The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has mandated all eligible prospective corps members to register with their National Identification Numbers (NIN). This followed an undercover report by Umar Audu which exposed many lapses in corps members’ mobilisation. Audu had detailed how he bagged a four-year degree under two months from a university in Benin Republic and […]
The Federal Government has inaugurated an eight-man inter-ministerial committee to investigate the activities of private universities established in the last 15 years. The committee, headed by Professor J.D. Amin as chairman, is also mandated to probe degree certificate racketeering by both foreign and local universities in Nigeria. Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman (SAN), who […]
The National Universities Commission( NUC), has disowned the list of fake professors in some Nigerian universities being circulated in the media. Deputy Executive Secretary, Academic Directorate of the Commission, Noel Abiodun Saliu, described the list as handwork of mischief makers He urged the public to disregard the mischievous publication by mischief makers who are out […]
Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, the Secretary to the Enugu State Government (SSG), has revealed that 50 per cent of pupils in the state cannot read in English or solve basic mathematical problems. Onyia made this disclosure during his keynote address, titled “Smart Basic Education and the Future of Africa”, at the quadrennial convention of the Old […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has condemned the killing of a Nigerian student in Canada even as it promised to ensure that those behind the killing were brought to justice. Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, described the alleged killing of 19-year-old student in Manitoba, Canada, Afolabi Stephen, as […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has explained how an undercover reporter with an online newspaper, Audu Umar, was able to breach its system and got mobilised for the mandatory one-year national service even after serving in 2019. Umar, in an investigative report, had detailed how he bagged a four-year degree under two months and […]
The first black President of Harvard University resigned Tuesday, the prestigious US school’s student newspaper reported, after she faced criticism over allegations of plagiarism and her handling of anti-Semitism on campus. Claudine Gay was criticized in recent months after reports surfaced alleging that she did not properly cite scholarly sources in her academic work. Her […]
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), has convened a critical meeting with a reporter from a news outlet who obtained a degree from a university in Cotonou, Benin Republic within six weeks and participated in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. […]
The Federal Government has announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin and Togo Republics. The action followed a media report that exposed the fraudulent acquisition of degree certificates by some desperate degree-seeking individuals. Recall that the Daily Nigerian Newspaper, in its publication dated December 30, 2023, exposed how its undercover […]
The Federal Government has announced the commencement of applications for teaching positions under its Build-A-Thon initiative programme. Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, announced this on its “X” handle on Thursday. The programme which was launched earlier in December, according to the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, will promote early-technology […]
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President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Education to include graduates of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The President gave the directive in his speech at the 13th Convocation Ceremony of the university on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at the university’s convocation arena, university headquarters, […]
Drama and confusion is currently rocking the Federal High Court, as its Abuja Division on Wednesday, ordered the arrest of former Governor Yahaya Bello for arraignment in court on Thursday. This is coming despite a substantive judgement by a Kogi State High Court earlier, restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from harassing, detaining […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Monday received a cheque of $1 million from Nedogas Development Company Limited (NDCL), being part of the return on investment (ROI) on one of the Board’s strategic investments. The cheque was presented by the Chairman of the company, Emeka Ene when he visited the Nigerian Content […]
Ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, scheduled for Thursday April 18, the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), has reaffirmed its confidence on the leadership of its Acting National Chairman, Amb. Umar Iliya Damagum. Damagum, enjoys the backing of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, while former […]
President Bola Tinubu has commended the enterprising feat of Dangote Oil and Gas Limited in reducing the gantry price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), also known as diesel. The Group recently reviewed downwards the gantry price of AGO from N1,650 to N1,000 per litre for a minimum of one million litres of the product, as […]
The media office of former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has called on President Bola Tinubu to call the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to order over siege in the Abuja home of the governor. DIPLOMATIC DIARY reports that the appeal followed reports that operatives of the anti-graft agency on Wednesday morning, barricaded […]
Two former Senators, one in the United States, Bob Graham and the other, a Nigerian lawmaker who represented Kwara South at the National Assembly between 2015 and 2019, Dr Rafiu Ibrahim, have been reported dead. Bob Graham, a consensus-building moderate Democrat who as a two-term Florida governor and a three-term U.S. senator became one of […]
A Kano state high Court has affirmed the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as member of the party. Justice Usman Malam Na’abba affirmed the suspension on Wednesday following an exparte motion filed by Dr. Ibrahim Sa’ad Esq on behalf of two executive members APC Ganduje […]
Popular Instagram celebrity Pascal Okechukwu also known as Cubana Chief Priest has pleaded not guilty to a three-count charge of alleged naira abuse filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The socialite was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Lagos before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on Wednesday. The anti-graft agency accused Cubana […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a three-count charge against popular Instagram celebrity Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, for allegedly spraying and tampering with the naira at a social event in violation of the Central Bank Act of 2007. The arraignment comes just days after the EFCC arraigned controversial […]