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BY ALLTIMEPOST.COM Global anti-corruption organization, Transparency International has disclosed that 66 per cent of the money Nigerian governments allocate to education is stolen by corrupt officials. The organisation made the disclosure in a new report titled: “Corruption in Education Systems in West Africa.” The group presented the report at its sub-regional meeting on Wednesday in Abuja as part of the …

By Louis Odion, FNGE Breaking a decade silence in a Punch interview at the weekend, the grandma, once glorified as the “Amazon” of the nation’s banking world, would have us believe that she fell on SLS’s sword in 2009 because the then Central Bank governor saw her as “threat” to his job. In the said interview, Madam Ibru sounded more …

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced stiffer and stricter visa application processes for Nigerians. The embassy said in a statement on Tuesday that henceforth, all applicants including frequent travellers, who used to use the drop box method, would now have to appear for interviews each time they apply. It, however, said diplomatic and government officials could continue to …

Four hundred and sixty-nine lawmakers who were elected on the platform of various political parties in the February 23 National Assembly elections and the subsequent supplementary election will get N4.68bn as welcome package immediately after their inauguration in June, The PUNCH investigation has shown. The package is to help the lawmakers sort out accommodation and furniture issues. According to the …

The Senate Committee on Youth and Sports on Tuesday threatened to order the shutdown of Bet9ja office if the company failed to honour its invitation for a second time. The Chairman of the Committee, Obinna Ogba, made the remark at the National Assembly, Abuja, during the verification of loto companies with the license to operate in Nigeria. Mr Ogba (PDP, …

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Tuesday dissociated the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) from the circulation of document, calling for the overthrow of the democratically elected government led by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued by Muhammed Wabi, a navy captain and Deputy Director of Defence Information, the DHQ accused a group, “Nigerian Continuity and Progress (NCP)’’ as being …

The Nigeria Prisons Service and the nation’s Fire Service are to employ nearly 10,000 Nigerians. While the Prisons will employ 7, 475, the Fire Service will recruit 2,200 new staff. Both agencies received approval for the recruitments from the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board. The board is headed by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau. The board …

…seeks restraining order against Ag. CJN Dispute over the outcome of the February 23 presidential election assumed a new dimension on Tuesday, as the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) applied for a court order to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from being sworn-in for a second term on May 29, 2019. The party and its presidential candidate, Chief Ambrose Owuru, in a …

Wudil indigenes in Kano State have appealed to the State House of Assembly and the government to revisit the recent creation of Gaya Emirate Council under which they have been grouped. Alhaji Yawale Muhammad-Idris, spokesman of the indigenes said they would rather have a Wudil Emirate than be subjugated to Gaya Emirate Council, one of the four emirates created by …

KANO—Historian and former lecturer, Dr. Umar Ardo, has called on the Sultan and Muslims to resist last week creation of four new caliphates by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano. He said the move would destroy the caliphate and accused the royal house of aiding and abetting the governor. In an interview weekend, Ardo said: “The Sultan, all members of the …