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“NERD Mandatory For NYSC Mobilisation, Exemption” – FG
The federal government says compliance with the national policy for the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) is now mandatory for mobilisation into, or exemption from, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The policy, effective from October 6, invokes provisions in Sections 2(4)(4) and 16(1)(C) of the NYSC Act. It was communicated in a circular from the office of the secretary...
Buhari Planning To Steal ₦13.5Bn Through School Feeding Programme — PDP
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has accused the Nigerian Government of planning to steal ₦13.5bn while disguising the plan as feeding school children during COVID-19 pandemic. Kola Olognondiyan, PDP spokesperson, in a statement, questioned the rationale behind feeding school children with ₦13.5bn while schools were indefinitely shut due to Coronavirus outbreak. The statement reads in part, “While it is clear that...
Group Slams Dino Melaye For Mocking Tinubu At Rally
A group called Social Rehabilitation Group has condemned the actions of a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Dino Melaye, at the party’s campaign rally in Asaba, Delta State’s capital. The group claimed that Melaye’s dancing and falling on the podium during the rally was a mockery of the health of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and described...
4 In 10 Nigerians Lost Their Jobs In April – NBS
Not less than four in every ten Nigerians (42 per cent) who were working before the outbreak of coronavirus in the country lost their jobs due to the impact of COVID-19, in April, an NBS survey found. This estimate includes respondents in the poorest households, where about 5 in 10 (45 per cent) stopped working due to COVID-19, and the...
French Army Withdraws Forces From Senegal
France will on Thursday formally hand back its last military bases in Senegal, leaving the French army with no permanent camps in west and central Africa. Ending the French army’s 65 years in Senegal, the pull-out comes after similar withdrawals across the continent, with former colonies increasingly turning their backs on their former ruler. Around 350 French soldiers, primarily tasked with...
Jigawa Delegates Disrupt Atiku, Obi Coalition Meeting
A high-level coalition meeting that included former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and others descended into chaos when Jigawa State delegates interrupted the proceedings. The ongoing coalition meeting at the Abuja Continental Hotel, organised by the National Political Consultative Group (North), was briefly disrupted following a disagreement over representation...
SEC Mandates Public Companies To Publish Financial Statements Online
SEC has directed all public companies to post their financial statements on their official websites as of January 2025 for transparency. In a circular issued on Thursday, the SEC warned that non-compliance with the directive would attract sanctions. According to the Commission, the directive aims to ensure seamless public access to financial information, which is critical for making sound investment decisions. The...
Hon. Amobi Ogah Celebrates Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu aAt 54
The Member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah FCE, has extended warm birthday wishes to the Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, as he marks his 54th birthday today. In his congratulatory message, Hon. Ogah described the Deputy Speaker as a distinguished lawmaker, bridge-builder, and patriotic leader whose unwavering...
ASUU Rejects Curriculum Designed By NUC
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has kicked against the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS), designed by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The Union said the curriculum is a threat to quality university education and an erosion of the powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities. ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in a press statement on Friday, said it...
Northern Governors Backs Creation Of State Police Over Rising Insecurity
Northern governors yesterday warned that the region stood on the brink of losing its future to escalating insecurity and deepening poverty, unless leaders took urgent, decisive action. They also called for state police as a way out of the high level insecurity in the north, and asked for a 6-month ban on mining in the region. This is even as Kaduna...
