Month: April 2023

BREAKING: LAUTECH bans students from bringing cars to campus

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The management of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso has banned students from driving or bringing cars to the campus   The Registrar of the institution, Dr. K.A. Ogunleye, in a memo, said the decision was reached at a management meeting on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. It reads: “Vehicles owned by students are hereby banned from entering the University Campus.”   “Vehicles with no registration numbers are no longer allowed into the campus.”   “Roadside parking of vehicles should stop forthwith.”   “An unauthorised vehicles parked at various positions in the…

FG orders Immigration CG, Isah Jere, to proceed on retirement

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The Federal Government has asked the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere, to proceed on retirement.   In a letter from the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, dated 17th of April, 2023, and addressed to the NIS boss, Federal Government directed him to hand over to the most senior officer in the Service.     This directive is coming following the allegation that the outgoing NIS boss was making efforts to get another extension to his stay in the Service.     Jere…

Reason Why Older Men Should Chew Pawpaw Seeds Regularly

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Pawpaw, also known as papaya, is a tropical fruit that is well-known for its many health benefits. One lesser-known benefit of pawpaw is that the seeds of the fruit contain compounds that can be beneficial for older men. Regular consumption of pawpaw seeds can help to improve prostate health, boost the immune system, and even prevent cancer.   According to webmd, One of the main reasons older men should chew pawpaw seeds regularly is that they contain high levels of enzymes that can help to improve prostate health. The prostate…

EAT ME: Regulates blood sugar, betters brain health … 8 benefits of date fruit

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Date fruit is a reddish-brown oval-shaped staple food that originates from the Middle East . It is small and sweet, growing in clusters on the date palm tree.   Whether eaten dry or wet, dates provide the body with several benefits due to their nutritional components.   Rich in antioxidants   Date fruit contains antioxidants that also have anti-inflammatory effects. Three of the most potent antioxidants in dates are flavonoids, carotenoids, and phenolic acid.   Antioxidants protect your cells from free radicals.   Free radicals are unstable molecules that may…

NYSC DG presents Insurance Cover cheques to family of late Corps Member

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In demonstration of NYSC’s pragmatic posture towards the welfare of Corps Members, the Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has presented insurance cover cheque to the family of Corps Member Juliana Oreoluwa Aina who lost her life in a BRT Bus that was crushed by a train in Lagos in March this year. While addressing the parents and siblings of the deceased at their home in Abuja, the Director General extended the sympathy of the entire Management, Staff and Corps Members to the family.   “All of us in the…

FG unveils 5-year plan to address insecurity

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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, launched a five-year strategic plan for the Ministry and its Services/Board to tackle insecurity in the country.   In a statement by Afonja Fatai Ajibola, the spokesman of the ministry, the Minister said the Ministry of Interior is integral to the national security and prosperity of the country.   He said these are done through the four services – the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) which monitors comings and goings at the country’s borders, ensuring that those who are likely to harm Nigerians…

Adefulire ; Railing SDGs Beyond 2020-2030 Agenda, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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For near seven years and since 2016 when President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Sustainable Development Goals SSAP SDGs, which coincided with the transmutation from the Millennium Development Goals MDGs, the program domesticated in Nigeria was been piloted diligently under the leadership of the agency.   With a mandate to provide all round socioeconomic gaps with the collaboration of development partners, the private sector, civil society organisations CSO’s along with state government as focal person’s in line with the…

IGP’s GROUP LIFE ASSURANCE SCHEMES ; CP Niger presents Cheques worth N58.5m to 32 beneficiaries

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In furtherance to the IGP’s Welfare Schemes for Police personnel, the Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command CP Ogundele J. Ayodeji on behalf of the Inspector General of Police IGP Usman Alkali Baba presented cheques amounting to fifty-eight million, five hundred and seventy-eight thousand, five hundred and sixty-six naira, sixty-six kobo (#58,578,566.66k) to thirty-two families of Police personnel who died in active service in the Command within the year 2020/2022.   During the presentation of cheques to the next of kin and family members under the IGP’s Group Life Assurance…

Eid-ul-Fitr: Sultan urges Muslims to search for Shawwal moon on Thursday

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The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called on the Nigerian Muslim ummah to search for the crescent of Shawwal 1444 A.H. immediately after sunset on Thursday, 29 Ramadan 1444 A.H., which is equivalent to 20 April, 2023.   A statement on Tuesday signed by the Director of Administration, Zubairu Haruna Usman-Ugwu, said the NSCIA President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, made the call upon the advice of the National Moon-Sighting Committee (NMSC).   According to the statement, if the crescent is sighted by Muslims…

Northern Youth Council honours NCC Director of Financial Services, Yakubu Gontor

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The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has bestowed Shield of Nigeria Northern Youth Award on the Director, Financial Services, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Yakubu Gontor for his exemplary professional conduct. A delegation of the organisation led by the National President, Dr. Isa Ododo, presented a plaque for award of Garwuwan Matasan Arewa Nigeria (literally translated as ‘Shield of Niger Northern Youth’) during a visit to Gontor in his office at the Commission in Abuja recently. Ododo said the recognition was based on Gonor’s professionalism and his standing as civil…