The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised members of the public to discountenance all rumours of recruitment and letters of employment/recruitment purportedly emanating from the commission. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, disclosed this in statement on Friday in Abuja. Okoye said that INEC was not recruiting at this time, adding that recruitment of fresh graduates and experienced professionals had since been suspended. “INEC wishes to once again draw the attention of members of the public to the activities of fake employment merchants and racketeers. “The racketeers open fake employment websites, collect money from…
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Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has neutralised scores of ISWAP terrorists in an attack on their hideouts at 1Km North of Tumbun Gini on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Thursday, said the air raids were executed on Wednesday. Enenche said the attacks were launched after series of aerial surveillance missions indicated that the location was being used as staging area where some ISWAP leaders and their fighters meet to plan and launch attacks. He said the location had structures and logistics items camouflaged…
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has decried the nation’s spiralling unemployment rate, citing the population of the unemployed as exceeding the combined population of 35 of Africa’s 54 countries. The union’s President, Mr Quadri Olaleye, and Secretary General, Mr Musa-Lawal Ozigi, made the disclosure jointly in a statement, on Thursday, in Lagos, to herald the New Year. According to them, the unemployment rate in Nigeria averaged 12.84 per cent from 2006 until 2020, reaching an all-time high of 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020. “You do not need to be a prophet of doom to…
By Joshua Olomu As African Union (AU) member countries start the ‘One African Market’ on Jan. 1, 2021 under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Nigeria stands at the threshold of being able to maximise the trade and investment opportunities it offers. The AfCFTA agreement is brokered by the AU, and was signed by 44 of its 55 member states in Kigali, Rwanda on March 21, 2018. It is reputed to be the largest free-trade area in the world in terms of the number of participating countries since the formation of the World Trade Organisation. The main objectives of the…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a proclamation extending the suspension of issuance of work visas and green cards. Trump imposed the measures in April and June to protect job opportunities for American workers amid a rise in unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The proclamation came hours before the president’s executive order on the immigration restrictions was set to expire. The order will now expire at the end of March, extending into the first term in office of President-elect Joe Biden, who has vowed to reverse Trump’s immigration policies. The proclamation said allowing immigrant workers into the country would “pose…
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC)on Thursday recorded 11 deaths and reported 1,031 new infections of COVID-19 in the country. According to the Centre, the country has so far tested 948,048 persons since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced in February 27, 2020. The public health agency said that the total number of infections in the country was now at 87,510. It also reported 11 additional new deaths and 391 recoveries in the last 24 hours in the country. The agency said that 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded the new infection in…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the Nigerian army will shame and disgrace the Boko Haram and Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in 2021. Buratai gave the assurance at a sit-out night to usher in the 2021 New Year at the TY Buratai Institute for War and Peace, Buratai in Biu local government area of Borno. He said the troops of Nigerian army had done a lot in the fight against insurgency in the North East in 2020, adding that they were committed to decisively deal with all forms of insecurity in the country.…
My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year. We especially thank God because the year 2020 was one of the most trying years since our existence as a Nation. This can also be said about all other nations around the world, due to the challenges posed on our collective humanity by the novel COVID-19 pandemic. While acknowledging that 2020 was a very tough year, we saw this year put to test our national…
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to re-energise and re-organise the nation’s security apparatus with a view to bringing to an end insurgency and other violent crimes across the country. The president made the pledge in a New Year broadcast to the nation on Friday in Abuja. He said the exercise would involve reorganising personnel of the armed forces and the police with a view to enhance their capacity to engage, push back and dismantle the operations of extremist and criminal groups waging war against communities in some parts of the country. Buhari, however, expressed satisfaction over the level of professionalism so…
This week, the major controversy in the country has been Bishop Kukah’s Christmas message for 2020 which has divided the country right down the middle. While one side says the message is appropriate and he is keeping to his tradition of telling truth to power the other feels strongly that the message is from a bigot that has committed sedition against his country and should be arrested and jailed. The problem with the divide is that it follows Nigeria’s religious Faultline with his supporters coming largely from the Christian community and the accusers from the Muslim community. This is a…