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BUHARI'S INAUGURATION

Global attention shifts to the world’s most populous black nation on the planet, Nigeria, where the country’s fifth democratically elected president, Muhammadu Buhari, will be inaugurated on Friday (today).

Contrary to speculations, indications emerged on Thursday that the outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan, will attend the historic occasion which would mark the first time a sitting president would

Adesina becomes African Development Bank’s president

The immediate past Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, on Thursday emerged as the new President of the African Development Bank.

The 55-year-old Adesina, who until yesterday (Thursday) served the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan as a minister, defeated seven other contestants from across the continent by scoring 58 per cent of the votes cast in an election held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, where the AfDB is

Pledges To Pay Marriage Expenses of Serving NYSC Members

Kaiama Local Government Council of Kwara has pledged to finance the marriage of any serving female National Youth Service Corps member that marries a man from the council area.

The chairman of the council, Alhaji Alhassan Bagudu, made the pledge on Wednesday in Kaiama while receiving the 2015 Batch “A” corps members posted to the council.

200 Soldiers Reportedly Dismissed From The Nigerian Army For Cowardice

200 military officers have reportedly been dismissed by the Nigerian army over allegations of cowardice and insubordination during the army’s operation to take over Sambisa forest. The soldiers were reportedly dismissed at the Rukuba Barracks in Jos, Plateau State on Tuesday May 26th. When asked about the reported dismissal, Army spokesperson, Sani Usman, did not refute the claims but stated that the army as an institution has zero tolerance for cowardice and insubordination.

Federal Government approves N500 million each for four new Universities of Education in Nigeria

The Federal Government has approved N500 million for each of the four Federal Colleges of Education upgraded to Universities of Education as administrative and running costs.
The Colleges of Education are: Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo; Federal College of Education, Zaria; Federal College of Education, Kano; and Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri.
Nnamdi Olebara, the Special Adviser, Media, to Ibrahim Shekarau, the Minister of Education, made