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Barely 24 hours after the Nigerian Army announced the commencement of its recruitment, Nigerians have expressed unwillingness to join the army. “I was interested before, but now I have changed my mind, I will never take my self to some seniors to use me as their source of income,” a Facebook user, Abubakar Sulaiman said. Another Facebook user, Joseph Saint, said: …

The actions of Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has culminated in a Katsina State High Court terminating the corruption trial of three former officials of the Katsina State government. The three former officials — Nasiru Ingawa (former special adviser on Sure-P to former Governor Ibrahim Shema), Abdulazeez Shinkafi (former director of finance and account at the Katsina …

Justice Sanusi Kado of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria has retrained the leadership and members of the Parliamentary Staff Association from embarking on a strike or engage in acts that could lead to the closure of the National Assembly. The Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, dragged the PASAN members to …

A Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, yesterday, recognised the executive committee of the Ishola Balogun-Fulani faction of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, had dissolved the executive, following the defection of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, from the party to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and installed another state executive …

As expected, mixed reactions on Thursday trailed the latest Nigerian Unemployment/Underemployment Statistics Report released on Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Some respondents who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday said considering the reality most Nigerians are facing, the NBS report cannot be faulted. Yet, others simply dismissed the report as “fictional”, “panel beaten” and “screwed up” compilation …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has celebrated students of Presentation National High School and University Preparatory Secondary School (UPSS), who emerged first and third, respectively, in the 2018 NPDC/SEPLAT Promoting Exception and Respectable Leaders (PEARLS) Quiz competition. The governor, who hosted the winners at Government House, in Benin City, Edo State, said he invited the schools to express his …

Edo State Government has partnered with ICE Commercial Power to deliver clean and reliable energy solution to 20 Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) in the state under the Edo Healthcare Improvement Programme (Edo-HIP).According to officials, the initiative is in line with Governor Godwin Obaseki’s drive to make quality and affordable healthcare accessible in rural areas, the  In a statement in Benin …

,  …FG provides 3 million doses of vaccine Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged residents of the state, aged between nine (9) months to 59 years, to ensure they take the yellow fever vaccine, to inoculate themselves against the disease.   The state government has also taken delivery of three million doses of vaccine from the Federal Ministry …

President Muhammadu Buhari was interrupted and booed intermittently by some lawmakers while addressing the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The actions of the lawmakers threw the parliament into a rowdy session while the president presented the 2019 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly. Lawmakers from different political divides booed and cheered the president as he explained the …