The Registrar in charge of the University of Ibadan, in Oyo State has denied the discovery of a fake professor in the institution. The institution said this in a statement made available to the media on Sunday, following a list of fake professors in some universities that went viral on social media on Saturday. The…
Peter Obi has bemoaned the reported exit of Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing Company (JSM), located in Awa, Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, the largest syringe manufacturer in Africa. Obi said that the development was yet another painful development on “our national journey.” Reacting to the development in a chain of statements on his X…
Ahead of next month’s governorship primary of the PDP in Edo State, Deputy Governor, Comrade Phillip Shaibu held a consultative meeting with the seven PDP Local Government Area women leaders in Edo South Senatorial district. The strategic meeting, at the instance of the PDP Edo South Senatorial woman leader, Rev. Pat West-Irabor, was held in…
The Delta State Police Command has released its timetable for the screening of Delta Indigene into the police force. In a release signed by the Command’s image maker, DSP Bright Edafe, the screening is scheduled to be held from January 8 to January 29, 2024, starting at 0700hrs daily”. The statement urges applicants to visit…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has raised a team to negotiate with the government for a new Minimum wage for workers This follows the promise made by President Bola Tinubu in his New Year address that his administration will implement a “national living wage” this year. The subsisting minimum wage, negotiated in 2018, expires in April…
Brazil are looking for a permanent coach after parting ways with interim head coach Fernando Diniz Diniz, who had a one-year contract, was in charge for six qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, losing three, drawing one and winning two. Brazil are in the sixth and final automatic qualifying place in South America for the…
US singer Michael Bolton says he is recovering from an operation to remove a brain tumour. The 70-year-old star said on Instagram that he was diagnosed late last year and needed immediate surgery. He said: “Thanks to my incredible medical team, the surgery was a success. I am now recuperating at home and surrounded by…
Hollywood stars are gearing up for the Golden Globe Awards, after a huge year for cinema which saw Barbie and Oppenheimer dominate the box office. Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things and Past Lives are among the other nominees at the ceremony, which takes place in Los Angeles. Succession, The Crown and The Last…
Israeli Military authorities say it has “completed the dismantling” of Hamas’s command structure in the northern Gaza Strip. Army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters that Palestinian militants are now operating in the area only sporadically and “without commanders”. He said Israel had killed around 8,000 militants in north Gaza. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) are…
Two groups, the Conscience of Progressive Change (CPC) and Ondo Elites Assembly (OEA), have taken a swipe at Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State for not receiving the remains of late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu at the airport They condemned the governor’s absence at the airport where the late Akeredolu’s body was received, describing it as…
