Month: March 2022

Punch Newspaper More facts are beginning to emerge into why a corps member spotted in the National Youth Service Corps kit with a skirt was asked to leave the Amada Temporary Orientation Camp in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State. Recall that the crested white vest or plain vest worn with khaki trousers or…

The kidnapped son of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Ali Isa Pantami, has been reportedly found at a checkpoint in Bauchi. According to Daily Trust, the Minister’s son, Alamin Isa Pantami, was found on Friday at a checkpoint in Dambam, a Local Government Area in Bauchi State, some hours after he was…

The American government has sanctioned six Nigerians for allegedly supporting Nigeria-based terrorist group, Boko Haram. The US, in a statement by Department of State’s spokesperson, Ned Price, listed the individuals as Abdurrahman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad. The U.S. Department of the…

The Nigerian Army has activated its application portal for the Direct Short Service Commission Course, DSSC, 26/2022. The registration notification for the short service was contained in a release by army authorities on Friday. The registration is billed to kick off between March 25, 2022, and May 6, 2022 as the closing date. The DSSC…

The National Association of Nigerian Students on Friday has issued marching order to its teeming members to occupy the streets of Abuja with their cooking pots, mattresses and other personal items to protest the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. National President, of the union, Sunday Asefon, made this known…

Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the $418 million Paris Club debt suit filed by the 36 state governments against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit.“I do not see any merit in this case on the whole and I hereby dismiss it for lack…

Punch Newspaper Nigeria will receive €12.2m (N5.6bn) from FIFA if they qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup later this year, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The World Cup in Qatar will take place from November 21 to December 18, with 32 teams taking part in the competition. The Super Eagles are looking to qualify for…