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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will commence the 2016  Batch B Stream II orientation for prospective corps members on Jan. 24. The NYSC made this known in its official website on Monday, adding that the orientation would end on Feb. 13. It said that the on-line printing of call-up letters by stream II prospective […]

Although performing oversight on other arms of government forms part of the basic functions of the National Assembly, the plethora of investigations set up by legislators has called to question the justification and real significance of probes. The warning other day, by the Senate Committee on Works, threatening to arrest anyone who fails to respond […]

Persecution watchdog and aid organisation, International Christian Concern (ICC) recently released its annual “Hall of Shame” report for 2016, highlighting the world’s 12 countries that are the worst persecutors of Christians. Published by Religion News Service, the report divides countries into three categories – “Worst of the Worst,” “Core Countries” and “New and Noteworthy,” which […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that it is probing the missing N500 million Safe School funds meant to rebuild the Government Girls School in Chibok in Borno state. The foundation for the school was laid some weeks to the presidential election in 2015 by former finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the terrorist attack Monday morning at a mosque in the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). A professor of veterinary medicine and four others were killed by the suicide bomber. Fifteen other people were injured. The President expressed sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the University Community, families of the victims and […]

This morning at the National Arcade in Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari accompanied by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police performed the Wreath Laying Ceremony for the 2017 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. In the […]

The popular Ponzi scheme, MMM Nigeria, on Friday,  announced their long awaited resumption via their official twitter handle after one month suspension of the scheme by the organisers. The scheme officially tweeted their resumption with a caption “this is to officially inform you that MMM Nigeria is open for business a day earlier than promised! […]

Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox (MMM), the Russian ponzi scheme which took Nigeria by storm last year is back. MMM Nigeria which was “frozen” by its owners for the holiday season announced on Friday — a day before the original date it scheduled to come back — that the scheme has been unfrozen. The announcement of MMM’s […]

The African Union will cease to recognise Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh as the nation’s legitimate president as of Jan. 19. It is the date he is due to hand power to Adama Barrow, the winner of 1 December election. The AU’s Peace and Security Council made this declaration after a meeting in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian […]

The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N256.4 billion revenue between January and December 2016. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Yusuf Bashar, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Mr Uche Ejesieme. According to him, this is […]

The Presidency dismisses incorrect media reports to the effect that Nigeria has cut ties with Taiwan. The correct position is that the official relationship between Nigeria and Taiwan has been at the level of trade representation and this has not changed from what it used to be.  Taiwan trade office is the only Taiwanese representation […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has hailed the National Assembly for standing firm against the anti-people policies of the President Mohammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) in recent times, saying; “persistent rejection of the President Buhari’s policies by a National Assembly that is controlled by his own party is an indirect way of passing […]