How to Defer National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Service to Next Batch / Stream

NYSC

If you have been mobilized for Batch A of NYSC but prefer to participate in Batch B, you may be wondering if you can switch without any negative consequences.However, it’s essential to note that your preference isn’t always guaranteed and depends on the availability of slots in Batch B. Delaying your service to Batch B … Read more

Port Harcourt Refinery Resumes Operations

PORT

The Port Harcourt Refinery has recommenced operations. The refinery has a capacity of 210,000 barrels per day. The federal government had promised that operations at the refinery would commence in December 2023. In August 2023, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), explained that the operational refineries would stop the country’s over-reliance … Read more

Innocent Man Exonerated After 48 Years Behind Bars for Murder

48 Years

An Oklahoma judge has officially exonerated a man who endured an unjust 48-year imprisonment for a murder he did not commit, marking the longest-known wrongful sentence in the United States. On Monday, the county district attorney asserted that insufficient evidence existed to justify a new trial. Subsequently, in an order issued on Tuesday, Judge Amy … Read more

23-year Old Man remanded for killing father

kwara

A 23-year old boy, Saidi Musa Elemosho has allegedly macheted his father Chief Musa, the Elemosho of Share land in Ifelodun Local Government of Kwara State to death. The defendant Saidi was dragged before Magistrate Muhammed Dauki for the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death. The Police First Information Report (FIR) revealed that Saidi’s … Read more

NCDC takes measure to reduce healthcare associated infections

NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it would integrate the Participatory Approach to Learning in Systems (PALS) approach into the national Infection Prevention Control (IPC) programme to reduce healthcare-associated infections during patient care. Director General of the NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa who made this known during a Conference in Abuja themed “PALS: Catalyzing … Read more

Tinubu slashes transport fare by 50 percent

Simon Lalong

On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu approved a 50% reduction in interstate transport fares for Nigerians traveling during the yuletide season from December 21, 2023, to January 4, 2024. The President also approved free rides for commuters on all train services within the period. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, announced this to State … Read more

2 remanded for killing friend over ‘rice’

Two friends, Noah Tovohome and Rajay Zannu, have been remanded to a correctional center by a magistrate court sitting in Lagos for allegedly killing their friend, Segun Zusu. The two friends were said to have plotted Segun’s death over 36 bags of rice. Tovohome and Zannu were said to have allegedly plotted with a boat … Read more

NLC Responds to Governor Fubara’s N100k Christmas Gift to Rivers State Civil Servants

Governor Fubara

Rivers state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Mr. Alex Agwanwo, has commended Governor Siminalaya Fubara for putting joy in the hearts of civil servants in the state. His commendation follows the approval of the state governor to pay N100,000 as Christmas bonus to all civil servants in the state.  He promised that workers … Read more

Governor approves N100K as Christmas bonus for civil servants

Rivers State governor

Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the sum of N100,000.00 as Christmas bonus for the State’s civil servants on the payroll. A terse statement signed by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Joe Johnson, disclosed this on Tuesday. Johnson said Governor Fubara gave the approval on Tuesday for immediate implementation to … Read more

RENEWED HOPE: President Tinubu’s New Minister Steps Down Just 5 Months In

Simon Lalong

Minister of Labour and Employment Simon Lalong has left President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet, it was learnt at the weekend Lalong, the immediate past Plateau State governor, has opted to take the Plateau South Senatorial seat which he won. He is due to be sworn in this week by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, sources said … Read more