All civil servants on the Nigerian federal government payroll are to undergo compulsory verification and revalidation of their credentials and service records. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, directed officials handling the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System to undertake the exercise. The exercise, Mr. Kifasi said in a circular […]
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FG begins screening of degrees obtained abroad
May 8, 2015 
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The Federal Government has constituted a committee to screen certificates obtained by Nigerian students who studied abroad, says Professor Julius Okojie, the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC). Okojie made this known while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the presentation of licences to two new private universities on Thursday in Abuja. According to Okojie, […]
Continue reading US Govt Considers Michelle Obama, Biden, Kerry for Buhari’s Inauguration
May 7, 2015 0 Comments
Following the successful conduct of the 2015 polls, there are indications that the United States Government will send a large, high-powered delegation, which may be led by either US First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden or Secretary of State, John Kerry, to the inauguration of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari on May 29 as Nigeria’s fifth […]
Continue reading You cannot stampede Jonathan out of office, Presidency warns APC
May 6, 2015 0 Comments
Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Prof. Rufai Ahmed Alkali has chided the All Progressives Congress, APC, over its recent utterances urging the party to talk less and plan more as the nation moves towards the 29th May inauguration date. Reacting to the alarm raised by the APC that President Jonathan is running […]
Continue reading My headache as next president – Buhari
May 6, 2015 4 Comments
President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday identified backlog of salaries owed to public workers and a shabby economy as a major headache his government will inherit. He, however, assured that his administration would fix the problems. He urged Nigerians to give him time after assuming power to address the challenges. Speaking at a meeting with governors […]
Continue reading Two mothers, 25-yr-old boy shot dead, as Benin cult war rages
May 6, 2015 0 Comments
Suspected cultists went on rampage Monday evening in Benin, Edo State capital, killing two mothers when they attacked the homes of some of their targets. This came as a youth leader in the state, Mr. Tony Adun, alias Tony Kabaka, who raised an alarm over the spate of cult-related killings in the state, called on […]
Continue reading Search for funding for Nigeria giving us hypertension – Okonjo-Iweala
May 6, 2015 1 Comment
Over 70 per cent of the workers in the Federal Ministry of Finance, including top officials, have high blood pressure as a result of excessive stress at work. The Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Permanent Secretary, Anastasia Daniel-Nwaobia, who spoke in Abuja at the commissioning of the Federal Ministry of Finance Welfare Facilities, including crèche […]
Continue reading Fuel Crisis: Okonjo-Iweala, marketers keep mum over subsidy claims
May 5, 2015 0 Comments
Petroleum products marketers and the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Monday dodged journalists who sought to find out the outstanding payment due fuel suppliers as subsidy claims. The Major Oil Marketers Association had claimed they were still owed N200 billion after the government paid them N154 billion on Thursday. The money was to enable […]
Continue reading Aliko Dangote confirms interest in buying Arsenal FC
May 5, 2015 0 Comments
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he still wants to buy Arsenal despite failing in a 2010 bid to acquire a stake in the club. The Nigerian billionaire is now worth nearly eight times as much as when he tried to buy into the Gunners, and the passionate Gooners has not given up on his dream […]
Continue reading Lady who hired thugs to beat colleague to death arrested in Ogun State
May 5, 2015 0 Comments
The State Criminal Investigation Department of the Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old lady, Kadijat Salami, for allegedly hiring thugs to beat her colleague, Rotimi Ewedemi, to death over a minor argument. According to reports, Salami and the deceased, worked in a popular eatery at Kilometre 14, Idiroko Road, Sango Otta, in the state, and following a […]
Continue reading As Nigerian Troops Approached, Girls Were Stoned to Death by Boko Haram
May 4, 2015 1 Comment
The Boko Haram fighters stoned some of their captives to death as Nigeria’s military approached to rescue the women, survivors told The Associated Press (AP) on Sunday. Several women also died when they were crushed mistakenly by a Nigerian military armoured vehicle while three were blown up by a land mine as they were walking […]
Continue reading Boko Haram: Obama snubs Nigeria again, gives $35m military support to France
May 3, 2015 3 Comments
President Barack Obama has ordered the release of $35 million worth of U.S. military and defence assistance to France which has been backing the military of Chad, Niger and Mali in the fight against jihadist group, Boko Haram, ignoring Nigeria that has been at the centre of the five-year insurgency. A press statement from the […]
Continue reading Norway regrets selling warships to ex-Niger Delta militant, Tompolo
May 3, 2015 0 Comments
Norwegian Defence Chief, Haakon Bruun-Hansen, an admiral, has apologised to the country’s lawmakers for the sale of a fleet of a decommissioned naval battleships and combats boats to a former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo. Mr. Ekpemupolo was the leader of one of the several militias in the Niger Delta region […]
Continue reading We’ll hold Buhari, APC to “3 million jobs a year” pledge – NLC, TUC
May 2, 2015 1 Comment
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Friday in Abuja vowed to hold the incoming Muhammadu Buhari-led government accountable in respect of his party’s promises to Nigerians and workers in particular. The unions made the vow at the 2015 May Day celebration with the theme: “The Working Class, Democratic Consolidation […]
Continue reading Nigerian military rescues another set of 234 women, children from Boko Haram camps
May 2, 2015 0 Comments
Nigerian military on Friday said another set of 234 women and children have been rescued by troops in Borno State. Defence spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, said the women and children were rescued through the Kawuri and Konduga end of the Sambisa forest on Thursday. Sambisa forest had for years been a hideout for Boko Haram terrorists. […]
Continue reading How I survived cancer – Okonjo-Iweala
May 1, 2015 1 Comment
A rare insight into the past physical challenge of the coordinating minister of the economy and minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerged yesterday when she disclosed that she survived cancer 15 years ago affirming the scare is not the end of life. She spoke at the service of songs for the late Oronto Douglas, […]
Continue reading Fierce battle in Sambisa; Boko Haram’s top commanders killed, more women, children rescued
April 30, 2015 0 Comments
One soldier died, four others were injured as Boko Haram terrorists battled in vain to retain nine major camps in the dreaded Sambisa forest where more women and children were found and rescued. Troop commanders said hundreds of Boko Haram insurgents were killed in hours of gun battle. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel […]
Continue reading Officers mounting road blocks will face prosecution – IG of Police
April 30, 2015 4 Comments
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has warned that any police personnel caught mounting road blocks anywhere in the country would be prosecuted. He stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, just as he announced the reopening of the Nigeria Police Intelligence School in Enugu, which was shut down about a year ago. The […]
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