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By Sehinde Fanokun, Akure. Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Oleyelogun Bamidele David has commended the Nigeria Governors' Forum for making efforts towards the realisation of a Financial Autonomy for the Legislative arm of government. Rt Honourable Oleyelogun was addressing the fifth quarterly session of the Majority...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Thursday gave provisional licences to 20 new private universities. The private universities were established and approved by Federal Executive Council. With these newly approved varsities the total number of universities in Nigeria is now 193. Below are the 20 new universities that...

Veteran Journalist and Academic, Alhaji Liad Tella has been named the pioneer chairman of council of the newly established Federal College of Education, Iwo, Osun state, The Precision NG has learnt. His appointment and others were contained in a statement obtained by our correspondent on the official Facebook page of the institution.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and reconstitution of the Governing Councils of five federal Universities in Nigeria. The affected universities are University of Ibadan (UI), University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), University of Lagos (UNILAG), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife and Maritime University in Delta State. The approval was contained...

All is set for the 489th in the series of the University of Ibadan inaugural lecture to be delivered by Afis Ayinde Oladosu, a Professor in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies and Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan. The lecture will be held on Thursday April 15, 2021 under the chairmanship...

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has described the death of 19-year-old, Richard Okorogheye in London as very sad and painful. In a condolence message, Dabiri-Erewa said the circumstances of Richard's sudden disappearance and eventual death was very disturbing and heartbreaking. The NIDCOM boss consoled with Richard's parents,...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied it tortured Sa’idu Afaka, the President’s official driver to death. Public Relations Officer, Department of State Services, National Headquarters, Dr Peter Afunanya, said this in a statement late Wednesday evening. It reads: “The Department of State Services (DSS) denies the misleading news by...

The Chief Executive Officer of Basement Africa Productions, Engr Okiemute, says winner of the Basement Search Reality TV show tagged: 'The Film Makers Edition' will go home with a car gift and other items worth twenty five million naira. Recall that the organizers have so far covered the City of Warri and Port Harcourt...

Professor Oluayo Anthony Bello-Olusoji has canvassed for the establishment of Shellfish Bank to deal with classification or mapping of the indigenous molluscs in Nigeria for cultivation and harvesting. Bello-Olusoji, who is a professor of Fisheries Management at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) made this known on Tuesday when he delivered the institution's...

By Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Abuja. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Migration department of the United Nations, has donated a computer for data management and mapping to Nigerians in Diaspora Commission. Representing the Organisation, Mr Chukwuemeka Anene said the donation was necessitated by the outcome of the National Migration Working Group...