Month: June 2021
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IPPIS: FG Suspends Salaries of 331 Civil Servants
The Federal Government says it has suspended the salaries of 331 civil servants for failure to update their Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System as was directed. Mr Mahmuda Mamman, Permanent Secretary, Career Management office, made the announcement in a statement issued by Mr Abdulaganiyu Aminu, Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Head…
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Hajj 2021: NAHCON Confirms Non-Participation of Nigeria, Send Message To Intending Pilgrims
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has cancelled Hajj for international pilgrims for the 2021 season. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NAHCON, Zikrullah Hassan, made this known in a statement issued by Fatima Usara, Head, Public Affairs, of the commission, on Saturday in Abuja. Mr…
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Nigeria, Other Countries Barred From Performing 2021 Hajj
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has barred travellers from Nigeria and other countries from performing 2021 Hajj over the deadly infectious virus, COVID-19. This is as Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it will allow 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to perform the annual hajj. The hajj ministry said this year’s pilgrimage would be “open for…
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Democracy Day: Full Text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Speech
Fellow Nigerians, I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day. It is a celebration of freedom and a victory for one people, one country and one Nigeria. As with all democracies we will always be going through improvement processes in our desire to reach the goal of a mature democracy, a…
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‘No more vacancy, virtually every department is filled’, Buhari To Nigerian Youths
Federal government has said that no more job vacancies for the jobless Nigerian youths , adding that, if they continue to promote insecurity, there will be no jobs from foreign investment, as there are no spaces to accommodate Job-seekers in the government agencies. President Muhammadu Buhari said this on Friday during an exclusive interview with…
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President Buhari Reveals Major Setback of His Administration
President Muhammadu Buhari, has again appealed to Nigerians to be fair on his administration saying the crisis in the Northeast and the theft of crude oil in the southsouth affected greatly his administration. Buhari who posited that the collapse of oil market was a major set back of his adminaitration, said the available resources to…
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Suspension Of Planned June 12th Protest Personal To Asefon, Students Kick
National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South West Zone, has called out its President, Sunday Asefon over his called for suspension of proposed June 12th protest. The students in the zone expressed their displeasure in a statement issued by the Coordinator, Odunayo Kowe Amos on Friday. The students berated the association’s President for suspending the…
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Why NANS Suspends June 12th Protest, Asefon
President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Sunday Asefon has given reason why the proposed June 12th protest was suspended by the association. Asefon, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Friday morning. It was titled, ‘NANS Suspends June 12 Protest Over Concerns About Safety Of Protesters And Fear Of Possible Hijack…
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Gunmen Invade Polytechnic, Abduct Lecturers, Students, Kill One
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Thursday night invaded the campus of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria, Kaduna State, abducting an unspecified numbers of students and lecturers. It was gathered that a student was also killed while others sustained injuries during the attack. The attack is the latest in a series of the abduction of…
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June 12 Protests: Police Embark On Show of Force
Operatives of Police command in Oyo on Thursday embarked on a show of force in major areas of the state over an alleged invasion of armed bandits amid the proposed June 12 protests. Briefing journalists at the end of the patrol, the Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, said the exercise was to let the public…