The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, on Monday fixed Thursday, September 3rd, as the official pass-out date for members of the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream ii. In a statement signed by the Director of Information and Public Relations Caroline Embu and posted on the scheme’s official x account, the NYSC Management said the corps members…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a new salary structure for personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces, raising monthly earnings across all ranks. According to the details released on Monday, salary increase ranges between 30 and 80 percent, with junior officers and non-commissioned personnel receiving the highest percentage increase. Under the new arrangement, the highest-ranking…
The Lagos State Government has arrested 27 suspected hoodlums for allegedly vandalising a newly constructed bridge linking Festac Town to Alakija during a midnight enforcement operation. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, noting that the arrests follows the discovery of what he described…
Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA said it has resolved to extend the 21-day-warning strike ultimatum earlier issued to the Federal Government for negotiations, to three weeks, giving room for discussions and favourable compromise. This was contained in a communique endorsed by the president of NAMDA, Dr. Nosa Lancy Orhue and the Acting…
The Federal Fire Service, FIRS, has launched a nationwide mandatory Fire Warden Training and Certification Programme for organisations that receive an average of 50 or more persons daily. The Service announced the programme on Friday in a statement jointly signed by the Commandant of the National Fire Academy, ACF Umetali Peter. The statement said registration…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to immediately return to court and vacate the order freezing the accounts of the Osun State Government. The president in a statement issued by the State House on Thursday, said he is not opposed to the EFCC’s exercise of its statutory powers but…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has reaffirmed the Nigerian Army’s commitment to strengthening defence cooperation with the republic of Burundi as part of efforts to combat terrorism, violent extremism and other transnational security threats across Africa. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Appolonia Anele, on Thursday, said General Shaibu gave…
The Federal Government has directed that outstanding wage awards owed to Federal civil servants be paid before August 15. The directive is expected to provide relief to workers who have awaited payment of the allowances. Labour groups have repeatedly called for the settlement of outstanding obligations, arguing that workers continue to face significant economic pressures…
President Bola Tinubu has approved a salary increase of between 30 and 80 per cent for 250,000 personnel of the Armed Forces, raising the military’s annual wage bill from N660 billion naira to N924 billion naira in what is the biggest upward review of military salaries under his administration. Announcing the package, the Presidency said…
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on Tuesday released the final list of successful candidates for its 2024/2025 recruitment, with only 3,852 applicants securing places out of 573,680 people who applied for the available positions. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, who announced the release of the list during a press briefing in Abuja, said the…