Public sector
28 Jun 2023
Today’s thesis is that in virtually every objectively progressive endeavour, the overriding objective is success, however widely or narrowly defined. The inference is that there must be some mechanism by which that success is defined.
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has re-scheduled the 2024, National Common Entrance Examination into Federal Unity Colleges as well as Federal Government Academy, Suleja, NECO spokesperson Azeez Sani in a statement on Tuesday, said the National Common Entrance Examination which was earlier scheduled to be held on 20th April 2024, will now be held on…
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Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Executive Committee meeting, scheduled for Thursday, April 18, a PDP support group, known as PDP Restructure Movement has endorsed former deputy governor of Kogi State, Phillips Salawu, as the next National Chairman of the party. The group led by Isa Mu'azu in a statement said that in…
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has re-scheduled the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination into Federal Unity Colleges and the entrance examination into Federal Government Academy, Suleja. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday by Azeez Sani, acting Director, Information and Digital Communication, of the council. Sani stated that…
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An 88-year-old man from the French island of Reunion was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison for killing his ill wife and her in-house carer, a judicial source said Tuesday. The accused, a retired teacher, said that he had acted out of compassion because his 78-year-old spouse suffered from Alzheimer's disease. The double…
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Manchester United have spoken to Alejandro Garnacho after the winger liked social media posts criticising manager Erik ten Hag over his handling of the player. The Argentina international, taken off at half-time in their 2-2 draw at Bournemouth on Saturday, liked two messages on X, by United fan and YouTuber Mark Goldbridge. One post accused…
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The Federal Government said it is planning to reduce the cost of tax expenditure and ensure tax incentives aimed at impacting the economy positively. The Ministry of Finance made this known on Monday in a statement by spokesperson, Mohammed Manga. Manga said to achieve this, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy,…
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Meta's oversight board said Tuesday it is scrutinising the social media titan's deepfake porn policies, through the lens of two cases. The move by what is referred to as a meta "supreme court" for content moderation disputes comes just months after the widespread sharing of lewd AI-generated images of megastar Taylor Swift on X, formerly…
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The Federal Government has concluded the allocation for the first batch of completed houses across the 36 states of Nigeria. Salisu Haiba, spokesperson for the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi disclosed this in a statement. Ogunbiyi said the first batch of the allocation process for successful applicants…
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The Air component of Operation Hadarin Kai (OPHK) has executed a precision airstrike on the hideouts of ISWAP terrorists nestled within Kolleram village along the shores of Lake Chad. The operation, conducted on April 13, 2024, reportedly yielded significant success as the Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) post-strike conducted revealed the neutralization of over 30 terrorists.…
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A lecturer at the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, in Oyo State, Alabi Ogundeji, has explained why he took part in the invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat last Saturday. Ogundeji was part of the 21 Yoruba Nation agitators paraded on Monday by the Oyo State Commissioner, Hamzat Adebola. He, alongside other agitators…