archiveSeptember 2019

The National Youth Service Corps in Kano State has rejected 108 prospective corps members posted to the state for presenting questionable certificates and other infractions. The State Coordinator of the scheme, Ladan Baba, said 1,700 prospective Corps members were deployed to the state but the office registered 1,592. Mr Baba...

  The evacuation exercise of Nigerians in South Africa may take more than one flight as the number of Nigerians indicating interest to return home is on the increase, it has been learnt. Though over 400 Nigerians have indicated interest to return home following the recent xenophobic attacks on foreign...

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna has upheld the election of Governor Nasir el-Rufai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Kaduna State. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Ashiru Isa, had filed a petition before...

The National Assembly petitions tribunal sitting in Abia state Monday sacked Orji Uzor Kalu as senator representing Abia north. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Mao Ohuabunwa challenged Kalu’s victory at the tribunal. The tribunal ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a supplementary election within 90 days in eight...

  The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said that 38,807 Nigerians who participated in this year’s pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have been brought back in 80 flights. The commission clarified that all the 599 pilgrims on board the Max air flight which crash-landed at the Minna airport on...

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Aliyu Abdulhameed, said in spite of agricultural loan opportunities, lack of structure along the value chain is a major challenge. He disclosed this at the 2019 Agriculture Summit Africa, a two day summit...

SABEX, the world’s first end-to-end blockchain commodities trading and financing platform, was formally unveiled to policy makers, agriculture value chain players, investors, international financiers and development agencies at the 2019 edition of Agriculture Summit Africa, organized by Sterling Bank Plc, at the weekend in Abuja. Powered by Sterling Bank, Binkabi...

  The governors of Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara States have jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Governor of Maradi region in Niger Republic on best approaches to addressing the security challenges in their states. This was contained in a statement issued by Yusuf Idris, the Director-General, Press...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has started that the processes for placement of candidates into all tiers of tertiary institutions for the 2019/2020 academic session remains sacrosanct. JAMB’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

    The Delta State Election Petitions Tribunal (Panel 11) Saturday nullified the victory of Senator James Manager of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  and thereby ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a rerun election in 90 days within the six local government areas of the affected...