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NYSC ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF BATCH B, STREAM 1 ORIENTATION CAMP The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has said that all is now set for the commencement of the Orientation Course programme for 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream One set of Corps Members. A statement signed by Eddy Megwa, NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations, said that all prospective Corps Members …

SULTAN: YOU GOOFED – SOKOTO GOVT BERATES VP SHETTIMA, TELLS HIM TO ALWAYS VERIFY HIS FACTS BEFORE REACTING The Sokoto State Government has urged Vice President Kashim Shettima to always verify facts before reacting or commenting on sensitive national matters. The state government made the call in response to the public warning Shettima made at the Northwest Security Summit in …

‘PLEASE, I NEED WATER’, LAST REQUEST OF CUSTOMS OFFICER WHO DIED IN NASS When Essien Etop Andrew, Deputy Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in charge of Finance, Administration and Technical Services, walked into the National Assembly Complex, on Tuesday, there was no indication that he would not walk out of the parliament alive. Andrew had led a team …

MINIMUM WAGE: NLC, TUC HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING TODAY Members of the organised labour comprising both the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have convened an emergency meeting over the decision of the Federal Executive Council to step down the memo on the minimum wage. The meeting, according to a top official at the NLC headquarters, will be held …

CUBANA CHIEF PRIEST FORFEITS ₦10M TO FG OVER NAIRA ABUSE A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered celebrity bartender and business man, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, to forfeit the sum of ₦10m to the Federal Government as a fine in lieu of the charge made against him for alleged abuse of the Naira. This …

CUSTOMS BOSS SLUMPS, DIES IN HOUSE OF REPS The deputy comptroller of finance administration and technical service at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Essien Etop Andrew, is dead. The customs officer was fielding questions from members of the House of Representatives committee on public account, when he coughed and slumped. Andrew was rushed to the National Assembly clinic where he was …

SOUTHERN GOVERNORS CALL FOR DEVOLUTION OF POWERS The newly elected chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, Governor Dapo Abiodun, has unveiled a five-point agenda of the forum under his leadership. While the governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo, became the vice chairman, Abiodun emerged as chairman to succeed Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who died last December after s protracted illness. …

THEY’RE PLANNING TO SEND ME TO PRISON FOR INSISTING ON MY MANDATE, ENUGU ASSEMBLY MEMBER CRIES OUT The member representing Enugu South rural constituency at the Enugu State House of Assembly, Honourable Bright Ngene, has alleged plans to commit him to prison for insisting on his mandate. Ngene who won the constituency seat during the state assembly election on March …

RIVERS PROTESTS TURN BLOODY AS EXPLOSION KILLS ONE IN PORT HARCOURT The protests in Rivers State have taken a new turn as a middle-aged protester carrying dynamite was killed in an explosion in the State Capital, Port Harcourt. The incident occurred at 9:45 a.m. in front of Hotel Presidential, on Tuesday. It is understood that he got killed while trying …

ATIKU, EL RUFAI, OTHERS OWN N1.49TRN INVESTMENT IN DUBAI A comprehensive investigation has uncovered that approximately 200 Nigerian politicians, security officers, and their associates have collectively invested almost $1 billion (N1.49 trillion) in Dubai’s real estate market over the past two decades, according to a BusinessDay report. The explosive findings are part of a global investigative project, “Dubai Unlocked,” spearheaded …