Over 16 Ghanaian universities set to recruit Nigerian students as Ghana Export Promotion Authority(GEPA) under the auspices of the Ghana High Commission has concluded plans for the recruitment. The universities included seven public and nine private institutions in the country. The recruitment is a two-day International Students Recruitment fair in Lagos, scheduled for October 17 and 18, 2022. Ghana Minister Counsellor of Trade and Investments, Nicholas Quansah at the Ghana High Commission office in Lagos revealed that 16 Ghanaian universities will admit Nigerian students. The Minister noted that the fair started in 2017 at the Lagos International Trade Fair, adding…
Author: Victor Fola
Director, Strategic Communication, All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council Dr. Danladi Bako has distanced himself from the Labour Party Campaign Council saying he remains committed to the APC. The LP campaign unveiled its 1,234-member list on Wednesday ad in the list, a ‘Danladi Bako’ was named as the state coordinator for Gombe. The former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), in a statement, debunked claims that he is the one in the list. He said, ”My attention has been drawn to a list circulating containing names of Coordinators for the Labour Party Campaign Council. ”On the list is…
Supporters of the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress(APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima thronged out in their thousands on Thursday defying rain to walk for their candidates’ aspiration. The supporters converged on Ayetoro junction, Osogbo around 10am before marching through popular streets in Osogbo. They marched through Igbona market, Olorunda LGA, Olohunkoro, Dugbe, Old-Garage, Orisunmbare, Ola-Iya, Fakunle, Aregbe, Old-Governor Office before they terminated it to the campaign office of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola at Ogo-Oluwa. Governor of Osun State, Adeboyega Oyetola said that with the turnout of supporters, he is more assured that Osun is wholly…
The Ogun state Security Network, known as the Amotekun Corps have arrested a 30-year-old man, Felix Ikpeha for being in possession of three bloodstained wet female pants. It was gathered that Ikpeha, an indigene of Warri in Delta state was arrested in Imo-Ayo community, Ajibawo Atan Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of state. The state commander, David Akinremi in a statement said the suspect was arrested following an alarm raised by some members of the community who suspected his movement. He said “When the suspect was searched, three bloodstained wet female pants were found in his possession for which…
A 27-year-old mechanic Adebayo Muhamed Bolaji, has been sentenced to twelve months imprisonment over Cyber Fraud in Kwara State. Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court, was guilty of offences bordering on cybercrime and possession of fraudulent funds. Adebayo was arraigned on a two-count charge by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Ilorin West Local Government Area indigene was arrested on September 15, 2022 along Airport Road, Ilorin during the Commission’s intelligence activities of some internet fraudsters. Justice Abdulgafar convicted and slammed him with a six-months suspended sentence on counts 1 and…
The National Population Commission has promised Nigerians that they will embrace digital innovations to conduct 2023 Census. The Commission’s chairman on Information Communication Technology, Dr. Clifford Zirra, assured that the next census would be credible. Zirra revealed this after the tour of RLG/Adulawo Technology City, a technology device assembly firm in Ilesa, Osun State, by a team from NPC on Thursday. Zirra said that the digitized census will be the first in African history adding that it will be accepted globally with a great standard. He further said, “We are pacesetters. We are now going to conduct a digitized census…
More knocks have continued to trail the presidential campaign council list of the Labour Party with supporters and members of the party outraged over the list that is ethnically discriminative and non-inclusive of the youths. The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Wednesday took his supporters and members of the party by surprise when he released 1,234 names to constitute his presidential campaign council with the list dominated by his kinsmen and the older generations with the LP flagbearer showing how much of a fictitious concern he has for the young generation who are said to constitute a chunk…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said his opponents in the 2023 governorship election are ignorant about governance and merely noisemakers. Sanwo-Olu said this during the flag-off of his re-election campaign on Wednesday at the Ehingbeti Summit in Lagos,. The governor, during the summit, launched the Lagos State Development Plan 2052, a 30-year plan to chart a growth path for the state. According to Sanwo-Olu, he is certain the people of Lagos state know the right thing to do is to reelect him to continue the good works he has started. “Today is the day that INEC officially flagged off…
The All Progressive Congress, APC has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure free and fair election during 2023 general election. The Sokoto State chapter urged INEC to ensure most popular candidates emerged victorious in the polls. The state Chairman, Isa Sadiq Achida, gave the charge when he received INEC officials at the party secretariat. He commended the National Assembly for enacting the new electoral act, adding that it will improve the electoral process. Achida advised INEC to be neutral with the recruitment of ad-hoc staff, saying information gathered by the party confirms that some bad elements have…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have suspended its presidential campaign over the protracted rift between presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike. Wike and his loyalists are currently up in arms with the party over its refusal to remove its national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu due to his failure to honour agreements. This rift has led to Wike and his loyalists who are majorly state governors pulling out of the presidential campaign of the party. The party, on Monday, launched its campaign in Uyo and Wike alongside Samuel Ortom (Benue); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Okezie Ikpeazu…