The Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran, has urged Nigerians to disregard any unemployment figures or data coming from any other body or organisation aside the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Prince Adeniran, who spoke to journalists and publishers in an interactive session on Friday night, said the NBS is the only agency with the mandate to study, gather data and issue such figures for the purpose of aiding the government in planning. Reacting to a recent report credited to KPMG which put Nigeria’s unemployment rate at over 40 percent, Prince Adeniran said aside his office having…
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The incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is to decide the date of the national housing and population census after his inauguration on May 29. Reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the postponement of the 2023 census earlier scheduled from May 3 to 7, 2023 to a date to be determined by the incoming administration. In a statement signed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the president gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the chairman of the National Population Commission and his team in Abuja. Mohammed stated…
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of one Joshua Audu before Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court on a one-count charge bordering on love scam. The commission disclosed this on its website on Saturday. It added that Joshua was arrested by the Kaduna State Vigilance Service in a hotel at Narayi Barnawa axis of the state, on suspicion of involvement in cybercrime. He was said to have allegedly used the social media platform, Google Chat to defraud victims whom he professed love to and also received money and gift…
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a couple (name withheld) over alleged self-kidnap for N5 million ransom. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the NAN on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the husband, a 53-year-old technician and wife, 48-year-old masseuse and bone setter, were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday respectively after a family member of the man reported the purported kidnap. He said the couple, who admitted to the crime, claimed they planned the self-kidnap with a view to raise N3 million to buy back their house in the Badagry area of Lagos.…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed one soldier and abducted one other, leaving behind a motorcycle the two soldiers used to convey themselves to Idadu Army camp, along Ibbabu-Idadu in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. A military source, who pleaded for anonymity, told Daily Trust that the diseased soldier was in mufti when his attackers ambushed him and kidnapped his colleague. According to the source, bandits always terrorise farmers, market men and women on market day at Ibbabu-Idadu, robbing them and in some cases the raping the women. Our correspondent also learnt that the late army…
Karim Benzema hit a hat-trick for Real Madrid as the champions thrashed Almeria 4-2 to cut the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona to eight points on Saturday. The French striker climbed to 17 goals in La Liga this season, one behind Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski, the division’s top scorer. Benzema netted his treble in the first half and Rodrygo added the fourth early in the second for Madrid, while Lazaro and Lucas Robertone struck for the visitors, 15th. Almeria coach Rubi made several changes to his regular side, clearly unconvinced his team could take points from the Santiago Bernabeu —…
The National Youth Service Corps on Friday expressed concerns over what it described as poor condition of the scheme’s orientation camp in Niger State. The NYSC Coordinator in Niger State, Mrs Abdulwahab Alidat, said this during the swearing-in of the 2023 Batch “A” Stream II corps members at the NYSC orientation camp in Paiko Local Government Area of the state. She said that the poor state of the orientation camp had remained a great source of concern to all and called on the state government to place priority on the urgent development of the permanent orientation camp. “This will…
Why FG Halts 2023 National Census The Federal Government has once again postponed the 2023 Population and Housing Census. A credible source who spoke with Daily Trust Saturday said the decision was made yesterday after a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra. The source, who does not want his name in print as he was not authorised to speak with the media, said the postponement was made due to the challenges the commission is facing to seamlessly carry out the exercise. While he did not disclose the challenges to our…
National Association of Resident Doctors have given the Federal Government two weeks to implement agreements concerning their demands or face industrial disharmony.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday, demanded an international travel ban on the President Muhammadu Buhari after the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29. The spokesman of the party, Debo Ologunagba, made the request in a press conference in Abuja while reacting to Buhari’s comment that PDP and the Labour Party lost the presidential election due to overconfidence, adding that Buhari was “gloating over the All Progressives Congress reckless rigging,” He said, “We have called you up again today to address the unfortunate, reckless, unpresidential conduct and subjudice comment credited to the President, Muhammadu Buhari which…
Barely two months after the 2023 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, worked hard to retain power during the election, while the opposition was bogged down by overconfidence. Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistants on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this when he received the Progressives Governors’ Forum at the state house on Thursday. “They were already telling their foreign backers that they would defeat the APC. Our Party blended confidence with caution, we worked hard and won. “Now, their over confidence is creating more problems for the opposition than…
A Turkish evacuation plane was shot on Friday as it landed at an airbase outside Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. Turkey’s defence ministry confirmed this adding that no one was injured. According to CNN, the aircraft, however, landed safely at Wadi Seidna, where it was being checked. Meanwhile, Sudan’s army blamed paramilitary fighters for firing at the aircraft and damaging its fuel system. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) denied the allegation, saying it was committed to the extended humanitarian truce. The rival military factions agreed to an extension of their ceasefire at midnight local time (22:00 GMT on Thursday) for a…