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As the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) prepares to celebrate 50 years of existence, the Federal Government is considering improving the welfare of corps members, including their allowances. Mr Sunday Dare, the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, revealed this on Monday
JAMB has shifted the 2023 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) mock examination earlier scheduled for Thursday, March 16 to Thursday, March 30. Its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the shift became necessary
An NGO, Public Awareness on Child and Women Rights (PACTS), has sensitised women to the use of technology to check violence against women and girls in rural communities of Osun State. The programme took place in Ojo villages and towns in Egbedore
An association of Muslim men in business and professions, The Companion, has advised the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to consider competence and youth representation in the composition of his cabinet. The group, in its congratulatory message on Saturday by its National Amir,
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has visited families of the 30 fishermen killed on Wednesday by terrorists at Mukdolo village, Ngala Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The affected fishermen from Dikwa LGA had gone fishing in the village, but were
Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti has said the government would arrest and prosecute traders and service providers who reject the old N500 and N1000 denominations. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yinka Olubode and made available to
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun declared in Osogbo on Friday that he was not stopping the establishment of University of Ilesa. The university was established by his predecessor, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola on March 31, 2022 when he upgraded the state’s College of
Mrs Ireti Kingibe, the Senator-elect for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has promised to ensure that more women are appointed into elective and appointive positions by the next administration. Kingibe said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja to mark the
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of a member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Friday Nwosu. Buhari, in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja, condoled
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence (MoD), Dr. Ibrahim Kana, says that the Presidential Transition Council would make life and governance more comfortable for the incoming president. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Victoria Agba-Attah, Director of Press and Public