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target=_blank>Lagos Set For NSSF Natl Table Tennis, Swimming Championships
ShareThe National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, will come alive from June 23 to 25 as it hosts the Nigeria School Sport Federation (NSSF) National Table Tennis and Swimming Championships. The three-day event will feature student-athletes from across the country competing for spots on Team Nigeria ahead of the inaugural African School Games, scheduled for July…
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target=_blank>COSEYL To Gowon: You Caused Nigerian Civil War, Not Ojukwu
ShareThe Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has faulted former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, over his recent comments blaming the late Biafran leader, General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, for the Nigerian Civil War. COSEYL insists that it was Gowon’s refusal to honour the Aburi Accord that ultimately triggered the conflict. Responding to Gowon’s…
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target=_blank>Nigeria Military Not Occupying Force – FG
ShareThe Federal Government has urged Nigerians to view the military as an integral part of society and not as an occupying force. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the call at a conference on Civil-Military Relations organised by the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. He expressed concern over the trust deficit…
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target=_blank>UNICEF Urges Smarter Budgeting For Children’s Rights
ShareAs Nigeria marks the Day of the African Child, UNICEF has called for urgent reforms in how national and subnational governments plan, allocate, and implement budgets aimed at safeguarding the rights of children. At a media dialogue in Lagos, UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office, Celine Lafoucriere, and Programme and Social Policy Manager, Muhammad Okorie, expressed…
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target=_blank>Osun Faces Teacher Shortage Crisis As CRG Urges Immediate Recruitment
ShareThe Center for Responsive Governance (CRG) has raised the alarm over a deepening shortage of qualified teachers in Osun State public schools, urging the state government to fast-track the recruitment process it announced earlier in 2025. In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Comrade Ayodeji Ologun, and made available to New Telegraph in Osogbo…
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target=_blank>Stop Rewriting Yoruba History, Group Warns Igbo Writers
ShareAtunto, a Yoruba socio-cultural organisation comprising prominent Yoruba stakeholders across the globe, has strongly condemned recent narratives suggesting that the Igbo people once occupied Ile-Ife, the ancestral homeland of the Yoruba in Osun State. In a statement jointly signed by its Chairmen—Chief Banji Ayiloge (Diaspora) and Dr. Oluwatoyin Atte (Homeland)—on Thursday, the group dismissed such…
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target=_blank>Tinubu’s Visit To Benue’ll Help Address Insecurity — Abbas
ShareChairman of the Osun Amotekun Corps Board, AIG Wale Abbas (Rtd), has said President Bola Tinubu’s recent visit to Benue State could mark a turning point in efforts to address the state’s persistent insecurity and killings. President Tinubu visited Benue following the brutal murder of over 200 residents recently—an incident that sparked national outrage and…
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target=_blank>Exercise, Rest, Pray, Okonkwo Urges Nigerian Women
ShareThe Resident Pastor of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM) International Headquarters, Bishop Peace Okonkwo, has encouraged Nigerian women and their counterparts across the globe to embrace regular exercise as a vital component of a healthy lifestyle. Speaking during the Christian Women Fellowship (CWF) Annual Sports Day 2025, held at the TREM International Headquarters, Anthony-Oke, Gbagada…
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target=_blank>NSITF Presents N18.6m Cheque To Family Of Deceased Employee
ShareThe Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has presented a cheque of ₦18,652,908.20 as death benefits to the family of a deceased employee of the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria, who lost his life in a road traffic accident while returning from work. Managing Director of the Fund, Oluwaseun Faleye, made the presentation on Wednesday,…
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target=_blank>Regular, Proper Data Collection Critical To Devt – Don
ShareA Professor of Statistics at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Barnabas Adebola, has urged governments at all levels to prioritise regular and accurate data collection as a vital tool for national planning and development. Delivering the institution’s 181st inaugural lecture titled “Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen: Understanding the Hide and Seek…
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