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The federal government has pledged to improve the conditions of the orientation camps operated by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) nationwide. Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, gave the assurance during an unscheduled visit to the NYSC orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara State on Tuesday, November 28. In a statement by the […]
Officers of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Kaduna State confiscated 61 smuggled Sports Utility Vehicles with fake government plate numbers. According to the FOU Comptroller, Dalha Wada, on Tuesday, the smuggled vehicles were confiscated from smugglers at different locations in the North-Central and North-West zones. Wada […]
The Federal Government has vowed to probe allegations of prison officials colluding with terrorists in the North-Eastern part of the country, saying the accusations are “despicable”. Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, had accused some officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) of conniving with inmates to finance the operations of terrorists. […]
The Senate has quashed a Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act 2022 seeking to allow political parties nominate and replace validly elected candidates in the event of resignation, death or vacancy (of seats) of serving members in National Assembly (NASS) and State Assemblies and for connected matters. The sponsor of the bill, […]
The Lagos State Government has said that demolished buildings in the state were not approved by any of its agencies and that the structures were rushed during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development in the state, Oluyinka Olumide, made this known on Wednesday. He challenged any of the […]
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday expressed his desire that the 2024 Appropriation Act come into effect on January 1, 2024. The President, who addressed a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, charged both arms of the legislative arm to work assiduously and “conclude with reasonable dispatch”, their deliberations on the 2024 budget estimates […]
The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has assured corps members posted to the state that his administration will treat them as critical national assets by ensuring the provision of their welfare needs. Governor Soludo who gave the assurance during the opening ceremony of orientation course for the 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream II corps […]
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has extended his sincere condolences to the family of the late Inspector Lucky Okey who just passed on. A statement signed by his Press Secretary Mr Christian Aburime said before his death, Mr. Okey was a police officer who served as part of the governor’s security convoy until […]
An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State on Tuesday has dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In the courtroom on Tuesday, the APC candidate requested […]
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has promised to work towards ending recurring strikes in Nigerian universities. Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman of the Committee, made this known at a meeting with the Executive Secretary of National University Commission (NUC) and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the House leadership […]
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