The Federal Government has begun an upward review of the N19,800 monthly allowance paid to members of the National Youth Service Corps, according to the Director-General of the scheme, Brig Gen Suleiman Kazaure. The DG stated this on Thursday, noting that the NYSC, through the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, received a letter from […]
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The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has revoked the appointments of consultants to the agency over allegations of anomalies and irregularities In a statement made available newsmen on Friday in Abuja, Prof. Adeyeye noted that the activities of the consultants were detrimental to the […]
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Mohammed Sani Sidi, the director-general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and seven of the agency’s directors allegedly stole over a billion naira, $284,000 and £95,000, the Nigerian presidency has revealed. All the officials have been suspended from office. A Presidency official said Sani Sidi, maintained 20 different accounts in various banks despite […]
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The National Youth Service Corps on Tuesday said the scheme will redeploy corps members who feel unsafe in states where the activities of Fulani herdsmen have led to loss of lives. Suleiman Kazaure, the director general of the NYSC, said this on Tuesday during the inspection of the NYSC Orientation Camp in Ede, Osun State. […]
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The presidency says Ahmed Abubakar, the new director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), neither failed promotion examinations twice nor holds dual nationality. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. According to him, Abubakar has never been a Chadian and his […]
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The Presidency has frowned at media reports criticising the appointment of the new Director-General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mr Ahmed Rufa’i. A statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mr Abiodun Oladunjoye, Deputy Director (Information), Media Unit of the State House, quoted Malam Garba Shehu, a Presidential Spokesman as flaying the negative reports. Shehu […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as the new director-general for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Abubakar, a retired career foreign service officer, has been a senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs/international relations. Abubakar had extensive experience working with the United Nations in peace support operations, mediation […]
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Mounir Gwarzo, suspended director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission is facing at least two enquiries over his role as helmsman of the commission since 2015. Apart from the administrative enquiry ordered by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, Gwarzo is also being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. EFCC wants to unravel […]
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