Author: NPO Admin II
By Halimah Olamide The students council of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun state, has made it mandatory for female students to wear pants and bra while on campus. The directive was said to be sequel to an observation that many female students now attend classes obviously without wearing undies. The latest instruction was contained in a memo at the weekend by the school’s New Media office and signed by Speaker of the student council, Sulaimon Adedamola. “It is important to remember that pants and a bra are required while on campus. This is not only for your comfort and safety…
By Halimah Olamide The Federal Government has dissolved the Secretariat of the Advertising Standard Panel (ASP) over its alleged approval of billboards which appears to have put the judiciary in focus with the theme: ‘All Eyes on The Judiciary.’ The message which went out through some billboards, is believed to be blackmailing the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal is current handling the election petitions involving President Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and his Peoples Democratic Party’s counterparts, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The ASP is the Statutory Panel under the Council charged with the duty of…
By Kamil Opeyemi Authorities of Nigeria’s premier university, the University of Ibadan have issued a directive to workers to report for work only three days a week. In a communique issued on Monday a copy of which was obtained, the decision was sequel to the rising cost of living occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal. “The astronomical increase in the fuel pump price occasioned by the removal of subsidy by the Federal Government has imposed huge economic difficulties on the generality of Nigerians. “Salary earners who have to commute to work every working day are faced with an aggravation of…
By Omolade Durojaiye Starting her first match at the FIFA’s Women World Cup,Spanish captain Olga Carmona’s stunning late strike gave Spain a 2-1 win over Sweden on Tuesday to propel them into the Women’s World Cup final for the first time in their history. Spain’s thrilling victory at Eden Park sets up a showdown in Sydney on Sunday with either Australia or England, who meet in the other semifinal on Wednesday. The semifinal in Auckland seemed to be drifting towards extra time before suddenly bursting to life when substitute Salma Paralluelo put Spain ahead with nine minutes left. Rebecka Blomqvist…
By Halimah Olamide There seems to be no end in sight for the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, as the Federal Government on Tuesday filed 20 charges against him bordering on conferring unlawful advantages” and others. Before filing the fresh charges, the governor through its Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice Mohammed Bakodo Abubakar sought to withdraw its initial charges of illegal possession of firearms against Emefiele. The DPP told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that the application followed the result of further investigations which revealed more grievous offences committed by the…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC-L) Limited says it has no plan to raise the pump price per litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. In a terse statement on Monday night, the company urged Nigerians to disregard speculations of a fresh hike in price of the premium product. This comes hours when the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero warned the NNPC Limited against fresh petrol price hike. However, NNPC Limited via its social media handles said the company has no intention to increase petrol price for the third…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has taken the attacks on officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency to the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy. NPO Reports learnt Monday night that the governor, worried by the spate of attacks on officials of traffic management agency and the flagrant violation of traffic rules by soldiers and other uniformed men, was said to have asked the Army and the Navy to investigate recent attacks on LASTMA men which resulted in many operatives abandoning their duty posts for fears of attacks. Although, NPO Reports learnt that the matter is being treated as…
Villagers in Chukuba community of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger have fled to neighbouring areas of Erena, Zumba and Gwada in Shiroro, following a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter crash in their area. Alhaji Akilu Ishaku, Chairman, Shiroro Local Government, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday. He said he received the information of the air crash from the security personnel in the area, Village Head of Galkogo and other stakeholders in the area where the incident occurred. “As the chief security officer of Shiroro Local Government, I have received reports of an…
The World Health Organization(WHO) has urged Nigeria to adopt a comprehensive approach for pandemic preparedness. Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, WHO Country Representative, Nigeria, said this on Monday at the second Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of Nigeria’s health security capacity through the assessment of its International Health Regulations (IHR) prescribed core capacities. Mulombo said the second JEE had provided an opportunity for Nigeria to have a comprehensive approach toward governance in its health security. He said that a JEE was a voluntary, collaborative, multi-sectoral process to assess a country’s capacities to prevent, detect and rapidly respond to public health risks whether…
Mercy Eke has emerged the head of house for the fourth week in the ongoing Big Brother Naija All-Stars Reality Show. Biggie, the coordinator of the show, announced this after the completion of the different stages of the head of house challenge on Monday. Mercy, as she is fondly called becomes the first female head of house for the “All Stars” season as she selected Angel, Frodd, Whitemoney and Doyin as her ‘BFF’, who will also have automatic access to the head of house lounge. Alex who won the black envelope game was granted immunity from the week’s eviction.