The Director, Press and Public Relations of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Eddy Megwa, has said that the Minister of Arts and Culture, Mrs Hannatu Musawa, who is currently doing her one-year youth service is occupying the ministerial position in breach of the NYSC Act. Speaking with our reporter over the phone, Megwa confirmed that the minister had been serving for the past eight months in the FCT He explained that it was against the NYSC Act for any corps member to pick up any government appointment until the one-year service was over. He said Mrs Musawa…
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Nigerian music superstar, Burna Boy, has dropped his much anticipated seventh studio album, “I Told Them.” The album is well-enchanted and it showcases Burna Boy’s musical prowess. The album promises to be a masterpiece, and “I Told Them” is a testament to that fact.The first single off the album titled ‘I Told Them’ features American rapper, GZA, who delivers an amazing verse that complements Burna Boy’s vocals perfectly. The collaboration between these two talented artists really yielded good fruits, sure to leave its listeners carving for more. On “Everything Nice,” he assures a paramour on the sax-backed “Tested,…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) is monitoring two new COVID-19 subvariants, EG.5 and BA.2.86. EG.5 is a sublineage of the omicron variant and has been detected in 51 countries. The WHO has designated it as a variant of interest. BA.2.86 is a descendent lineage of BA.2, another sublineage of omicron. It has been reported in a handful of countries, including the United Kingdom, Israel, Denmark, South Africa, and the United States. The NCDC said it is closely monitoring the epidemiology of COVID-19, including emerging variants. The agency said it is carrying out genomics surveillance and…
Hours after losing out in the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, Governing Council elections, Mrs. Nkechi Ali-Balogun, has felicitated Dr. Ike Neliaku, the newly-elected President and Chairman of the Institute’s Governing Council. PRNigeria had reported that Ali-Balogun, who could not scale through the elections of the NIPR Governing Council members at the Institute’s 2023 Annual General Meeting, AGM/elections, had contested for the NIPR Presidency against Neliaku. In a ‘powerful’ emotional statement she issued after accepting the outcome of yesterday’s NIPR elections in Abuja, Ali-Balogun extended her heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Neliaku and other brilliant minds chosen to lead the…
Some suspected bandits have demanded N4 million as ransom to secure the release of one of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) members abducted within the Zamfara State territory. The bandits reportedly abducted eight members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) along a highway within Zamfara State on Friday. The recent graduates were said to have been travelling with an Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC) bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom to Sokoto State, to take part in the mandatory National Service when their vehicle was intercepted. Emmanuel Etteh, the father of one of the victims, Glory Thomas, confirmed…
Again, FG Pledges to Complete Port Harcourt Refinery by Decembe The Federal Government yesterday disclosed that the rehabilitation works on the Port Harcourt Refinery will be completed in December 2023. The rehabilitation of the refinery was awarded to Maire Tecnimont SpA in April, 2021 at the cost of $1.5 billion. The first phase of the project was initially scheduled for completion next month. But speaking after an inspection visit to the refinery, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri said the refinery will be back on stream in December. A statement by the NNPC…
I’ll intervene in issue with Emirates Airline, UAE visa issuance — Tinub President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, said he was ready to personally intervene in the issues with Emirates Airline and the issuance of United Arab Emirates, UAE, visa to Nigerians. The President also said African countries have a better chance of overcoming economic and security challenges by looking inward for solutions and walking the talk on all of its pledges and agreements. Tinubu said these while receiving letters of credence from three envoys at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The diplomats were Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Mr.…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa has ordered all military commanders and troops in the country to avenge the death of their colleagues. He spoke during the burial of personnel killed by bandits in Niger State on Friday. The Defence Chief vowed that those responsible for the deaths of the personnel would pay for it. Musa said, “When you have to bury your own, you feel very pained. I want to assure the families that their deaths are not in vain. “We appreciate them. We will ensure those who did this must pay for this. I use…
A Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta South Local government area of Ogun State, on Thursday, has sentenced two persons, Emmanuel Choice and Ojuola Akande to three months imprisonment for stealing motor parts of a truck belonging to Dangote Cement Transport company. In a separate judgment, the court also sentenced one Olaiya Abdulrahman to six months imprisonment for driving recklessly which led to the injury of one Olusegun Olusanya. The prosecutor, Lawrence Olu-Balogun, noted that on August 22, 2023, Emmanuel and Ojuola stole four tyres, four rims and four drum hubs from the trailer body marked DT/7736/CH and two…
French President Emmanuel Macron, on Thursday, demanded the release of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum who was detained on July 26, 2023, in a military coup led by the former commander of Niger’s presidential guard, Abdourahamane Tchiani. Macron, also called for a return to democratic order in Niger, a former French colony whose elected leadership was toppled in a military coup in July. Leaders in the Economic Community of West African States bloc said that they would keep all options on the table for a peaceful resolution to the crisis and ordered the activation of an ECOWAS standby force to…
The mood at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja was sombre as the rank and file of the Nigerian Armed Forces were joined by family members and friends for the burial of some of the military personnel who died in combat in Niger State. No fewer than 36 officers were killed in battle, including an air mission, on August 14, according to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ).
President Bola Tinubu has claimed that inconsistencies on the certificate that Chicago State University gave to him are the result of a clerical error. Tinubu’s lawyers, Oluwole Afolabi and Christopher Carmichael, claim that an unnamed university employee made a mistake about the date the university indicated on his recently granted certificate, resulting in “the appearance of differences.” The assertion is made in their answer to a lawsuit filed by the former vice president Atiku Abubakar asking for the university to release Tinubu’s academic records. A US court had given Tinubu uptil August 23, to make a formal filing on why…