The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Walida Isa says five prospective corps members have tested positive for COVID -19. Isa made the disclosure at the swearing-in of the 2020 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 corps members on Monday in Abuja. The coordinator, who did not disclose their names, said that 853 corps members were registered after they were tested for the virus. She said that 858 corps members were tested for COVID- 19 and out of the number, five of them were positive. “The five that were positive were taken to the Nigeria Centre for Disease…
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The Federal government has introduced a new evaluation system, called Performance Management System (PMS), in place of Annual Performance Evaluation Report (APER), to assess civil servants’ performances. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, made this known at the opening of a three-day workshop on Service-Wide Training on Monday in Abuja. According to her, the newly-introduced PMS will create a digitally-driven culture of performance management in the civil service. The Federal government had earlier planned to reinvigorate the civil service system by introducing PMS to engender effective service delivery among civil servants across the…
By Mohammed Ahmed, Bauchi A group under the auspices of Public Finance on Agriculture (PFA) Budget Committee, has called on Bauchi state government to tackle food insecurity in the state. The spokesperson of the group, Hajia Amina Jibrin made the call when it paid a courtesy visit to the State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Aminu Gamawa on Monday. She stressed the need for the state government to address the challenge of food insecurity. “Governor Bala Mohammed’s administration must prioritize agriculture alongside health and education that have often attracted much funding over the years. “I implore the…
The National Judiciary Council Council (NJC) has criticised the nation’s annual budgetary process for the judiciary saying that allocation to the council in 2021 is low. NJC said a situation where one agency would decide what others should get without the knowledge of its working environment was not in line with best global practices. Mr Ahmed Saleh, the Executive Secretary of NJC, said this when it appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary on Monday in Abuja. He, however, appealed for a paradigm shift in the judiciary budgeting regime, adding that there was an urgent need for increased…
The Defence Headquarters says troops of ‘Operation Accord’ have arrested 10 bandits with 88 rustled livestock, neutralised two and rescued kidnapped victims in recent encounters in Katsina and Zamfara States. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, added that the troops also recovered three AK47 rifles during the operations. Enenche explained that the troops had on Nov. 15, engaged a group of bandits in firefight during a night patrol at Yar Tasha village in Katsina State, killing three while others escaped with various degrees of gunshot wounds. He stated that the arrested…
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has announced the results of the just concluded National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) with 24,416 candidates scaling through, scoring a minimum of 66. Adamu, who announced the results at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, said that the total carrying capacity of the 110 unity colleges which stood at 26,625 had added additional 720 slots. He said that the overall best student is Umeonyiagu Crucifixio, an indigene of Anambra, who scored 199 out of 200. He said that Onwuamanan Udochukwu from Imo scored 198 and Aderemilekun Salaam from Ogun scored 197. “As has…
Lawal Adamu Usman, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna state has called for urgent action to fish out those responsible for the kidnap of a Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic lecturer and his children. Noting that time has come for government to move beyond the usual rhetoric and act, Adamu, PDP’s senatorial candidate for Kaduna Central in the 2019 elections, said government must also take practical steps to guarantee the safety of students on campus. He pointed at the neglect of the Polytechnic environment which he said is located in the outskirts with porous sorrounding that expose the campus…
From the very first time I saw his campaign poster as a clean-shaven PRP governorship candidate in 1979, to the 1990s when I frequently saw him at Unguwar Kanawa, to 2006 when I had a major interview with him in Kaduna, Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa looked and dressed like a conservative Hausa man. He unfailingly wore a flowing gown with a long kubbe cap. But looks can be deceptive. This was the most radical man, civilian or military, that ever became a state governor in Nigeria, of old Kaduna State from October 1979 to June 1981, when he became the first…
Former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has posited that his party the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is the best friend Nigeria could have. He stated this in a post on his Facebook on Monday. According to him, the party has so much to offer to all parts of the country. “The Peoples Democratic Party is the best friend Nigeria could have. All geopolitical zones deserve a political party that believes in Nigeria and not a party that believes otherwise. “The PDP has much to offer all parts of Nigeria, and I urge all Nigerians in all zones to keep…
A deadly wheat disease common to Asia and South America has been identified in Africa for the first time, raising fears of potential spread to wheat crops across the continent. Pawan Kumar Singh, head, wheat pathology, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) says that the fast-acting and devastating fungal disease known as wheat blast was first spotted in Africa in the Zambian rainfed wheat production system in the 2017-2018 crop cycle. But scientists, he explains, have now isolated and identified the pathogens responsible on the Zambian rain-fed wheat, and determined their ability to cause the disease. Wheat is becoming…