Author: Vreporters
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Just In: Corp members escape death as NYSC hostel collapses in Ekiti
Some Corps members deployed to Ekiti State narrowly escaped death on Friday morning when the wall of the female hostel of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, camp collapsed on them. The corp members recuperating in the clinic inside the orientation camp were said to have been rescued by their male counterparts who retrieved them from…
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LG Autonomy:Rivers, Kano, Anambra 17 Other States That Will Not Receive LG Allocations From July
The Federal Government will from July withhold local government allocations to Cross River, Enugu, Kano, Rivers, and 16 other states in compliance with the Supreme Court judgement. The apex court on Thursday delivered a judgment in the local government autonomy suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on behalf…
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‘Why LGs have not escaped powerful clasp of governors’
If state governors were birds of prey and local governments (LGs) their hapless victims, then there are indications that yesterday’s Supreme Court verdict might not have entirely set the latter free. In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court had declared it is unconstitutional for state governors to withhold funds meant for local government (LG) administrations.…
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After collapse drama, judge remands ex-power minister in Kuje prison
The Cable News A federal high court in Abuja has remanded Saleh Mamman, a former minister of power, in the Kuje correctional facility pending the hearing of his bail application. On Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Mamman on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering up to N33,804,830,503. The former minister…
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Students Loan:12 More State-owned Institutions Get Onboarded on NELFUND Portal
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says 12 additional state-owned tertiary institutions have uploaded their students’ data on its student verification system (SVS). On Sunday, NELFUND revealed that only 36 of 151 state-owned institutions had uploaded their students’ data on the SVS, granting their students access to enrol in the loan scheme of the federal…
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Supreme Court Rules In Favour of LG Against State Governments (Full Report)
Channels TV The Supreme Court, on Thursday, declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold onto funds meant for Local Government (LG) administrations. In its lead judgement read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court observed that the refusal of state government on financial autonomy for local governments has gone on for over…
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FEC Mandates SGF To Implement One of the ASUU’s Demands
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday mandated Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) George Akume to immediately implement the decision to remove university lecturers from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform. According to President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, who provided updates on decisions of FEC…
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Naira Depreciates at Parallel Market Against U.S Dollar
The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,560 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,535 per dollar on Tuesday. Similarly, the Naira depreciated to N1,561.98 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM rose to N1,561.98 per dollar from N1,532.58 per dollar on…
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23-year-old Man Stabs Mother To Death in Delta
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a 23-year-old boy, simply identified as Samson, for stabbing his quinquagenarian (in her 50s) mother in Obiaruku, Delta State. According to the information gathered, Samson was initially sent to Asaba, the state capital of Delta, to learn a trade after his secondary school. However, he was…
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I Was Called From European Country To Confirm, If 15-year-old Student Truly Graduated From Nigerian University – Oloyede
The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has warned tertiary institutions in the country, particularly universities, against giving admission to underage students. Speaking on Tuesday in Lagos at the opening of the seventh biennial conference of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities in Nigeria, Oloyede warned that such…