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Governor Kayode Fayemi, Deputy Governor Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi and Ekiti State House of Assembly Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye posed with the members of the governing council of College of Agriculture and Technology, Isan Ekiti, during the council’s inauguration on Friday. R-L: Dr. Tope Aroge; Nuradin Osman; Funminiyi Afuye, Babajide Arowosafe (Chairman Governing Council), Governor Kayode Fayemi, Prof. Simi Odeyinka; Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi and Ayo Aroge
Governor Kayode Fayemi, Deputy Governor Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi and Ekiti State House of Assembly Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye posed with the members of the governing council of College of Agriculture and Technology, Isan Ekiti, during the council’s inauguration on Friday. R-L: Dr. Tope Aroge; Nuradin Osman; Funminiyi Afuye, Babajide Arowosafe (Chairman Governing Council), Governor Kayode Fayemi, Prof. Simi Odeyinka; Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi and Ayo Aroge. credit: AGCO Corp

Fayemi inaugurates Governing Council of a new agricultural college in Nigeria

The Governing Council Members of the College of Agriculture and Technology were selected from a list of experts within Ekiti State and outside Nigeria

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Africa :: Nigeria — The World Factbook

Introduction :: Nigeria Background: This entry usually highlights major historic events and current issues and may include a statement about one or two key future trends. British influence and control over what would become Nigeria and Africa's most populous country grew through the 19th century. A series of constitutions after World War II granted Nigeria…

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Nigeria | Culture, History, & People

Nigeria, country located on the western coast of Africa. Nigeria has a diverse geography, with climates ranging from arid to humid equatorial. However, Nigeria’s most diverse feature is its people. Hundreds of languages are spoken in the country, including Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, Hausa, Edo, Ibibio, Tiv, and English. The country has abundant natural resources, notably…

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

EFCC arrests Prison’s staff, five others for alleged ATM Fraud

Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested six suspected fraudsters who specialise in defrauding innocent Nigerians by using bank details obtained through sim swaps and Automated Teller Machines (ATM).

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Nigerian President Muhamadu Buhari
Nigerian President Muhamadu Buhari

Nigeria – President Buhari signs minimum wage into law

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the much awaited National Minimum Wage Bill into law, and it takes effect immediately. The bill, which has now become a law, was passed by both chambers of National Assembly before they went on break for the 2019 general elections, and will usher in a new pay structure of N30,000 as the minimum wage…

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Police kill Lagos okada rider over N200 bribe

Three trigger-happy Policemen attached to Soloki Police Station, allegedly shot a motorcyclist to death on Thursday, at Kilo, in the Surulere area of Lagos. The victim identified as Ademola Moshood was reported to have closed the business of the day and was just about a minute ride from his home before the fatal incident. Eyewitness accounts have it that Moshood…

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Lagos Police arrest man who posed MFM General Overseer, D.K Olukoya, to defraud people

MFM General Overseer impostor arrested in Lagos

A young man in his mid-twenties has been arrested in the Igando area of Lagos for impersonation of the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries (MFM), Dr D.K Olukoya. The suspect, Atanda Yusuf, a 27-year-old computer science graduate from Ekiti State University, was arrested by Operatives of Area D command of the Lagos State police command for…

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PDP’s Fintiri wins Adamawa Governorship

Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been declared the governor-elect for Adamawa State after the supplementary governorship election of Thursday. Fintiri was announced winner in the early hours of Friday by the Returning Officer, Professor. Andrew Haruna, with 376,552 votes to defeat incumbent Governor Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 336,386 votes. Son…

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Federal Capital Territory Administration demolishes orphanage home

Government agency sacks 150 orphans from home

The demolition of a church housing an orphanage home in Kubwa, Abuja, has rendered 150 orphans homeless. The church, Divine Words of Jesus Christ which housed a school and the orphanage was demolished by the Department of Development Control officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) despite an ongoing suit in court. Five buildings comprising the church, the orphanage,…

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