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The National Youth Service Corps has said that it has apprehended about 95 graduates with fake certificates from Nigeria and foreign universities and handed them over to security agencies during the last orientation exercise. The Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, disclosed this on Wednesday at the 2019 Batch ‘C’ pre-mobilization workshop, held in Niger State. Ibrahim …

The Edo State Government in collaboration with the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) programme has deployed an Audit Template to enhance transparency and accountability in its procurement process. Speaking at the end of a two-day event held in Benin City, the Edo State Capital, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Edo State Public Procurement Agency, Mr. Henry Idogun, said …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has sworn in the new Commissioner for Special Duties, Hon. Iyase Benjamin, describing the appointment as a call to service. The governor said, “The newly sworn-in Commissioner will be working directly with me as Commissioner for Special Duties and responsible for policy areas that will be assigned to him. I have continued to emphasise …

• FG proposes N10.33tn as estimates, N2.45tn to service debts  The National Assembly on Tuesday said it would pass the 2020 Appropriation Bill  on November 28, 2019. The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Benjamin Kalu, made this known when he addressed journalists after the budget presentation  by President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated that the …

The Chairman of Esan West local government area, Hon Patrick Aguinede, has been suspended from office over allegation of corruption. This brings to three the chairmen that have been suspended from in the last three months. The others are Alhaji Aremiyau Aligamhe Momoh of Etsako East and Hon Yakson Musa of Etsako West local government area. Commissioner for Local Government …

The White House on Tuesday said it would not cooperate with House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, escalating the clash between Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration. In a letter that echoed Trump’s recent messaging — accusing Democrats of violating the Constitution and civil liberties and attempting to overturn the results of the 2016 election — the White House called the impeachment …

The Federal Government may cancel the licences of eight power distribution companies as the Discos breached some provisions of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act in July 2019. According to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, the eight power firms include Abuja, Benin, Enugu and Ikeja Discos. Others are  Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt and Yola Discos. In a notice posted on …

The Borno State government has begun a new round of recruitment of local hunters t join the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency that entered its eleventh year in July. Governor Babagana Zulum said he was seeking alternative approaches to ending the long-running conflict. Sources in the state government and the Civilian-JTF told PREMIUM TIMES that the government plans to recruit 10,000 …

Works and Housing topped the list of federal ministries with the highest allocations in the 2020 fiscal year budget proposal of N10.729 trillion, presented on Tuesday to the joint session of the National Assembly for approval by Nigeria’s President, retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. According to the document, some of the ministries witnessed major changes when compared to the 2019 Budget …

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday said the N10.7 trillion 2020 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly will further impoverish Nigerians and mortgage the future of the nation and its citizens. This is even as the party urged the legislature to redirect the fiscal proposal to serve the interest of the vast …