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The National Youth Service Corps said it has not directed corps members to upgrade their accounts for payment of N70,000 minimum wage. The NYSC said this in a statement issued by the Director, Information and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, on Sunday in Abuja. According to Mr Megwa, the misleading information making the rounds on social media is absolute falsehood. “Corps members, parents and members of the public should note that no directive has been received from any relevant sector of government responsible for wage matters. It is therefore impossible for the NYSC to issue any directive on such. Corps members already know the approved channel and mode of communication in the scheme and should therefore ignore the directive accordingly. “The NYSC by this release, therefore, u...

The Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line will from Monday upscale the number of trips from 54 to 72 per day. The Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Abimbola Akinajo, said this in a statement in Lagos. Mrs Akinajo said the current schedule for Sunday operations remained unchanged. “The Blue Line train riders will now travel between Marina and Mile 2 in just about 18 minutes from the previous travel time of 25 minutes. The implication is that there will be a train every 18 minutes both ways, thus allowing commuters to plan their trips,” she said. She also announced a 25 per cent discount fare for commuters travelling within the off-peak period set at 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. daily. “The new train schedule is potentially expected to reduce journ...

It took former Governor Samuel Ortom and his cohorts 13 months of failed attempts to stop the probe of his eight years as Governor of Benue State by Governor Hyacinth Alia. Ortom's attempts to use the judiciary to stop the administration of Alia to get him to account to the people of the state has run from June 2023 to July 2024, and all his efforts before the courts failed woefully as he could not secure the relief he and other members of the opposition had sought. A total of eight cases were filed in various courts against the governor and his government within 13 months, and all ended up in defeat. Governor Alia had on assuming office sought to get the previous administration and some of its principal actors, including the ex-governor to come clean and explain what they did with ...

An association of movies, TV and Radio Producers under the auspice of Abuja movie, TV &  Radio producers forum (AMTRPF), have condemned the false allegation of Nyesom Wike,  the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister against the senator of the FCT Ireti kingibe as the  sponsor of the recent protest in Abuja, Against President Tinubu. The protest, which began on Thursday, August 2024 according to the FCT minister’s accusation against senator Ireti Kingibe , alleging that the senator had provided food for the protesters and that she enlisted  security agencies to assist in the distribution of supplies, which constituted sponsorship, according to the group was an indictment on the security agencies in FCT.  The movie, TV & Radio producers ...

The Kano government has filed a fresh fraud charge against former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, his commissioner for local government, Murtala Garo and two others. According to the charge sheet, Mr Garo, Lamin Sani and Muhammad Takai were charged with criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, making false statements or return and criminal misappropriation. The state accused them of mismanaging of the 44 Local government’s statutory allocations remitted to the state joint local governments account from the Federation account. They were also accused of criminally diverted N57.4 billion through several personal accounts of local government’s cashiers and other personal and corporate accounts, the charge sheet said. The Kano government also accused them of transfering the funds...

Olabode George, a former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party on has urged President Bola Tinubu to revisit some of his policies to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians.Mr George, who gave the advice while addressing a new conference on state of the nation in Lagos, called on the president to unravel issues around oil and gas and the power sector to get the country out of the woods. “Having been trained by this nation and worked for this country, if I see things not going the right direction and keep quiet, I will be failing. So, it is not a matter of fighting. Our country Nigeria is in a political and economic intensive care unit. So, we need proper surgeons, political surgeons and economic surgeons. We are talking about people who have gone through this before, wh...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for a thorough investigation into the killing of 16-year-old boy Isma’il Muhammad in Zaria during the #EndBadGovernance protest.The commission expressed deep concerns over the killing during the 24-hour curfew imposed to curtail the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest. In Zaria, Kaduna. The executive secretary of the NHRC, Tony Ojukwu, made the call while reacting to the incident that led to the killing. He said it was particularly troubling given NHRC’s previous advisory on the excesses of law enforcement agencies during the protests, reiterating that the right to life is sacrosanct and should not be violated under any circumstances. “The use of lethal force against unarmed civilians, especially minors, is unacceptable and...

The Coalition of Arewa Civil Society Group, an NGO has called on Alhaji Aliko Dangote, to stop the Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation Limited (NNPCL) for the difficulties faced in his refinery business in the country. The National Coordinator of the Coalition of Arewa Civil Society Group, Yahaya Salisu, who made the call in a press conference in Abuja on Thursday,. According to him, they are shocked and equally dispute the allegations by Dangote that some Cabals in the oil industry are frustrating the supply of crude oil to his refinery as well as some NNPCL staff and marketers have blending plant somewhere off Malta, hence, his refinery travails. He said that Nigerians should know and understand that Dangote's recent outbursts on the Government and NNPCL is only driven by h...

