Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has informed members of the public, especially prospective corps members, parents, and guardians, that deployment, posting, relocation, and other services, including kit items and NYSC booklets on security, entrepreneurship, among others, are issued to corps members on arrival at the orientation camps
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The House of Representatives has taken steps to curtail the dangerous effects of sports betting and directed the National Lottery Regulatory Commission to comply with the Lottery Act, 2005.The House urged the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation to conduct a comprehensive nationwide campaign to raise public awareness about
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The managing director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Engr. Fidet Okhiria, has disclosed plans to launch operations on the Lagos to Kano narrow gauge route, with a focus on strengthening the fleet.He told journalists on the sidelines of a two-day ministerial retreat on “Cascading Signed Performance Bond” with the
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The Upper Sharia Court 1 sitting at the Government Reserved Area (GRA), Zaria, Kaduna State, has ordered a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Sani Sha'aban, to repay the loan of $709,238 and N11.2 million to Alhaji Umar Faruk Abdullahi.The presiding judge, Alhaji I’shaq Madahu, who delivered the
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Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has commissioned the remodelled Banki International Market destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents and the new Teachers' Housing Estate in Banki town.The market, which comprises 128 shops and about 440 stalls, is located near Nigeria’s border with Cameroon. It will provide a conducive trading environment
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President Bola Tinubu will, on Thursday, depart Abuja for Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to participate in the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government.“The President will join other African leaders in high-level meetings on institutional reforms of the African Union; peace
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The Minister, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Nyesom Wike, has put a N20 million bounty on two wanted kidnappers, Dahiru Adamu and Abu Ibrahim, who have allegedly been terrorising the nation’s capital.This was as he ordered police officers to fish out the kidnappers, dead or alive.He stated this on Wednesday when
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The immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday exonerated former President Muhammadu Bihari and himself from writing any letters to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under Godwin Emefiele, for the release of $6,230,000 for foreign observers for the 2023 general election.Mustapha said
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The federal government has assured the organised labour of resuming the payment of wage awards to workers this week.Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, gave the assurance in Abuja at a meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria
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The Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Senior Staff Association stormed the headquarters of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday and demanded a reversal of the ban placed on the production of alcohol in sachets and pet bottles below 200 millimetres.Last week, NAFDAC began the enforcement
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