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NYSC BEGINS PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCE ARREARS To CORPS MEMBERS The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commenced the payment of arrears to eligible corps members across the country, News360 Nigeria reports. This follows an earlier assurance by the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, who had promised that corps members would not be excluded from the ₦77,000 monthly …

NYSC BEGINS PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCE ARREARS To CORPS MEMBERS The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commenced the payment of arrears to eligible corps members across the country, News360 Nigeria reports. This follows an earlier assurance by the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, who had promised that corps members would not be excluded from the ₦77,000 monthly …

OPPOSITION COALITION SHOPS FOR CANDIDATES AS APC MOCKS EFFORTS Feelers from the broad-based opposition coalition being forged by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, alongside the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, reveal that the immediate past Transportation Minister, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, may emerge as the ultimate presidential standard-bearer of the group. It was reliably gathered …

2027: WE WILL CHASE TINUBU OUT OF POWER – ATIKU, AMAECHI, EL-RUFAI Three prominent opposition figures — former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and former governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) — have come down hard on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the worsening insecurity, hunger, and poverty in the country, vowing to stop his re-election bid in 2027.They …

2027: WE WILL CHASE TINUBU OUT OF POWER – ATIKU, AMAECHI, EL-RUFAI Three prominent opposition figures — former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and former governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) — have come down hard on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the worsening insecurity, hunger, and poverty in the country, vowing to stop his re-election bid in 2027.They …

FALSE PROPHETS INFLUENCED GOVERNOR’S DAUGHTER TO ACCUSE FATHER OF ‘SACRIFICING’ MOTHER – AKWA IBOM GOVT The Akwa Ibom State Government has issued an official response following a viral video in which Jane Edidiong Ufot, daughter of Governor Umo Eno, accused her father of being responsible for the death of his wife, the late First Lady, Patience Umo Eno. In the …

FALSE PROPHETS INFLUENCED GOVERNOR’S DAUGHTER TO ACCUSE FATHER OF ‘SACRIFICING’ MOTHER – AKWA IBOM GOVT The Akwa Ibom State Government has issued an official response following a viral video in which Jane Edidiong Ufot, daughter of Governor Umo Eno, accused her father of being responsible for the death of his wife, the late First Lady, Patience Umo Eno. In the …

PATIENCE JONATHAN BAGS PhD, URGES NIGERIANS TO EMBRACE LIFELONG LEARNING Wife of a former President of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, has earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology, Guidance and Counselling from Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. This is as she used the occasion to inspire Nigerian women and youths to embrace lifelong learning. This was disclosed in a statement …

DISQUIET IN APC OVER AUTOMATIC TICKETS There is simmering unease within the All Progressives Congress (APC) over automatic tickets for the party’s National Assembly members ahead of the 2027 general election.It was learnt that some APC governors oppose the automatic ticket plan and may have concluded plans to frustrate the arrangement.A governor from the South East and his counterpart from …

NIGERIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS TO MEET WITH NEW POPE Catholic bishops in Nigeria have obtained a schedule to travel to Rome and officially meet with the new Pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost. The message to this effect reached the bishops at the weekend, according to the Catholic Bishop of Yola, Most Reverend Stephen Mamza. Mamza explained during an interaction with newsmen in …