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President Bola Tinubu has approved the conduct of an extensive census of all schools across the country, from primary to tertiary level, taking cognisance of their conditions and live-in facilities, proximity to one another, educational infrastructure, among others. A census will also be conducted on teachers, their qualifications, the training support they get, as well as on pupils and students on the bases of their gender, examination grades, and so […]

The Oyo State government has confirmed receipt of a letter indicating the nomination of the current Balogun of Ibadanland, Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin as the new Olubadan of Ibadanland. The commissioner for local government and chieftaincy matters, Segun Olayiwola confirmed this today in an interview Recall that the Olubadan-in-Council which consists of High Chiefs in Ibadan has appointed Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland last week friday at the meeting […]

The federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment says it has begun disbursement of the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme to verified applicants after an in-depth selection process. Under the scheme which will be facilitated through the Bank of Industry, government said it would be disbursing three categories of funding totaling N200bn to support manufacturers and businesses across the country. In a progress report posted on the trade minister’s official X […]

The owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, Elon musk has confirmed plans to charge new users to post on the social media platform. While replying to a post about the X policy on new accounts  he said the plan is the only solution to curb the issue of bots on the platform. He noted that the proliferation of fake accounts occupies the available space for usernames, leading to the unavailability […]