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Just In: NYSC Gets New Director General
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointed of Brigadier General Kunle Nafiu as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Bri. Gen. Nafiu, until his appointment, was the Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, having also served in the same capacity with the late…
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Ritual Killing: Ilorin Emirate Union launches databank initiative to combat rogue clerics
Vanguard News Worried by the need to rid Ilorin of crooked clerics, the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has expressed commitment to partner with the state branch of the Council of Ulama to provide a Data Bank of Islamic clerics and Scholars in the state. IEDPU made the commitment on Saturday during a meeting…
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Recently Released Female Corps Member Narrates Ordeals in The Hand of Kidnappers
Punch Newspaper A National Youth Service Corps member, Rofiat Lawal, who was abducted along the Benin-Ore Expressway last Tuesday, has disclosed that her abductors threatened to force her into marriage and take her to Sokoto if her family refused to pay a ransom. This is just as she narrated that one of the abductors, who…
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Rivers: Anxiety as Fubara, Loyalists Weigh Options
Vanguard News It is exactly 16 months since the political crisis broke out in Rivers State between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. For one year and four months, Rivers, prided as the hub of West African oil and gas, has been embroiled in a war of attrition over the control of…
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Corps Members knock FG over unpaid N77k allowance
Punch Newspaper Members of the National Youth Service Corps have expressed their disapproval of the Federal Government’s persistent failure to implement the payment of the N77,000 allowance. The Federal Government had approved an increase in the corps members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, effective July 2024. In the same year, the Director-General of the…
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Why Supreme Court Sacked Rivers LG Chairmen, Restored Pro-Wike Lawmakers
Vanguard News The Supreme Court dealt a heavy blow to Governor Siminalaye Fubara of Rivers State on Friday, as it reinstated the judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Accountant General of the Federation, from releasing statutory monthly allocations to the state. The apex court, in another judgement, equally nullified the…
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Just in: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Palestine, Others Declare Saturday 1st of #Ramadan2025
As Muslims across the world prepare to observe 2025 Ramadan, some Muslim countries in the world have officially announced the sighting of the Cresent which marks the end of Shaabaan and equally marks the commencement of Ramadan the following day. Based on findings by Vreporters.com on Friday, Muslim community in New Zealand is the first…
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Sacks Rivers Local Government Chairmen
The local government election conducted on the 5th of October 2024 by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission has been declared invalid by the Supreme Court. In a judgment delivered by Justice Jamilu Tukur, the court declared the election invalid for grossly violating the Electoral Act. Reading the judgement, Justice Tukur said the action of…
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Just in: Obasa storms Lagos Assembly complex with armed police, Civil Defence
Vanguard News Confusion has engulfed the Lagos State House of Assembly as Mudashiru Obasa, the ousted Speaker, stormed the complex on Thursday, allegedly intending to resume duty. According to sources, Obasa arrived at the Assembly around 11:30 AM, accompanied by heavily armed police officers and civil defence personnel. The development has thrown the Assembly into…
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Ramadan: Sultan Issues Directive To Muslims
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General NSCIA, Alhaji, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has directed all Muslims in the country to start looking out for the new moon of Ramadan 1446AH on Friday and report its sighting to the nearest District or Village head for onward communication. A statement in Sokoto on Thursday by the Sultanate…
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