The Depot Nigerian Army says it will conduct an outdoor range classification exercise for 77 Regular Recruits Intake from Monday, Aug. 20 to Saturday, Sept. 1. A statement by Lt. Adekunle Akinyele, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Depot Nigerian Army, Zaria and made available to the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
Mr Yusuf Lasun, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, says he will not leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) inspite of losing the party’s governorship primary in Osun. Addressing a news conference on Sunday in Osogbo, Lasun alleged that though there was a conspiracy against him in the primary,Continue Reading
Fresh from his return home on Saturday from a 10 working day vacation in London, President Muhammadu Buhari dropped a message to treasury looters and corrupt Nigerians. In an interview with NTA, he gave an assurance that he would not spare anyone found guilty of any corrupt practice or sabotagingContinue Reading
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the June/July 2018 Senior Secondary Schools result, a statement issued on Monday in Minna said. The Acting Registrar, Alhaji Abubakar Gana, said in the statement that 1,041,536 candidates registered, while 1,032,729 candidates actually sat for the examination. Gana said that 939,733 candidates representingContinue Reading
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Administration Chapter, says it will commence an indefinite strike on Aug. 25. The union made this known in a statement jointly signed by its President, Michael Olarewaju and Secretary Roland Aigbovo, on Wednesday in Abuja. It said that theContinue Reading
By Franca Ofili Mr Joseph Ari, the Director-General, Industrial Training Fund (ITF), says the fund will train 13,000 Nigerians on 11 vocational skills in order to achieve the Federal Government’s policy on job and wealth creation. Ari made this known in Abuja on Tuesday during a news conference. According toContinue Reading
No fewer than 30,000 primary and intermediate teachers have resolved to embark on nationwide strike over pay rise agitation in New Zealand. Trade union says the teachers are taking part in a nationwide strike on Wednesday for the first time in more than 20 years to demand a pay rise.Continue Reading
The Presidency has described the social media report that President Muhammadu Buhari, extended his ongoing 10 working days vacation in London as fake. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the purported fake news indicates that the President had already transmitted a letter to the National Assembly to thisContinue Reading
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measured inflation for July dropped to 11.14 per cent (year-on-year) from 11. 23 per cent recorded in June. The NBS disclosed this in its “CPI and Inflation Report’’ for July released on Wednesday inAbuja. According to theContinue Reading
