be 5.5 as of 2017, meaning that an average Nigerian woman can have at least five children in her lifetime. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?locations=NG Another indicator, Knoema, says the total fertility rate for Nigeria as at 2019 stood at  5.32 (children per woman), a gradual decline from 6.47 children per woman in 1970 to 5.32 children per woman in 2019. While couples are procreating, many are still experiencing one form of infertility or the other, hence the clamour to seek assisted reproductive alternatives to become parents. One of the most successful assisted…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says it has retained the minimum 65 per cent of Loan Deposit Ratio (LDR) in the interim. The CBN made this known in a circular signed by its Director of Banking Supervision, Mr Ahmad Abdullahi in Abuja on Wednesday. The bank explained that it had noticed a remarkable increase in the size of gross credit by the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to customers. The CBN enjoined all DMBs to maintain this level as well as ensure that average daily figures were applied to assess compliance. “The incentive which assigns a weight of 150 per…

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has been caught on camera kissing a Nun just a week after he was filmed slapping the hands of a woman who grabbed his hands. The pontiff kissed the nun on the cheek, after jokingly asking her if she won’t bite him, seemingly in reference to the incident where his hand was grabbed by a supposed fan (pilgrim) last week. Walking through a large hall on Wednesday before his weekly General Audience, a nun gestured to the pope asking for a kiss, “A Kiss, Pope!” She said. The pope responded with…

Prospective candidates for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have stormed the Lagos office of National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC) to register for their National Identification Number (NIN). The students who trooped out in their large numbers were seen as early as 7 am today both in and outside the Lagos State Enrolment Centres of NIMC office at 1b Obafemi Awolowo Way, Alausa Ikeja. This is coming after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) called on all prospective candidates for its 2020 UTME to acquire the NIN to ensure the biometric and other necessary details of a candidate…

Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State, on Thursday, signed the state’s N244.8 billion 2020 budget into law. The budget, which was tagged “Budget of Reflection and Progress”, was aimed at ensuring the continuation of the restoration agenda and policies of the administration. Masari said at the ceremony in Katsina, that the government would continue to ensure that its programmes impacted positively on the lives of the people within available resources. “We are for all people including those in the opposition and those without parties, we will live up to our oath of office to provide governance to all,” he said.…