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President Bola Tinubu has reassigned Chukwuemeka Woke to the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) as its director general. Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Onanuga said Woke was initially given the job of Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA). He added…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Wednesday, came hard on States Independent Electoral Commission (SIECs), describing local government elections conducted as mere coronation of candidates of the ruling parties. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the verdict when the Chairmen and other executive members of the Forum of State Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria (FOSIECOM)…
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No fewer than 32,000 applications have been submitted by applicants for the available 1000 secondary school teaching jobs at the Ondo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM). Following the high number of applicants who showed interest in the teaching jobs, the Commission disclosed that an online examination would be conducted for all applicants seeking employment as…
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Commotion broke out at an Ondo State High Court sitting in Oka, Ondo town, headquarters of the Ondo West Local Council of the state, after a yet-to-be-identified man slumped and died in the courtroom. The deceased, who was said to be in his late 70s, allegedly accompanied his friend to the court to stand as…
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that the number of women who were rape victims in Nigeria increased from 48 per cent in 2021 to 65 per cent in 2022. According to NBS’s latest report titled “Statistical Report on Women and Men in Nigeria 2022,” the percentage of females who experience rape has…