The Oyo State Police Command said it arrested 41 persons for allegedly armed robbery, rituals, kidnapping, murder and car-snatching, amongst other offences. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ayodele Sonubi, said this on Friday at the Police Headquarters in Ibadan, while briefing newsmen on the command’s…
Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, has been ranked third among all polytechnics in Nigeria, according to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, Prof. Isiaq Oloyede. The announcement was made at the National Tertiary Admission Performance Merit Award during the 2024 Policy Meeting on…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has agreed to pay N70, 000 as the new minimum wage. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris disclosed this at the end of the meeting between the organized labour and the government. The meeting was attended by Labour leaders, including the President of…
Oyo State government has absolved itself from the rumoured plan to stop or scuttle the ambition of anyone from becoming the next Olubadan. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, government believes that it is not only premature but also unfair and preemptive…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 140 as the cut-off mark for 2024 admission into the nation’s universities and 100 for polytechnics and colleges of education respectively. The National Minimum Tolerable UTME Score (NTMUS), popularly known as the cut-off mark, for 2024 admission into…
The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to support the Federal Government with N648 million for six months by cutting down their salaries by 50% to support food sufficiency across the country and to address the high cost of food. This is also as the lawmakers begged Nigeria’s to exercise more…
The Oyo State Health Insurance Agency has reeled out plans to provide health insurance coverage for 10,000 pupils in the state. This, according to the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr Sola Akande, is in furtherance of Governor Seyi Makinde’s integrated approach to education in the state. Akande made this…
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Thursday announced a ban on admissions for candidates under the age of 18 into tertiary institutions in the country. Mamman announced during the 2024 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. “JAMB is hereby notified that there is now a…
The landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, was N1,117/litre as of Tuesday, July 16, 2024, the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria announced on Wednesday. MEMAN disclosed this during a webinar with journalists on Wednesday. The association revealed that the landing cost of…
President Tinubu expressed his request in a letter that was read aloud by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during the Wednesday session in the upper legislative chamber. This adjustment raises the 2024 budget to N34.9 trillion, up from the original N28.7 trillion budget that Tinubu approved on January 1st.…