Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
-
Recruitment: Police Service Commission Sends Message To Shortlisted Candidates
The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday alerted the successful candidates from the recently concluded 2022 Police Recruitment exercise to begin training this Saturday, August 10th, at various Police colleges across the country. In a statement released in Abuja by the Spokesperson of the Police Service Commission, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, the training will run from…
-
NYSC Mobilization: JAMB Writes Varsities, Polytechnics Heads, Others
Punch Newspaper The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has pointed accusing finger to some tertiary institutions of aiding candidates with irregular or illegal admissions to falsify records towards mobilisation for the National Youth Service Corps. JAMB made the allegation in a letter addressed to vice-chancellors, provosts and registrars of tertiary institutions in the country.…
-
Tinubu Appoints New DG NAPTIP, Six others (Full List)
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of seven persons to head strategic agencies and programmes under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Tuesday evening. The statement was…
-
Newly Elected Female SUG President Appoints 50 Aides
The newly elected first female President of the Student Union Government (SUG), University of Calabar (UNICAL), Comr. Blessing Alims, has appointed 50 individuals as advisers in her administration. Blessing Alims, who gained widespread attention on social media for being the first female president in the university’s 49-year history, announced the unprecedented appointments shortly after her…
-
JAMB Overrules CUIIA, Insists on CAPS for all Admissions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it will no longer welcome absorption of illegal admissions through the window ‘Condonement of Illegal Admissions Without Registration Number.’ To this end, it has terminated the Condonement of Undisclosed Institutional Illegal Admissions (2017 to 2020) (CUIIA). Spokesperson of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, stated this at a…
-
Food inflation: Students Groan on Campuses, as Parents, FG React
Vanguard News LAGOS: When Elisha (other names withheld), a student in one of the public universities in Lagos State came home during a break, his father could barely recognise him, as though not sick, he was visibly emaciated, no thanks to malnutrition. On campus, the accounting education student told his inquisitive father that he was…
-
10 takeaways from Tinubu’s broadcast on #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest
Punch Newspaper President Bola Ahmed Tinubu addressed the nation on Sunday, August 4, 2024, amid ongoing protests across Nigeria. The nationwide protest, which commenced on Thursday, August 1, was in response to the hardship experienced by citizens in the country. No fewer than 17 people were reportedly killed by security agents, who also arrested many…
-
NYSC Gives HND Graduates Condition To Partake in 1-year Mandatory Service
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned that graduates of polytechnics and monotechnics without evidence of mandatory one-year Industrial Training (IT) will not participate in national service. The NYSC Coordinator in Lagos State, Mrs Yetunde Baderinwa, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Baderinwa said…
-
Protests: President Tinubu To Address Nigerians
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Sunday, Tomorrow, address the nation by 7:00 am. His Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale announced this on Saturday. The statement reads partly: “Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to plug into the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)…
-
EndBadGovernance: TELECOS Gives Reasons Behind Internet Disruption
Following reactions by internet users over poor network in the country, the Nigerian telecom providers have attributed the country’s recent internet disruptions to cable cuts by hoodlums during the #EndBadGovernance protests. This explanation comes after accusations from various organisations that some network providers deliberately interfered with the network to restrict coverage of the demonstrations. Speaking…
Got any book recommendations?