The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is a program set up by the Federal Government to involve Nigerian graduates in nation building. Since its establishment in 1973, Nigerian graduates were required to take part in the National Youth Service Corps program for one year. The Scheme which was greeted with protest against its establishment has gradually become an enduring Federal Government institution. Since its establishment, the NYSC has been a success so much so that the corps members’ contribution to National development culminated in the call upon the scheme to play an important role of officiating national elections. The scheme…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has denied involvement in Friday’s invasion of the house of Justice Mary Odili. A statement by his spokesperson, Dr Umar Gwandu on Saturday said the minister “was not in any way connected with the fabrications and concocted lies linking him to the ensued imbroglio relating to news stories about the residence of a Justice of the Supreme Court; Justice Mary Odili.” According to the statement, the clarification on the mischievous publication became imperative in view of the media hype and the dimension the story is taking. “It is…
The Zamfara Police Command has debunked media reports that bandits killed 20 security personnel along Kauran Nanoda – Shinkafi Road. The spokesperson, SP Shehu Mohammed in a statement on Saturday reacted to reports by an online that “no fewer than 20 operatives of Nigeria Security agencies have been reportedly butchered in Shinkafi LGA of Zamfara State and bodies set ablaze by the notorious bandits operating in the state.” However, the Police described the report as “misleading”, adding that “the report was inaccurate, and was published by the said media in an attempt to create fear and panic into the minds…
In July 2019, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) organized the first social media influencers summit in Kano as a symposium of ideas and trend analysis on the ways in which social media platforms have taken over the communications super highway and determine what we see and get to know but also inundate us with half-truths, outright falsehood and propaganda. It was an opportunity to reflect on our own agency as active actors in this complex and vast space that has been provided. Yesterday, the second Summit was concluded in Kano. Currently, there are an estimated 108 million…
As buildup to the 2023 fresh round of elections, Northern Nigerian leaders and youth have taken position that any political party that fields aged, incompetent, or incapable candidate should forget the region’s votes. Making this known at the Maitama Sule Leadership Lecture Series organised by the Students Wing of Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) Borno State chapter on Thursday, the spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed warned that the North will turn its back on any party that deliberately and specifically tilts advantages to candidates from particular regions. The next President, according to the NEF spokesperson, should emerge…
The chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum and Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has disclosed that the forum was working to achieve consensus candidates in all elective positions at the party’s national convention scheduled for Saturday. He disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of the governors meeting, Thursday night in Abuja. Tambuwal said that not less than 80 per cent had been achieved in producing consensus candidates for the elective positions. “We held the meeting of the PDP governors forum and as you can see, all of us attended. “Chairman of the convention committee brought us…
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared to the three tiers of government, N739.965 billion as federation allocation for September. According to a statement from Mr Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director (Information), Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning late on Thursday, the meeting was held through a virtual Conference. “From the N739.965 billion, inclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT), and Exchange Gain, the federal government received N301.311 billion, the states received N220.272 billion, the LGs got N164.176 billion. However, the oil producing states received N54.206 billion as derivation (13 per cent of Mineral Revenue). The communique issued after the…
Media stakeholders have called for network of crusaders against hate-speech, including the inculcation of the war against the scourge in schools curriculum. A communiqué issued at the end of a webinar training organized by the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in collaboration with Penpushing media for Nigerian journalists dwelled on the role of the media in curtailing hate-speech. The communique noted that though hate speech has been with us since creation, there was the need for journalists to promote national unity through their mediums. “We must identify the sources of hate speech and how to tackle it, and make efforts…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has presented N100,000 to the best indigent student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi on Thursday. The student, Miss Iqmat Popoola, is a 300-level student of Agricultural Economics. Speaking while presenting the cheque to the beneficiary, Prof. Victor Osodeke, ASUU National President, said the gesture was the union’s way of helping indigent students in the pursuit of their academic careers. He said Popoola was an outstanding student with a Cumulative Grade Point (CGP) Average of 4.47, adding that she was the type that should be employed immediately after graduation. “The Academic Staff…
A health-technology company, 54gene, says it had sponsored 50 Nigerian scientist’s training in genomic prediction and analysis of large-scale genome data. Its Founder, Dr Abasi Ene-Obong, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, saying that the support for the participants was granted to the Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network (NBGN). Genomic prediction (GP) is a powerful tool in the fields of plant and animal breeding and human complex traits and disease risk prediction. Ene-Obong said that the support had provided opportunity for the scientists to participate in the network’s conference held in Kwara. According to him, 54gene launched…