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NYSC warns Corps members against indiscipline

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has cautioned Corps members nationwide against engaging in acts of indiscipline. The NYSC Coordinator in Bauchi State, Rifkatu Yakubu, gave the warning during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2024 Batch ‘A’ stream II corps members on Tuesday. She stated that any form of indiscipline...

Doyin Okupe: Peter Obi and I never believed in Labour Party ideologies

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

Former director-general of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe has said that he and the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, never believed in the ideologies of the party. Okupe made the claim during an interview on Arise Television monitored by newsmen He said...

Again, Dangote reduces diesel, aviation fuel prices to N940, N980

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has once more announced a further crash in the prices of diesel and aviation fuel to N940 and N980 per litre, respectively. This comes in the wake of its widely celebrated price crash to N1,000 barely two weeks ago. The new price of N940 is applicable to...

We’ll welcome establishment of Electoral Offences Commission

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations in Cross River State Police Command, Kabiru Ibrahim has said that they will support the establishment of an Electoral Offences Commission. He represented the State Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah at a one-day town hall meeting in Calabar on electoral reforms sponsored...

Benjamin Netanyahu destroying Israel – Eyal Megged attacks Prime Minister

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

Writer and poet, Eyal Megged, has accused the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu of destroying the country with his dictatorial tendencies. Megged, who was at one point Netanyahu’s best friend, said the Prime Minister sees Israel as his private property, hence is determined to stay in power. The poet...

Ebonyi Govt inaugurates Peace Committee on Ezza-Effium crisis

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

Ebonyi State Government has taken a decisive step towards resolving the protracted conflict in Ezza-Effium area by inaugurating a Peace Committee. The move is aimed at implementing the recommendations outlined in the White Paper earlier issued by the government. The three years crisis which began in 2021, has claimed many...

Zamfara NSCDC monitors 2024 UTME

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has expressed satisfaction over the conduct of the 2024 UTME in the state. The State Commandant of the Corps, Sani Mustapha made the remark during his routine monitoring of the conduct of the examination in Gusau metropolis and...

Bauchi governor directs immediate release of counterpart funds to combat malnutrition

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has directed the immediate release of counterpart funds aimed at improving nutritional status of children across the state. This is as he assured that his administration would continue to prioritise the welfare and well-being of children and women, as well as effective and efficient maternal...

Zamfara Gov advocates advanced technology to combat insecurity

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has suggested that there is the need to deploy advanced technology to combat insecurity. Lawal and other governors met with Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, in Washington, D.C. A statement by the spokesman of the Zamfara Governor, Sulaiman Idris, revealed that...

Over 56% of social infrastructures can’t be accessed by PWDs in Jigawa

NewsDeskNgApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

Report shows that over 56% of all social infrastructural in Jigawa State are not accessible by persons living with disability (PWD) across the state. This was part of the outcome of a survey conducted by Connect Development Project Trust presented at the stakeholders’ meeting held in Dutse, the state capital....