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Sudan’s transitional government signs much-anticipated peace deal with various armed groups, raising hopes of an end to 17 years of conflict.Actors in Sudan crisis makes peaceSudan’s transitional government on Monday signed a much-anticipated peace deal with various armed groups, raising hopes of an end to 17 years of conflict.Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok and Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan signed the agreement with the Sudan Revolutionary Front, a coalition of armed groups operating mainly in the volatile Darfur, Blue Nile, and South Kordofan regions, the country’s national broadcaster reported.After nine months of tough negotiations, the signing took place in…

Mr Gbenga Adefaye, the General Manager/Editor-in-Chief of Vanguard Newspapers, has been appointed as Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Ikeja.A statement signed in Lagos on Monday by former Ogun governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Chairman, Governing Council of the NIJ, said Adefaye would serve as Provost of the institution with effect from Sept. 1, 2020 pending the appointment of a new Provost.He succeeds the former Provost, Mr Gbemiga Oluleye, who has served out his term meritoriously.Adefaye was a former two-term president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors.The NIJ is a Nigerian monotechnic institute located at Ogba in Ikeja, Lagos State.It is…

The Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shown great concern if the state is no more a part of the Southwest States as the State government led by Governor Dapo Abiodun has refused to inaugurate the State Chapter of Amotekun to combat the rising security challenges in the state.Our party is much disturbed by the uninspiring attitude of the All Progressive Congress(APC) ruling government in the state to leverage on the opportunities provided by the widely accepted Amotekun as a formidable security initiative as seen in other states.It is most ridiculous that while its counterparts in…

PDP LogoThe Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC), announced candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winners of all the chairmanship and councilorship seats in Saturday’s council polls conducted across the 13 Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.Mr Jossy Eze, Chairman of EBSIEC, made the disclosure in Abakaliki while announcing the results of the elections held across the 171 electoral wards and 13 councils of the state.Eze announced that the commission has ratified and adopted the chairmanship results for the 13 LGAs as announced by various LGA returning officers and the councillorship results announced at the 171 electoral wards.“Chief…

LASG says it will start the dislodgement of illegal slabs as well as the monitoring of all veterinary premises from Sept. 1.Gov. Babajide Sanwo-OluThe Lagos State Government (LASG) says it will start the dislodgement of illegal slabs as well as the monitoring of all veterinary premises from Sept. 1, across the state.The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, said this on Sunday during the re-inauguration of the Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance (MEC) Team of the ministry.Olusanya said that the dislodgement was in furtherance of the sanitisation and reform of the red meat value chain.She noted that the exercise…

At the inception, the introduction of N-Power scheme stands out as one of the best policies of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari with a lot of graduates been engaged through the scheme aspiring to move to the assumed next level of the programme which was interpreted to be permanent employment or empowerment not knowing it is a rehearsal for the journey to the colony of unemployment.On 30th June, 2020, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Diseaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, announced the commencement of the disengagement of the batches A and B of the Npower volunteers…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the former minister of agriculture and President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, for his re-election to serve a second term in the Presidency of the bank.The PDP said the re-election was not only earned but well- deserved in view of the competence and commitment Dr. Adesina has displayed in uplifting and promoting the bank’s operations since 2015, when he was first elected as President of the bank.Dr. Adesina has attracted praises in bringing his deep knowledge in economic development to bear on the bank’s primary functions of making loans and…

The Ogun State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sent a congratulatory message to the newly officially installed Bejeroku of Oke Agbo, Ijebu Igbo – Alayeluwa Alayeluwa Oba Stephen Adeleke Adekoya, MBA,FCIA. The congratulatory message which was personally signed by the Ogun State Chairman of PDP, Alh. Dr. Sikirulahi Ogundele reads thus:”I write, on behalf of the entire members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state to congratulate Your Highness and indeed,, the good people of Oke Agbo in Ijebu Igbo on your well deserved official installation by the government of Ogun state as the new Bejeroku…

Ibraheem Adegbokiki/Timothy OdedinaThe Ogun State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Dr. Kehinde Olúdáre, Special Assistant to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Youths, Mr. Olamide Lawal, Acting State Youth Leader of Ogun State All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Babatunde Aremu, Ogun State, the Spokesperson of Dapo Abiodun Youth Movement who had also served as the State Coordinator 2019 APC Presidential Campaign Council, Field Operations department, Com. Nuberu Adesanya Olufemi, Coordinator of APC youth Wing, who is also Vice Chairman, Dapo Abiodun Likeminds, Comrade Rasheed Aroboto and others converged on Wednesday at Ogun State APC State Secretariat, Ijaye, Abeokuta, called for unity among…

The National Examination Council has assured the public of its commitment to ensure effective and efficient conduct of all its examinations.NECOThe National Examination Council (NECO), has assured the public of its commitment to ensure effective and efficient conduct of all its examinations.This is following complaints by some schools whose candidates are unable to sit for the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) that commenced on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020.In a statement by Mr Azeez Sani, Head of Information and Public Relations (NECO) to news men in Abuja on Wednesday said that adequate opportunity was provided well in advance for all…