The federal government has approved the increase of the monthly allowance for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members from N33,000 to N77, 000. In a statement on Wednesday, acting spokesperson of the NYSC, Caroline Embu, said the upward review takes effect from July 2024. The statement added that the said the development is in line…
The Delta State Police Command has paraded 123 suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects were arrested in an estate in Warri, the state capital. Spokesperson of the command Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a video shared on Facebook on Wednesday. Edafe said the suspects were accommodated in a particular estate. He added that children from Kaduna,…
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is committed to leveraging technical education as a vehicle to develop the highly skilled manpower needed to secure Nigeria’s airspace, territory and people. Abubakar spoke as a guest of honour at the graduation ceremony of 432 officers, airmen,…
The Nigerian army has discharged Ruth Ogunleye, a female soldier for falsely accusing Col. Ishiaku Abdulkareem of sexual harassment and intimidation. Spokesperson of the army, Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja while briefing journalists on the outcome of the panel set up to investigate the allegations. He said the panel exonerated Abdulkareem from…
Kachalla Tukur Sharme, a notorious bandits’ leader, linked to the abduction of 121 students of Baptist Bethel High School Kaduna in July 2021, has been killed in a clash with a rival bandits group. Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna state Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. “After…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won Saturday’s governorship election in Edo state. Candidate of the party, Senator Monday Okpebholo, 291,667 votes to defeat his close opponent Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who garnered 247,274 votes. The Labour Party (LP) candidate and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata,…
