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By: Opeyemi Sunday Josiah, Sarah Saka & Oyindamola Bakare   The management of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, RUGIPO, has announced to the prospective Corps members HIND Il Students and spill over Students that Batch 'A’ 2023 NYSC mobilization as commenced.   This was contained in a circular released by the Director of Students Affairs, Mr. Bayo Elebute, on 9th December, 2022. with the REF No: RUGIPO/DSA/NYSC/73/VOL.IV/91.  According to the circular; all the HND II and spill over students are to register and submit the print out of their NYSC pre-mobilisation form to the Directorate of Student Affairs. Meanwhile, the registration exercise would be closed on the 23rd of December 2022 and only students who had paid their School fees in full would be allowed to register. The circular partly read, “Following the notification by the Directorate of Corps mobilization NYSC National Directorate headquarter Abuya and subsequent Sensitization programme organiscd by the St...

Interim government campaigner, Rev Chris Okotie has warned Nigerians not to get carried away by the crowds they see at political rallies. In his latest bulletin released from his media office in Lagos,by his media adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, Okotie said the presence of the mixed multitude at campaign rallies is no indication that a presidential candidate enjoys the support of the people. Rev Okotie,who is promoting his Aboriginal Democracy agenda as an alternative to the current system of government, said crowd-renting is mainly responsible for the crowd we see at rallies, which is why we sometimes find same people at different rallies.   He explained that some people attend these rallies purely out of curiosity or to catch a glimpse of the political leaders or to be part of the action. Speaking further on the 2023 election in interview with Kaftan TV's Funmilayo Osho -Kumolu, on the programme, Daybreak Africa,State of the Nation, the Reverend argued that Aboriginal Democracy is the onl...

  The Kogi State Government, on Wednesday, responded to Dangote Industries Limited's insistence on 100 per cent ownership of Obajana Cement Company, saying that DIL's efforts at making Kogi State's demand appear unreasonable had only justified the state's protest against what it described as "callous and deliberate asset grabbing."  The state government maintained that Obajana Cement Company was solely founded in 1992 and owned by the state, which held 100 per cent of its shareholding in trust for its people, long before DIL ventured into the state and longer still before Dangote Cement Plc came into existence.  In a detailed response to Dangote Group's advertorial, titled, "Separating Facts From Fiction", the Kogi State Government noted that successive administrations had always invited Dangote Industries Limited and Dangote Cement Plc to prove that the Group paid anything at all  for the purported acquisition of Obajana and its alleged 100 per ...

   We have watched with concern the face-off between the Government of Kogi State and the Dangote Group over the ownership of the Obajana Cement Company, and we are obliged to make very clear our position on the issue after diligently studying the facts of the dispute as well as making far-reaching consultations with relevant stakeholders.  We have also followed how the Dangote Group has tried to divert the attention of the public from the crux of the matter with questionable claims of violence against its workers at the time of closure.  From time immemorial, the purpose of government has been to safeguard the overall wellbeing of the people by guaranteeing their social and economic security. This is what the Kogi State Government has done by insisting on correcting the age-long economic intimidation of its host state by the Dangote Group.  As indigenes of Kogi State, we affirm that the Government of Kogi State, under Alhaji Yahaya Bello, should be commended fo...

  ...as Rector Harps on Good Conduct... Oyindamola Bakare It was an event filled with pomp and pageantry as Ondo State owned Polytechnic Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo om Friday(Today)  holds her 29th Matriculation ceremony for the fresh students of the 2021/2022 academic session The epoch making event which was held at 800 seater of the institution was graced by the Rector, Principal officers, Faculty of Deans , Board of Studies Members, All Departmental HOD ,the Students Union Government, Jamb Representative ,Mr Olugbenga  Akintola and host of others Welcoming the freshers into the institution, the Rector, Mr Gani Ogunhanusi in his speech advised them to be of good conduct and be conscious of people they associate with.  "Also you should be careful of what you see and watch and where you go to and always dress moderately  "Any Student found dressing indecently will be suspended and habit of a man plaiting hair is also prohibited inside the institution  Mr Ga...