Day: January 10, 2023

The Lagos State Government has advised students in schools across the state to shun bad gangs and cultism and exhibit diligence in their academics. The state Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, gave the advice, according to a statement on Tuesday, during the monitoring and compliance exercise on school resumption for the second term across

Gospel artist, Chibueze Oforgu, popularly known as Maxy Michael, has narrated how the words of Port Harcourt-based gospel artist, Oluwabamidele Adeeko, aka Sensational Bamidele, moved him to tears when the latter visited his studio in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  During the visit, Maxy Michael, while speaking to Midweek Entertainment, said he was moved to tears

The National Board for Technical Education has commenced the training of Quality Assurance Assessors in the South-East zone. The NBTE Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris Bugaje, while addressing participants at the opening ceremony of the two-week workshop in Umuahia, Abia, on Tuesday said the project was supported by the World Bank. Bugaje, who was represented by

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, urged parents to send their children to school to counter the vile ideologies of the Boko Haram sect. He also said a vote for the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, in next

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, lamented on Tuesday that an estimated figure of 250,000 out-of-school children in the state was alarming. Diri, who spoke during the launch of a national campaign on out-of-school children organised by the Federal Ministry of Education in Yenagoa, called on parents, traditional rulers, and community leaders to join

Marcus Rashford came off the bench to score twice as Manchester United beat Charlton 3-0 to reach the League Cup semi-finals on Tuesday while Newcastle saw off Leicester 2-0. A youthful United side featured eight changes as Erik ten Hag had one eye on Saturday’s derby against Manchester City at Old Trafford. One of those

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says investment in technology is the way of the future as it holds a lot of prospects. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the Vice President received a delegation of the Odu’a Investment Company at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The delegation was led by the

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to put all necessary machinery in place for the smooth conduct of the 2023 elections. In a statement by its national publicity secretary, Jare Ajayi, on Tuesday, the organisation said every effort must be made to ensure that the general election slated for

The Lagos State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has dismissed speculations that it will hold a campaign rally for one of the political parties. In a statement on Tuesday, signed by the Chairman and Secretary, ASUU-LASU, Dr Isaac A Oyewumi, and Tony Dansu respectively, the union said it had not received

The senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Nicholas Tofowomo, has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to establish railway police at every station to curb the attacks on railway passengers and station workers in the country. Tofowomo who is the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport,  which covers railways and mass