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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management has addressed reports of protests by Prospective Corps Members who arrived late to their designated Orientation Camps for the ongoing 2024 Batch B Stream 2 Orientation Course, who were consequently denied registration for the program, leading to agitations among the affected individuals. The Scheme, in a statement on Tuesday, signed by Caroline Embu, Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, stated that the policy […]

The Federal government has dismissed the reports on social media suggesting that the Ministry of Petroleum has ordered NNPCL to sell fuel at N1000, above the approved pump price. In a statement on Tuesday, signed by Nnemaka Okafor, Special Adviser to the Minister of State for Petroleum, made available to newsmen, the federal government dismissed the report, noting that it was concocted and ill-conceived to sow discord and confusion in […]

Gunmen operating in Anambra State have again attacked a police station in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, on Tuesday morning, killing a police corporal. Police authorities in Anambra State have confirmed the attack, saying that the police operative was killed after a petrol bomb was tossed into the police station by the gunmen who were suspected to be separatist elements. Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, […]

The Abia State Government has concluded plans to train 2000 teachers in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed this while briefing the journalists on the outcome of this week’s executive council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti on Monday. According to Kanu, 200 teachers have completed the training program, with the remaining 1,800 scheduled to undergo training in the near future. Additionally, Kanu disclosed that the […]

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, on Monday, proposed an amendment to the 2022 Electoral Act that would mandate the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct the presidential, governorship, National Assembly, and state Assembly elections on a single day. This proposed change comes in response to longstanding concerns about the cost-effectiveness and logistical challenges of the current staggered election system. IPAC disclosed this on Monday at a stakeholders meeting between political parties […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the prison remand of 10 activists arrested in connection with the recent hunger protest in the country. Justice Emeka Nwite ordered that the defendants, including a pregnant woman, Angel Innocent, be remanded in Kuje and Suleja correctional centres till September 11 for the hearing of their bail applications. The judge gave the order shortly after the police arraigned the defendants on […]