At least 324,000 applicants applied for jobs meant for 4,000 people at the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC corps marshall, made this known on Monday when he paid a visit to two centres where applicants were being screened in Abuja.According to NAN, the centres are the Sani Abacha Barracks, Asokoro and the National Stadium, Abuja.The screening are reportedly [...]
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Pally Iriase, deputy chief whip of the house of representatives, has been expelled from the All Progressives Congress (APC) for alleged anti-party activities.The lawmaker who represents Owan federal constituency, was expelled by his ward and ratified by the local government.The expulsion letter was signed by Zuberu Shabah and Theophilus Aigboje, chairman and secretary respectively, of Owan East local government and [...]
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Rufus Bature, secretary to Plateau state government, and Hitler Dadi, commissioner for special duties and intergovernmental relations, have resigned their appointments.Mark Longyen, senior special assistant to governor Simon Lalong on media, announced their resignations in a statement made available to NAN in Jos.According to the statement, the governor has approved their resignations to enable them to pursue their aspirations in [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has joined the race to challenge Muhamadu Bindow, governor of Adamawa state, for the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.Addressing members of the APC at the state secretariat of the party in Yola on Saturday, Ribadu said Bindow has performed below expectation.He appealed for support, [...]
Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, says he will forever be an enemy of anyone who tries to hinder the democratic development of Nigeria or plunge the country into crisis.He said this at the maiden edition of General Abdulsalami Abubakar Foundation Peace Lecture, organised by the staff and students of the Abdulsalami Abubakar Post Graduate Students’ Hall of the University [...]
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Mojisola Dada, a judge of Ikeja special offences court, has ordered Kayode Odukoya, managing director of First Nation Airways, to face trial over alleged N1.7 billion theft charge proffered against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).Odukoya is facing a four-count charge of forgery, use of false document, perjury and stealing.Olawale Akoni, defence counsel, had prayed for an [...]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted both direct and indirect primaries, says Rochas Okorocha, Imo state governor.Okorocha, chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, made the announcement at the end of a closed-door meeting with his colleagues.He said most of the APC-controlled states had resolved to adopt indirect primaries to pick the party’s candidates, assuring that all aspirants would be [...]
Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, has sent a congratulatory message to Amaju Pinnick on his re-election as the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).In the poll conducted by the NFF electoral committee in Katsina, Pinnick swept aside three other contestants, earning 34 votes.Second-placed Aminu Maigari got eight votes, with former international, Taiwo Ogunjobi, getting only two votes, while there was [...]
Okoi Obono-Obla, chairman, special presidential investigation panel on the recovery of public property, says the house of representatives is not constitutionally empowered to probe forgery.Obono-Obla, who is the senior special assistant to the president on prosecution, is alleged to be in possession of an “invalid” O’level result, according to findings by an ad hoc panel of the lower legislative chamber of [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed that Rotimi Amaechi, transport minister, is the director-general of campaign organisation for his re-election in 2019.There have been reports on Amaechi's appointment but the presidency neither confirmed or denied them.But in a statement on Thursday, Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, said Amaechi who led the president's campaign in 2015 [...]
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has announced the sack of six of its officers for corruption and official misconduct.Stella Nezan, NAPTIP’s head of press and public relations unit, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.Nezan said the offences committed by the officers included arranging professional sureties for suspects and providing information about the operations [...]
Tonye Cole, an All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant in Rivers, says restoring peace and unity to the state would be his administration’s top priority if he wins the election.Cole, one of the four aspirants on the APC platform, made the statement in an interview with NAN on Thursday in Port Harcourt.He said the state has been struggling with the [...]
The Nigeria army says the military is winning the fight against terrorism and is well-equipped to defeat Boko Haram insurgents.In a statement on Wednesday, the military expressed concern about "mischievous reports" aimed at discrediting the efforts of troops in the north-east. John Agim, acting director of defence information, released the statement in reaction to a Reuters report which said Nigerian troops were struggling [...]
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