An application portal for the Nigeria Jubilee Fellow Programme which targets 200,000 graduates, has been opened. The programme aims at getting work placement for Nigerian graduates who have completed the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. President Muhammadu Buhari last Tuesday said the programme “is expected to create new opportunities for 20,000 graduates annually” […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is receiving briefings from the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, and other heads of security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Also attending the meeting are the Ministers of Defence, Bashir Magashi; Justice, Abubakar Malami; Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi; Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; and Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey […]
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has called on the government to checkmate security challenges in the country. It said the problem impacts the health sector in the form of brain drain, industrial disputes, ineffective funding through overriding defence budgets, and a decline in efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare interventions. NMA disclosed this in a communiqué, […]
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FIRS banks on stay of execution order ahead Appeal Court ruling States now custodians of collection until subsisting order is reversed, say analysts Lagos IGR to grow by N400b yearly with new VAT law, annual revenue may exceed N1tr Consumption has huge cost borne by states, says Owoh Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Ahead of […]
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Guinean President Conde… arrested The Federal Government has condemned the coup d’etat that happened today in the Republic of Guinea, saying it violates ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance. Army putschists in Guinea had on Sunday staged a coup and arrested President Conakry Alpha Conde. A video sighted by AFP showed some soldiers saying […]
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President of Guinea Conakry Alpha Conde A screengrab taken from footage sent to AFP by a military source on September 5, 2021 shows the President of Guinea Conakry Alpha Conde after he was captured by army putschists during a coup d’etat in Conakry on September 5, 2021. Photo: AFP Army putschists in Guinea said on […]
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President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Ltd., Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has revealed plans to increase human capacity at its Refinery Project site, from 40,000 personnel to 57,000 in the coming months. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Anthony Chiejina, Group Head, Corporate Communications, Dangote Group on Sunday in Lagos. According to the President, Dangote […]
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Chairman of Osun State APC Local Council Congress, Gbenga Elegbeleye (left); Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, his wife, Kafayat and Secretary of the committee, Hajia Halima Shehu during the council congress at Boripe Local Council Headquarters, Iragbiji… yesterday Committee Says ‘No Parallel Congress’ In Osun Factions Hold Separate Congresses In Lagos Enugu APC Splits Into […]
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday lost his 01 Polling Unit at Ungwan Sarki in Kaduna North Local Government Area of the state. According to the Presiding Officer, Muhammad Sani, who announced the results, of the 159 total votes cast, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, polled 86 votes as against the APC’s 62 […]
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Education stakeholders have hailed the recent scrapping of general cut-off marks for admission into the country’s tertiary institutions by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. JAMB had at its August 31, 2021, virtual policy meeting said that tertiary institutions were now to set their own minimum benchmarks. The meeting was chaired by the Minister […]
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