Coach Gernot Rohr has selected captain Ahmed Musa and deputy captain William Ekong among the 24 Super Eagles who will do battle with Cameroon in a titanic friendly in Vienna. The five-time African champions, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, would take on three-time champions, the Super Eagles, in Vienna, Austria, on June 4. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, in Abuja, added that home boys, John Noble and Anayo Iwuala of Enyimba were also among the 24 players picked for the friendly. “The list also has goalkeepers…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it is not recruiting and does not own a Facebook account. The spokesperson of the DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, who disclosed this in a disclaimer on Monday in Abuja, said that the service did not operate other social media platforms. Afunanya said the disclaimer followed the creation of a Facebook group, SSS/DSS Recruitment 2019/2020 by one Jesustofunmi Nifemi Alabi to deceive gullible job hunters. “This is to inform the public about the fraudulent activities of one Jesustofunmi Nifemi Alabi, who has created a Facebook group, SSS/DSS Recruitment 2019/2020 to deceive gullible job hunters.…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has asked candidates sitting for its mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to reprint their examination slips. The board gave the directive in its Weekly Bulletin of the office of the Registrar, made available on Monday in Abuja. JAMB stated that candidates, who had indicated interests to sit for the mock- UTME and had earlier printed the examination slips, were advised to reprint, following the shift in examination date. “Candidates, who had registered for the 2021 UTME and indicated interest to sit for the optional mock examination, are to reprint their mock notification…
Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB) has dismissed 20 teachers in public primary schools for certificate forgery and absence from work. This is contained in a statement in Minna on Monday by the Board Public Relations Officer, Malam Idris Kolo. Dr Isah Adamu, Chairman of NSUBEB, said that four teachers were dismissed from Gbako, three each from Bida and Lapai. He also disclosed that two from Agaie, Katcha and Lavun local government areas. He added that one each was dismissed from Mashegu, Munya and Shiroro local government areas respectively. Adamu explained that one teacher was dismissed in Kontagora for…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, Niger state. The partnership is expected to among other things yield training of corps members and staff on modern farming methods. Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, Director-General of the NYSC, said the partnership came as NYSC was revamping its agricultural programmes in line with federal government’s policy on diversification. Ibrahim said the scheme was tapping the potential of corps members for promotion of agriculture and contributing to the nation’s drive toward self-sufficiency in food production. He noted that the partnership…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has bursted a notorious child trafficking syndicate in the Federal Capital Territory and arrested a suspect. The agency said this in a statement by the head of its Press and Public Relations Unit, Mrs Stella Nezan, in Abuja on Monday. The statement also said the operatives of the agency were able to rescue four children from one Mrs Blessing-Nnena Eze, suspected to have stolen the children. NAPTIP said in the statement that the development represented a major feat in the agency’s determination to curtail the incidence of…
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has queried the spending of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on diesel, facemasks and hand sanitisers. The committee raised the concerns at a public hearing on monitoring revenue generation by government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Abuja on Monday. Rep. Nicholas Ossai, a member of the committee said that documents available showed that N2.09 million was spent on purchase of toners, questioning the rationale. Ossai also queried the N152.4 million spent on procurement of facemasks, hand sanitisers, protective wears and hand gloves during COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 by NHIS. He also questioned…
Governor Bala Muhammed of Bauchi state, on Monday said he was not opposed to the ban on open grazing, but detests ethnic criminalisation of herders. Muhammed made this known at the ongoing 2021 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) – Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) in Ibadan. The conference is entitled: “The Role of Public Interest in Governance in Nigeria”. He said that banning of open grazing was good, “but the baby must not be thrown away with the bad water”. The governor said that open grazing was a form of occupation to some ethnic groups.…
Activities on the nation’s bourse resumed on Monday still on a bearish trend, as investors await the outcome of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. Specifically, the All-Share Index lost 36.49 points or 0.10 per cent to close at 38,287.58 from 38,324.07 posted on Friday. Accordingly, month-to-date and year-to-date losses increased to 3.9 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively. Also, the market capitalisation which opened at N19.975 trillion dipped N19 billion or 0.10 per cent to close at N19.956 trillion. Thus, the All-Share Index declined by 0.1 per cent to 38,287.58 points. The decline was driven by price depreciation…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has expressed delight at the 6.47 per cent contribution by the ICT sector to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first Quarter of 2021. Pantami expressed this in a statement issued by Dr Femi Adeluyi, IT Technical Assistant to the Minister in Abuja. According to Pantami, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Q1 report said Nigeria’s GDP grew by 0.51 per cent (year-on-year) in real terms in the first quarter of 2021, This, he said, marked two consecutive quarters of growth following the negative growth rates recorded in…