By Diana Omueze Action Alliance (AA) Party, has cautioned members of the public against impostors parading themselves as its officials, trying to destabilise the party. Mr James Vernimbe, AA National Secretary, gave the advice on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Vernimbe said that the advice became necessary ahead of the forthcoming Ondo and Edo States Governorship elections. The also advised the party members in both states to pay no attention to impostors trying to distract and disrupt the peace and unity of the party at the states and national level. “The attention of Action Alliance (AA) National Headquarters, Abuja has been drawn that one unknown person to the party is impersonating the office of the National Youth Leader. “T...

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties has slammed President Bola Tinubu over the raid of the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress by security operatives. In a statement on Thursday, the CNPP Deputy National Publicity Secretary, James Ezema, advised Mr Tinubu to solve Nigeria’s economic and security challenges, rather than gagging or intimidating Nigerians. The NLC had on Wednesday raised the alarm on how armed security operatives both on uniform and mufti, around 9pm, invaded its national secretariat in Abuja, ransacking “books at the bookshop, carrying all materials into their van, claiming that the materials were used to incite and organise the recent protest.” The CNPP condemned the operatives’ unwarranted raid on the Labour House, describing their “gestapo-style ...

A 12-tonne gas truck on Thursday exploded at a Mobil filling station, opposite Airport Hotel, Allen junction, Lagos State, causing severe injuries on two persons. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said this in a statement. Mr Oke-Osanyintolu said the agency responded to a distress call through the 767 and 112 Toll-Free Emergency lines at 11.08 a.m. about the incident. He said the agency activated its Tiger Response Team from the command and control centre, Alausa, Ikeja. “Upon arrival at the incident scene, investigations conducted revealed that the fire was attributed to the explosion of a 12-tonne gas truck, which impacted several cars within the filling station and portions of a nearby building. Two adult males ...

The FCT Commissioner of Police has ordered immediate investigation into the murder of a crossdresser, popularly known as ‘ Abuja Area Mama.’ Spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The crossdresser was reportedly found dead in the Mabushi area of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday. The news of his death sparked sad reactions, especially from his fans and followers. According to the statement, the police were investigating the incident. It stated, “In response to a distress call received by the Command Control Room that an unidentified lady was seen lying motionless along Katampe – Mabushi express way, a team of detectives were immediately dispatched to the scene. She said, “Preliminary investigations reve...

The Tabitha Cumi Foundation, a faith-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), says it has empowered no fewer than 1, 350 schoolgirls on mensural health in Abuja, Kwara and Lagos in its Always Keep Girls in School (AKGIS) project. The Executive Director of the Foundation, Mrs Adetayo Erinle, made this known at the AKGIS Endline Dissemination Meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. According to her, the aim of AKGIS is to ensure that girls remain in school in spite of menstruation experience. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that menstruation, also known as period, is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina, characterised by the rise and fall of hormones. Menstruation is triggered by falling progesterone l...

By NAN  The Arewa Civil Society Organization, an NGO, has commended Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPCL), for his support and promoter of local and private refineries to meet demands of Nigerians and improving the quality of life. The National Coordinator of the group, Yahaya Salisu, who made the commendation in a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, also applauded President Tinubu's commitment in reviving and supporting the private sector for rapid economic growth to make life better for Nigerians according to the renewed hope agenda. He said the numerous successes achieved by NNPCL under Mele Kyari, which include ramping up a plan to repair the refineries in the oil and gas sector, the Group has ...

Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Garba has said his command arrested no fewer than six Spanish nationals in connection with the protest. CP Garba, who made this known in a phone interview with Vanguard, said the command also arrested 76 others, including the tailor sewing Russian flags, saying the command is on the trail of the sponsor. “We have arrested six Spanish nationals and 76 others, including the tailor. We recovered 23 Russian flags, we are trailing the sponsor. “They have been transferred to Force Headquarters because it has to do with sedition and national security,” the CP stated.

Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, says the sponsors of the #EndBadGovernance protest in the diaspora are on watch list, and they will be arrested when entering the country. Ms Nandap made this known on Tuesday in Abuja during a combined news conference by the heads of security agencies and service chiefs convened by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, at the Defence Headquarters. She said, “We have identified some diaspora sponsors; they are on our watch list. Any attempt they make to come into the country, we will be notified, and they will be picked up and handed to the appropriate authorities.” The immigration boss said the service had, in response to the protest, deployed more officers to borders, both land and airports, to e...

The Zone 7 Police Command Headquarters which supervises the FCT and Niger State Police Command, in a bid to rid the Capital Territory of crimes, following intelligence gathered, arrested four (4) suspects; Solomon Nuhu 'M' 22yrs, Faruk Umar 'M' 17yrs who specialize in car snatching at gun point, Bolaji Yusuf 'M' 34yrs, and Lawal Yusuf 'M' 38yrs, for the crimes of Criminal Conspiracy, Armed Robbery, Murder, Being in Possession of Stolen Vehicles, Unlawful possession of prohibited FireArm. The Police Detectives attached to the Special Investigation Squad of the Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja via actionable intelligence successfully apprehended one Haruna Akubo a.k.a Young Alhaji, where Five (5) suspected stolen vehicles were recovered from L.Y Nadabo Motors opposite One Man Village Shopping ...