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kidnapper Arrested in ondo, odosida

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Kidnapper arrested in ondo,as shared by a Facebook user OMOTOSHO EBENEZER

BREAKING: ASUU suspends strike

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Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities has announced a conditional suspension of its strike action. The ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi , announced this in Abuja late on Monday .    Details later....

NECO releases 2017 June/July Results,

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THE National Examinations Council on Thursday released the June/July 2017 Senior Secondary Schools Examination results. The Council says out of the 1,051,472 who sat for the examinations, only 745,053 of the candidates got at least five credits including Mathematics and English Language. The Registrar of the Council, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, while announcing the results at the headquarters in Minna, Niger State, said a total number of 50,586 candidates (4.81 percent) were involved in examination malpractices, representing a 0.52 percent increment compared to 2016. Uwakwe said the comparative analysis of candidates’ performance in the examination for 2016 (69.74%) and 2017 (70.85%) shows that there is a 1.11 percent improvement in the general performance of candidates. According to him, out of the 1,055,988 candidates who registered for the examinations in Nigeria and other countries only 1,051,472 sat and only 745,053 (70.85 percent) got 5 credits and above including Mathematics and...

16 suspects docked for murder in Ondo

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Akure —SIXTEEN persons have been docked before an Akure Chief Magistrate Court, in Ondo State over the murder of a United States of America, USA-based business man, Banji Adafi, who was killed in his Nigerian home. The suspects were arraigned before the court for armed robbery and murder. But a twist was introduced to the matter when the Police Prosecutor, Martins Olowofeso asked the Court to release five of the suspects for fresh investigation following new findings by them. The Prosecutor said sequel to the petition from the family of the victim, Banji Adafi , alleging foul play in his death they requested for further investigation and the Police would want the case to be reinvestigated. The lawyer from the office of the DPP, Mr A Bamisile, opposed the application on the premise that the Police ought to have come with written application instead of the oral application moved by the prosecutor. However, pleas of the accused persons were not taken as the court ordered the case f...

Mr Eazi Replies Runtown: “Why You Still A Slave In 2017?

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Nigerian Musician, Mr Eazi shaded Runtown back after he said he will use the style Mr Eazi claimed to have invented. Mr Eazi shared this on social media, quoting Jay Z’s lyrics from the DJ Khaled song “I got the Keys”. See what he wrote:-

Kogi Lassa fever victim contracted disease in Ondo – Expert

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Dr Jones Taiwo, the Head of Clinical Services (HCS) of Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, said the late Aisha Jimoh, who died of Lassa fever, might have contracted the disease in Owo, Ondo State. Taiwo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lokoja that Aisha was in Owo two weeks earlier and took ill as soon as she returned to be with her brother in Gadumo, Lokoja. He said that the first case they earlier had at FMC Lokoja in April was also from Owo area and confirmed positive to Lassa Fever at Irua Specialist Hospital, Edo State, but the patient died within 12 hours. “The boy from Kogi Central, who lived in Owo and was preparing for NYSC Orientation Camp, suddenly had fever in Owo and came to Okene where he was brought to FMC Lokoja. “But the situation was very bad when he came and the samples were collected and sent to Edo State where it was confirmed positive. “But it was unfortunate that the patient died within 12 hours. “The teenage female patient that died ...

Gov. Akeredolu blames dwindling federal allocations for unpaid arrears

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The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that lecturers of the state-owned polytechnic, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, RUGIPO, went on strike without a formal notice to the state government. He also said the poor funding of the institution and other government agencies was due to the shortfalls in the allocation from the federation account. The governor spoke on Wednesday in Akure while receiving students of the polytechnic who held a peaceful protest at his office while seeking a quick resolution of the industrial dispute. Mr. Akeredolu said he had called the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, for a meeting with a view to resolving the problem. According to him, what comes from the federal government is not enough to pay workers salaries and subventions to government agencies and institutions. Mr Akeredolu enjoined the students to play their own part by paying their school fees so that the government could pay lecturers. The President of the ins...