‘NYSC has united Nigeria’
Abia State Governor Theodore Orji has hailed the founding fathers of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
He said the scheme, which was introduced 39 years ago, has unified the nation.
Orji spoke in Umuahia, the state capital, at the opening of the 59th Annual Management Conference of the NYSC.
He said the scheme is one of the best managed youth programmes in the world.
Orji said the scheme, which was established shortly after the civil war, has facilitated reconciliation, re-integration and rehabilitation of Nigerians.
He said the introduction ...
Yookos upgrades site targets 70 million users globally
With social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube making waves globally and pulling in mega bucks in revenue at the moment, Yookos, an African social networking media site, initiated by a Nigerian a year ago, is set to give social network giants a run for their money as it has revealed plans of expanding and upgrading its operations by investing an additional N14 billion into its operations in a bid to further improve the services of Yookos to all Africans worldwide.
Tomisin Fashina, group CEO, of Yookos, made this disclosure, ...
Polytechnics scheme service to be reviewed soon
National chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP), Rev.Sunday Sabo yesterday said the polytechnic service scheme would soon be reviewed. Speaking at the opening session of the 37th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the union in Birnin-Kebbi yesterday, Sabo said process has began for the review of the polytechnic Act and the scheme of service which was last reviewed in 1986. In his address, the Rector of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Arc Kabiru Nabade, who is also the chairman, polytechnic service scheme review, expressed readiness ...
Man allegedly killed by brothers in-law
Deputy-Director with the Anambra–Imo River Basin Development Authority, Owerri, Mr. Basil Ejezie, has been allegedly killed by his brothers in-law at his Umunze country home in Anambra State.
It was learnt that the deceased was at a service at the Holy Rosary Catholic Parish, when he received information that his attention was needed at home.
Sources said barely 20 minutes after he left the church, the parishioners learnt that Ejezie had a confrontation with his brothers in–law and was in a critical condition.
When they got to Ekezie’s ...
Sharia: Zamfara rehabilitates amputees
By Saminu Ibrahim
Gusau—Zamfara State Government has rehabilitated two men whose hands were amputated under the Sharia law about 12 years ago.
The amputees are Bello Buba, who reportedly stole a cow, and Mallam Lawali Isa, who confessed that he stole a set of bicycles.
The first victim of the Sharia Law, Buba, has been given N500,000 to start cow rearing business, while Isa is now a cement distributor in Gusau, courtesy of the state government.
Former Governor of the state, Senator Ahmed Yerima, whose administra-tion introduced the law, facilitated their rehabilita-tion by the government, ...
‘Democracy is about civility’
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Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) came under fire again for his comment on 2015.
Minister of Information Labaran Maku warned politicians to refrain from making statements that are capable of disrupting the peace and unity of the country.
He noted that the difference ...
Civil Defence arrests police corporal, others for petroleum vandalism
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a police corporal, Ahmed Sirajo and others for vandalising petroleum pipelines at Izom in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State.
The 29-year-old policeman was arrested with two others at about 9.30 am while scooping petroleum products into plastic containers at the back of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) station.
NSCDC state commander David Bille, who paraded the suspects in Minna, said the policeman and his accomplices who have been identified as ...
Reps kick against caretaker c’ttees in 25 states
The House of Representatives yesterday condemned the existence of caretaker committee undemocratic leadership at the local government level in 25 states.
Adopting a motion on illegal constitution of local government caretaker councils by most state governments, the House called on the governors to “swing into action to ensure that all LGs are manned by democratically elected officials.”
Rep. Friday Itulah (PDP, Edo), who sponsored the motion, said despite the fact that the 1999 constitution in section 7 has provided for a democratically elected council chairmen, state government have refused ...
Immigration arrests 11 suspected victims of human trafficking
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Seme Border Command, near Badagry, says it has arrested 11 suspected victims of human trafficking. NIS Area Comptroller, Mr Julius Ogbu told newsmen in Badagry yesterday that the suspected victims, five boys and six girls, were arrested at Owode and Seme on Tuesday morning.
“Immigration operatives arrested the human trafficking suspects at Owode and Seme on Tuesday while crossing to Benin Republic”, he said.
Ogbu said the suspects have been handed over to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters (NANTIP) ...
Nigerians fed up with FG promises on power
Nigerians are getting fed up with the Federal Government’s repeated promises on power supply. This sentiment played out following the recent pledge by Barth Nnaji, minister of Power, of an additional 1,500 Mega Watts (MW) in power to be delivered to the grid by year end.
Nnaji, at a ceremony to commemorate the administration’s first anniversary said, “I can assure you that at the end of the year, based on promises from the Petroleum Ministry, we would be able to add 1,500MW. Some places in the next one year would have total power twenty ...