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NYSC should be for Two Years, 12 months for Military training – Ishaku
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku has expressed that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme should be a two-year programme so that corps members can undergo military training for a year. He stated this while speaking during a programme on Channels Television on Wednesday. He said that at the end of the military training, ex-corps members would be able to carry guns to defend themselves since the government cannot provide adequate security. “If you leave me, the NYSC, I will say it should be two years — one year for compulsory military training and the other year for the social…
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Law school releases 2021 result, 1,326 fail
The Nigerian Law School has released it’s result on Tuesday. The statistics by the Council of Legal Education showed that a total of 5,770 persons sat for the examination with 1,326 failures which formed 22.98 per cent of total participants. Twenty students (0.007%) bagged first class, 432 (7.49%) bagged second class (upper division). 2,172 (37.64%) students bagged second class (lower division) and 1,725 (29.90%) got a pass. In the breakdown of the result, 35 (0.61%) students had conditional pass, while 60 (1.04%) students were absent. The result of the examination is a prerequisite for getting called to the Nigerian Bar
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Senate Approves Buhari’s $6bn Loan Request
The Nigerian Senate has approved the $6.1bilion dollar loan fromPresident Muhammadu Buhari Recall that in May, President Buhari while requesting for approval stated that the loan will be raised from multilateral and bilateral tenders as well as the international capital market. The loan request was approved after Clifford Ordia, chairman of the loan and debts committee, presented a report on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday. Ordia stated that the request is not new as it was approved in the borrowing plan when the national assembly passed the 2021 budget. “What we are about to pass is…
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Bethel Baptist: Resign now, stop protecting bandits – Primate Ayodele to El-Rufai
The INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church leader, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has reacted to the abduction of over 121 students in Bethel Baptist Church High School, Kaduna, two days ago and has called for El-rufai to resign from office. In a statement by his Media Office, the primate revealed that Governor El-Rufai has information about bandits because he withdrew his child from public school to avoid being kidnapped, yet he has not done a lot to curb the attacks in the state. The cleric advised the governor to resign from his position as chief commanding officer of the state adding that his…
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Politicians fueling Insecurity in Nigeria – Solomon Dalung
Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Barrister Solomon Dalung, has accused politicians of being responsible for fueling insecurity in the country. Dalung stated this on Tuesday during the first National Conference of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Bauchi State chapter, with the theme “Insecurity, Economic Growth and Governance Triangle: Nigeria in Focus” held in Bauchi. He stated that the trend had continued to put the lives of innocent citizens in danger on a daily basis. He added that unless such bad leaders eschewed sentiments and reset their cultural values, they could not surmount the security challenges bedeviling…
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BREAKING: Gunmen assassinate Haiti president, Jovenel Moise
President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise has been assassinated by unknown gunmen at his private residence. The incident occurred on Tuesday, 7th July. A statement by the Country’s interim prime minister, Claude Joseph, said Moise was fatally wounded by the unidentified men. According to him, the attack was carried out overnight at the deceased’s private residence. “The gunmen broke into Moise’s residence at about 1am on Wednesday. “He was fatally wounded by the unidentified men some of whom were speaking Spanish,” the PM said. He further called for calm in the country, saying “police and armed forces are in control of…
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Sunday Igboho: Buhari dismisses criticisms
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed unconcern over the series of criticisms from every angle regarding the recent attack at Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho’s residence. On July 1, the DSS had raided Igboho’s home, killed two of his associates and displayed weapons and charms gathered from the house. This however did not go down well with a lot of people as they have expressed disgust over the issue. In the President’s response through his spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari confirmed he is unflustered. The President, in fact, praised security agencies for the operations against Nnamdi Kanu and Igboho. He described Igboho as an…
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NUC approves Ebonyi Medical Varsity
National Universities Commission has approved King David University of Medical Sciences, Ebonyi State. With this approval, the institution becomes the 197th in the country. The university, located in Uburu in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State was built by the administration of Governor Dave Umahi. Umahi had stated that the tuition of the institution will range from 2million to 5million naira depending on the course of study. A statement on Tuesday, said, “The university is established with the vision and mission that are consistent with the Nigerian National Health Policy and Strategy which is targeted at achieving health…
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Bethel students would have been safe if DSS were monitoring schools not Igboho – Omokri
Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has blamed the Department of State Services, DSS, for the abduction of students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna. Two personnel, Private Salisu Rabiu and Ordinary Seaman Bilal Mohammed were killed while engaging the bandits who attacked the school and kidnapped an unspecified number of students in the early hours of Monday, 5th July 2021. Reacting, Omokri in a tweet stated that the students would have been saved if DSS were sent to monitor schools in Northern states and not raid homes, like that of Sunday Igboho. “If instead of raiding Sunday…
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PDP slams Buhari over alleged plan to promote Magu
The Peoples Democratic Party has faulted the alleged plan to promote Ibrahim Magu, the ousted acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, “despite his open indictment for corruption and abuse of office.” They described it as a “direct slap on the sensibilities of Nigerians”. The PDP stated that the alleged plan confirms that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration “is a sanctuary of corruption.” This was disclosed in a statement titled, ‘Reported Proposed Promotion For Magu Shows Buhari Presidency Is Condoning Corruption,’ signed by the party’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan. The statement read in part, “The party describes as outrageous…
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Igboho: No law allows arrest at dead of Night – Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has reacted to the Department of State Services’ (DSS) raid on Sunday Igboho’s Ibadan home. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria described the action of the security agents as a “nocturnal coup,” and stressed that no law allows arrest at the dead of the night. He lamented that the raid, which was carried out around 1:00 a.m. on Thursday, last week is a dangerous legacy of military dictatorship in Nigeria. “There is no law in Nigeria that allows you to arrest somebody in the dead of the…
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Blackout: Electricity workers set to resume strike over sale of TCN
Electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have threatened to embark on a Nationwide strike to halt the proposed sale of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and as a result, lead to a Nationwide blackout. The union has vowed to embark on the suspended nationwide protest if the government continues with the plan of selling the TCN. Their protest comes with pleading to the National Assembly and Nigerians to resist the push for the sale of TCN ’ which will lead to regrets. The National Union of Electricity Employees of Nigeria (NUEE) General…
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