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NYSC ORIENTATION EXERCISE TO RECOMMENCE IN BORNO STATE AFTER 13 YEARS.

The National Youth Service Corps NYSC orientation exercise is scheduled to resume in Borno State 13 years after the three-week course was suspended over recurring attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.   The NYSC took to Twitter yesterday to notify prospective corps members deployed to the state’s second stream of the Batch ‘B’ orientation course of a change of venue.   All Prospective Corps Members PCMs deployed to Borno are to reprint their Call-up letters […]

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PRESIDENT TINUBU SAYS NO FURTHER INCREASE IN THE PUMP PRICE OF PETROL.

President Bola Tinubu has guaranteed Nigerians that there would be no further increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit PMS popularly known as petrol, anywhere in the country.   The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale noted that the market has been deregulated and will remain so, adding that they will address the inefficiencies within the midstream and downstream petroleum subsectors to maintain […]

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News

ANAMBRA STATE POLICE COMMAND CALLS ON OWNERS OF RECOVERED STOLEN TRICYCLE TO COME FOR COLLECTION.

Police authorities in Anambra State have said they have recovered several tricycles popularly known as Keke, stolen by bandits in recent times, calling on the owners to come to their office to check if their tricycles were among those recovered. The Police Public Relations officer in Anambra State DSP Tochukwu Ikenga in a press release said the Police at Harbour Division, in Ogbaru Local Government Area, recovered over 12 tricycles […]

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National

NEMA CAUTIONS NIGERIANS AGAINST ACTIVITIES THAT CAN LEAD TO FLOODING.

The Director General of, National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed Habib has urged Nigerians to constantly evacuate solid waste that clog drainage systems, avoid building on flood plains and move to higher grounds whenever there was an early warning of a looming flood disaster. Habib gave this warning during the handover of humanitarian relief items to the Enugu State Government, for the second batch of the onward distribution to […]

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Economy

NLC WARNS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST ANOTHER INCREASE IN PUMP PRICE.

The leadership of the Nigeria Labor Congress has warned that it will embark on a nationwide indefinite strike should the Federal Government allow another hike in the price of petrol amid the ongoing negotiations with the government.   The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited NNPCL has repeatedly increased pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit PMS popularly known as petrol, since the May 29 declaration of President BOLA Tinubu that fuel […]

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News

ABIA STATE TO BEGIN VERIFICATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFF

The Government of Abia State says it would be embarking on verification of all Local Government employees in the state. The State Head of Service Joy Maduka in a statement said the action would be in continuation of the initiative by Governor, Alex Otti’s administration to bring all state, local government, parastatals, state-owned tertiary institution workers including pensioners into one single database to forestall any irregularities in the administration of both human resource and […]

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National

CATHOLIC LEADER WARNS AGAINST WAR WITH NIGER COUP PLOTTERS.

The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria Most Rev Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji has encouraged President Bola Tinubu to discourage heads of state from the Economic Community of West African States from using military strength to subdue coup plotters in Niger Republic. Ugorji in his appeal yesterday during a pastoral visit to the Mary Mother of God Catholic Parish in Upe, Ngo Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State […]

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CATHOLIC LEADER WARNS AGAINST WAR WITH NIGER COUP PLOTTERS.

The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria Most Rev Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji has encouraged President Bola Tinubu to discourage heads of state from the Economic Community of West African States from using military strength to subdue coup plotters in Niger Republic. Ugorji in his appeal yesterday during a pastoral visit to the Mary Mother of God Catholic Parish in Upe, Ngo Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State […]

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GOVERNOR OF ENUGU STATE ROLLS OUT PALLIATIVES TO MITIGATE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP.

The Governor of Enugu State Peter Mbah and says his administration has rolled out palliatives to cushion the economic hardship worsened by the removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. Mbah who made the declaration while inaugurating a committee for procuring, storing, and distributing relief items to Enugu residents, charged committee members, chaired by Deputy Governor, Ifeanyi Ossai to handle the palliatives with utmost transparency while ensuring the speedy […]

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