Year: 2023
NSCDC parades six suspects over energy theft in Osun
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command on Monday paraded a private school teacher identified as John and five others for allegedly tampering with electricity meters in a bid to use energy without paying. Other suspects paraded include Jaye Abayomi, Abidemi Enoch, Jackson Imukodro, Adeleke Fatimah and Azeez Mutiu. Parading the suspects…
NBTE, NUC clash over top-up degree for HND holders
The row between the National Board for Technical Education and the National Universities Commission over the proposed top-up degree scheme for HND holders deepened on Monday. The NBTE, in a statement on Monday by its spokesman, Fatima Abubakar, said the scheme was “beyond the jurisdiction of the National Universities Commission,” and asked the commission to…
Dino Melaye To ‘Recruit Graduates Into Agriculture’ As Kogi Governor
“We are going to work on mechanised agriculture. We are going to go into plantation agriculture. We are going to have farmhouses. We are going to recruit our graduates into agriculture.” The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Kogi State Dino Melaye says one of his plans is to recruit graduates to boost the…
Kano Gov Approves Permanent Employment for 5,500 Volunteer Teachers
Kano state governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved permanent employment for 5,500 volunteer teachers under the umbrella of the Better Education Services Delivery for All (BESDA) initiative in the state. The Governor announced this on Monday while speaking at the flag-off of the distribution of over two million education materials, which include books, mats…
Pension backlog will be cleared by December – Lagos Govt
The Lagos State government has vowed to clear the backlog of pensions by the end of 2023. The Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Mr. Afolabi Ayantayo, disclosed this in a media chat with journalists on Monday. This was as he affirmed the state government’s commitment to continually upscale and upskill the civil service in order…
Osun Government Decentralises Pension Audit
The Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved a conditional decentralization of the pension audit exercise. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the commissioner for information and public enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi on Tuesday at Osogbo,the state capital. Read the full statement: OSUN GOVERNMENT DECENTRALISES PENSION AUDIT This is to inform pensioners of…
Osun State Gov’t Introduces Phone Audits for Pensioners
Osun State Government has directed that all bedridden and healthy-challenged pensioners will henceforth have their audit exercise conducted through telephone, and as such, will no longer be required to be physically present at the venue of the screening exercise. This was publicly announced by the commissioner for information and public enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, on Monday….
Ex-NNPC GMD, Andrew Yakubu knows fate on EFCC Seized $9.8m cash Nov 1
The former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu will on November 1 know fate in his legal battle to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release to him $9.8 million cash seized in his Kaduna residence since 2017. The huge sum is being allegedly withheld…
Carnival Calabar 2023: Governor Otu assures foreign nationals, says security is intact.
Cross River governor, Prince Bassey Otu, says the state security architecture is intact, hence ready to host the world during its 32-days event. Otu gave the assurance on Sunday, while flagging off the first Carnival dry run, at the millennium park in Calabar, the state capital. The governor represented by his deputy, Rt Hon Peter…