Investigation has commenced into the reported case of about 18 pupils of James Primary School B, Osogbo, Osun State who reportedly landed in the hospitals after eating a mid-day meal served to them under the free school feeding programme of the state government. The government also directed the stoppage of further food cooking at the affected school pending the outcome of the investigations. A statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, obtained in Osogbo on Tuesday, said the governor, Ademola Adeleke directed immediate action when…

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Chief Edwin Clark, leader of Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, yesterday, urged President Bola Tinubu to adopt former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon’s eminent persons’ doctrine of necessity as the only way of resolving the political crisis in Ondo State. Clark, in an open letter to President Tinubu, urged him to act fast to curb the crisis in the state just as he likened the situation to when late President Umaru Yar’Adua was sick and the Senate came up with the doctrine of necessity to tackle the situation. The letter,…

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The government of Canada has increased the proof of funds for Nigerians and other international students from ₦8,025,000.00 ($10,000) to ₦16,050,000.0000 ($20,000). Marc Miller, Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, made this announcement in a statement on Thursday, saying the new requirement will take effect from January 1, 2024. “Starting January 1, 2024, the cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants will be raised so that international students are financially prepared for life in Canada. For 2024, a single applicant will need to show they have $20,635, representing 75%…

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The Lagos state government has sacked 450 employees of the Lagos State Water Corporation. It was learnt on Thursday that the affected staff members were shocked when they were served with sack letters on Tuesday and given an ultimatum to surrender all the government property in their care. The decision to sack the workers jolted some of the staff members who were not affected by the exercise. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a staff member said that many of the laid-off staff members had spent several years working with…

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Chief Frank Ovie Kokori, the ex-General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, is dead. He was 80 years old. Chief Frank Kokori breathed his last at a kidney treatment hospital in Warri, Delta State, in the early hours of today, Thursday. One of his aides, who confirmed the painful development, said he would want the family to formally break the news to the media. “He passed on this night. I would want the family to break the news formally to the media. “I am…

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