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NYSC Insists On Dress Code For Corps Members

November 11, 2019 2:05 pm

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has insisted that it is not ready to bow to any pressure to compromise the scheme’s dress code for corps members, emphasising that it is devoid of ethnic, religious or gender bias.

Director-General of the scheme, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, in a statement issued by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, noted with regrets the negative perception of the dress code.

Frowning at how some corps members, especially females, reshape their khaki trousers, making them skin-tight which unduly exposes their curvatures, the management of the scheme, warned that it will not tolerate

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NIWA To Scale-Up Oguta River Port Project

November 11, 2019 2:03 pm

National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has decried the level of abandonment of the Oguta river port in Osemoto, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.

Managing Director of NIWA, George Muoghalu who expressed his disappointment while on an inspection tour of the project noted that the Federal Government had spent huge sums of money on the project only for it to be abandoned.

He also expressed anger on the level of vandalisation of the project awarded in 2009 by late President Umar Yar’adua.

He attributed the activities of the vandals to the insecurity nature of the premises of the port …

C’River Civil Servants Protest ₦12m Deduction For HoS Party

November 11, 2019 2:03 pm

Some civil servants in Cross River State have raised the alarm over alleged plan to deduct about ₦12m from their salaries to organise a send forth party for the state’s Head of Service (HoS).

Checks by our correspondent revealed that the HoS, Mr Ekpenyong I. Henshaw, would soon retire and senior directors in the state had concluded arrangements to organise what they described as “successful pulling out of service party” for him.

And to implement the plan, the directors were said to have set up an interim committee to work out modalities on how to raise the funds for the

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Aisha Buhari To Nigerians: Be The Change You Want To See

November 11, 2019 1:09 pm

The First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has advised Nigerians to be the change they want to see in the country.

This is even as she entreated heads of families to wake up to their responsibilities in the society.

She made the call at a special prayer session for the nation hosted by her office and the Chief Imam of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Mrs. Buhari said: “Let us manifest in ourselves the change we want to see in our society and our nation.

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“I therefore call on heads of families to …

Railway Wagon Assembly’ll Generate 5000 Jobs – Amaechi

November 11, 2019 1:08 pm

Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has said that the railway wagon assembly plant under construction at Kajola in Ogun State, would generate about 5,000 jobs when completed.

The Minister said this at the weekend during the plant’s ground-breaking ceremony performed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the project site in Kajola.

Amaechi described the plant as one of the gains of the Federal Government’s partnership with the Chinese Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC) under the ongoing rail construction projects, particularly the contract for the supply of rolling stock for the Abuja-Kaduna, Warri-Itakpe and Lagos-Ibadan rail lines.

He said:

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DBN Disburses ₦100bn To MSMEs In 2019

November 11, 2019 1:07 pm

In its efforts to grow the economy, the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) said it has so far disbursed over ₦100 billion to about 95,000 MSMEs cutting across various sectors of the economy. The bank said 70 per cent of these loans went to women-owned/managed businesses, while 51 per cent so far were disbursed to youth owned businesses.It said it remains set to boost disbursements to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country, with a focus on the identified underserved areas.

Speaking on the development during the first DBN MSME Summit held recently in Maiduguri, Borno State, the …

NUFBTE Suspends Picketing Of Deli Food

November 11, 2019 1:06 pm

The National Union of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE) has suspended picketing and other industrial action planned against Deli Food for the company’s alleged anti labour activities.

Recall that the union had shut down the operation of the company recently alleging that the company was proposing to sack over 300 workers without compensation.

After hours of intense negotiations, the management of Deli Food and the union have reached agreement over the way forward in the crisis.

The union has also accused Deli Food management of stopping gratuity for the workers since 2012, adding that there has been a lot …

Govs, Dangote Head To Seattle For Healthcare Roundtable

November 11, 2019 11:58 am

In a bid to improve healthcare delivery across Nigeria, Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed alongside the Governors of Borno, Lagos and Gombe states, accompanied by the President of the Dangote Foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, headed for the United States on Monday for a crucial meeting in Seattle.

A statement signed by the Governor’s Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media, Muktar Gidado, and made available to Daily Sun, disclosed that Mohammed and others in the Nigerian delegation would be participating in a round table discussion on healthcare interventions for their respective states with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and …

Kogi: Hoodlums Attack, Raze Down SDP Secretariat

November 11, 2019 11:56 am

As tensions and apprehension trail the upcoming governorship election in Kogi State, hoodlums suspected to be political hirelings of a leading party in the state have reportedly attacked the state secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), burning the property.

According to an eyewitness account, the incident was said have happened at the early hours of Monday, November 11.

An earlier attack on the SDP state secretariat, located close to the APC state secretariat opposite the Lokoja local government secretariat along Murtala Way, involved vandalism.

In that attack, the windows and doors of the secretariat were shattered, while banners, posters …

Commercial Sex Worker Stabbed To Death Over Price

November 11, 2019 9:28 am

A commercial sex worker was at the weekend, stabbed dead by a customer at the popular Edo Hotel, Atan street, Empire area of Surulere, Lagos.

Babatunde, a regular caller at the hotel, had attacked one of the commercial sex workers, Elochukwu, with a knife over argument on the price of sex.

A witness, Wasiu, said: “Babatunde, who is a frequent caller to the hotel, stabbed a sex worker with a kitchen knife that was used for cutting vegetables.

“He attacked two other men who tried to stop him from fleeing the spot. The woman and two others were rushed to

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Nigerians Blast Customs For Dehumanising Women Over Rice

November 11, 2019 9:27 am

Following the video trending online, Nigerians have condemned the actions of some officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), for dehumanising women who concealed small quantity of rice in their private parts at one of the nation’s borders.

They argued that there was no where in the Customs Excise Management (CEMA) that stated that officers of NCS should dehumanise citizens and noncitizens over little quantity of rice padded in their private parts by sharing the video to the public.

The members of the public said that nobody was stopping the Customs officers from doing their duty as stated in the …

Petrol Truck On Fire At Alimosho, Lagos

November 11, 2019 9:25 am

Reports indicate that a petrol truck erupted into flames close to Gowon Estate at Alimosho, Lagos.

According to AN24, the incident happened around 6:30 am Monday, at a parking site for trucks along the road.

Lagos State Fire Service and the State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) officials have since responded to the scene of accident to combat the fire and assess damages.