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Antonio Guterres The United Nations (U.N.) Security Council has formally endorsed Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres as the next U.N. Secretary-General thereby succeeding Mr Ban Ki Moon.  Following a decisive round of voting in the council, the veteran politician and diplomat prevailed with 13 votes in favor of his candidacy, none objecting and two votes of “no opinion.”  In the formal...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, and the institution's Bursar, Emmanuel Ademola, over their alleged involvement in a case involving abuse of office and misappropriation of funds. Reports say Prof. Daramola allegedly received furniture allowance annually as opposed to once every four years,...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has distributed a total of 1,201,073 Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, to registered voters in Ondo State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the State, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, said this in Akure that 344,006 PVCs are yet to be collected and urged residents of the State to collect theirs while distribution continued. “It is important to stress...

Oladeinde Olawoyin  Central to the stability of any society's democracy is a strong and non-partisan media system. As a matter of fact, so crucial to the growth and development of the society is the media that it is considered the fourth estate of the realm, a clear pointer to its importance as the watchdog of the society. Like it is in...

The Federal Government has listed two jets in the Presidential fleet for immediate sale. The jets: Falcon 7x and Hawker 4000, were advertised on page 35 of Tuesday’s Thisday Newspapers The adverts showed the performance and specifications of the jets,  which indicated that they were still in good condition. Interested buyers are to inspect the Falcon at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi...

The President of the Federation of International Football Association FIFA, Gianni Infantino has proposed a 48-team World Cup, which will see 16 teams exit the competition after one knockout match. The proposal will see a play-in round concluded three days before the current 32-team group stage. From that stage, the tournament would continue as usual. The FIFA Boss confirmed that the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the proposed the sum of N6, 866,335,052,740 as budget for 2017 fiscal year. According to report, the President also pegged the oil production figure for next year at 2.2 million barrels per day, while the projected oil benchmark price is pegged at $42.50. Average exchange rate for the year is slated at N290.00 per dollar. These figures...

Dr Ibrahim with Pres. Buhari in Aso Rock  May peace, mercy and blessings be upon you! All praises and thanks are due to the Lord of the universe.  Good morning, senior management and staff of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). It is a great pleasure to meet with all of you today in office as your colleague and Director-General. Let me begin...

Gov. Olusegun Mimiko  As the Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko clocks 62 on Monday 3rd October, 2016, about 3,000 youths across the state will converge on the International Events Centre – The Dome in Akure to celebrate him.  The youths under the aegis of Orange Youth Network will used the opportunity of the event to inaugurate the state and...

Ize-iyamu  My good people of Edo state, I thank each and everyone of you for the wonderful turn out we all saw on September 28 2016 during the Edo state governorship elections. Though we have our doubts about the results as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, I appreciate your massive turn out which is unprecedented in the history of...