The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned prospective corps members with fake credentials to stay off Orientation Camps across the country. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations, ahead of the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course. NYSC warned that anyone …
Read More »2023: El-Rufai says presidency should go to South after Buhari
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that the North has no justification to remain in power after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure. El-Rufai maintained that the Presidency should rightly return to the Southern part of Nigeria. He said though the constitution of the All …
Read More »Court orders arrest of ex-SEC DG Gwarzo’s co-accused over N12.8m contract scam
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a Principal Manager with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Ms. Jamila Ahmad Muhammed, for failure to appear in court over allegations of corruption. Muhammed and a former Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), …
Read More »No plans to monitor social media, phone calls of Nigerians – Minister
Isa Pantami The federal government of Nigeria has said that there are no plans to monitor the social media and phone calls of Nigerians. A trending message which was ‘’falsely’’ attributed to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, said there would be new communication …
Read More »CBN to banks: You must seek approval before sacking staff
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has said banks are no longer allowed to sack more than five staff without its approval. This was part of the communiqué released by the Bankers Committee after its meeting on Friday. The committee, in a circular signed by Director, Financial Markets Department, CBN, …
Read More »Shell’s N56m live wire for 140 Niger Delta youths
Reporter No fewer than 140 youths from eight states of the Niger Delta have graduated from the special Shell LiveWIRE Nigeria entrepreneurial training, which provides business and financial support to enable them to establish small and medium scale businesses. Drawn from Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Delta, Edo, Imo, …
Read More »Osun: Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Akanbi suspended for six months
Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale Akanbi, was on Friday suspended for the duration of six months by the Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers, following an alleged physical assault on a fellow monarch. Recall that the the Agbuwo of Ogbaagba, Oba Dikhirulahi Akinropo accused the Iwo monarch of punching him …
Read More »President Buhari reveals what will determine reopening of border
President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, in Abuja said the issue of partial closure of Nigeria’s land border to goods from neighbouring countries will be determined by report of tripartite committee made up of Nigeria, Benin and Niger Republic. President Buhari, who received President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso at …
Read More »Residents uncover suspected kidnappers camp in llorin
Residents of Okoerin community in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara on Friday uncovered a camp where suspected kidnappers camped some children. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the camp, a storey building, was uncovered when a woman was looking for her child. Some of the residents …
Read More »Chekwas Okorie’s UPP Merges With APC
The United Progressive Party (UPP), on Friday, said it had merged with the All Progressives Congress (APC). Consequently, it said that it would not take the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over its deregistration. The UPP was recently deregistered by INEC alongside 73 other political parties. Dr Chekwas …
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