The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has maintained that its directive on the suspension of biometric clearance and Community Development Services (CDS) still subsists. This is against a circular making the rounds on social media purportedly signed by the NYSC Director General. The Scheme said the directory in circulation was a ruse which only existed…
Poland has denied claims that its nationals were involved in the waving of Russian flags during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano State. During the just-ended nationwide protest, some protesters were seen brandishing the Russian flag in some States of the North. Following the brandishing of the Russian flag, the Department of State Services, DSS, arrested…
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has posited that food inflation is declining. Onanuga stated that the prices of yam, tomatoes and other foodstuffs are drastically reducing. Posting on X, he wrote: “Food inflation is coming down as prices of yam, tomatoes decline massively.” He was reacting to a report…
Zamfara State police command says it is addressing the case of Magaji Lawali, who was killed by suspected members of the Community Protection Guard, CPG, in Zamfara State. According to the commissioner of police, members of the CPG alleged that their commander, Col. Rabiu Yandoto, was responsible for the killing. “The CPG members stated that…
Flooding have destroyed houses and hectares of farmlands in Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa State. District Head of Gantsa in Buji, Alh. Sabo disclosed this when a team from National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Jigawa Ministry of Environment, visited some of the villages affected by the flood. According to…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has reacted to a report making the rounds on social media that corps members’ bank accounts are being upgraded to accommodate the new N70, 000 minimum wage. In a statement signed by Eddy Megwa, Director, Information and Public Relations of NYSC, the Scheme described the story as misleading. The…
Nigeria’s electricity generation dropped to 3,521,37 megawatts barely on Saturday two weeks after reaching a year high of 5,105 megawatts on July 27. This is according to the latest 24-hour National grid performance data. The figure represents the electricity generated by the 22 power plants connected to the country’s national grid. Egbin Power Plc, with…
The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, has revealed that only one in ten households in the country use clean energy sources and technologies for cooking. He also noted that implementing the National Clean Cooking Policy of Nigeria is expected to create around 10 million direct jobs for young people. The minister made this statement in…
President Bola Tinubu says the Economic Community of West African States will continue to persuade the military leaders of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to return their nations to the fold. “We will do everything to offer a hand of friendship to them and give them reasons to come back to us,” Tinubu, who chairs…
The Federal Government has vowed to prosecute developers found responsible for the collapse of buildings in the country. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, made this declaration during a review meeting with regulatory bodies in the built environment. Nigeria has witnessed series of building collapses in recent years, resulting in the loss…