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242,455 applicants jostle for 10,000 police job

Seven days to the end of the recruitment of 10,000 police constables, the Police Service Commission has received a total of 242,455 applications from interested candidates. With 15, 633, Niger State has the highest number of applicants followed by Kano with 15, 079 while Katsina is third with 14, 582. Others...... read more
Igbo presidency: You lied to Ndigbo, Atiku’s campaign director tells APC

The Campaign Director of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in Ebonyi State, Chief Emma Obasi, has described as deceptive, the promise by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the Igbo would replace President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 if they supported his re-election bid. Obasi...... read more
President has right to extend IG’s tenure, says Keyamo

The Spokesman for the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), said the PDP was raising a false alarm over Buhari's decision to elongate the tenure of the inspector general of Police, Ibrahim Idris. Keyamo argued that the President had the right to retain or extend the tenure of the IG...... read more
Retire IG if you want peaceful election, PDP tells Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, retire on January 15, the IG’s 60th birthday. The party said this was one of the ways the President could convince Nigerians and the international community about his commitment to have free,...... read more
ASUU strike’ll affect preparations for 2019 polls, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday raised the alarm that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities would affect its preparations for the 2019 elections. ASUU, had on November 5, 2018 begun an indefinite strike over the failure of the Federal Government to implement three areas in...... read more
Number of unemployed Nigerians Increase by 3.3 million to 20.9 million – NBS

The number of unemployed Nigerians rose by 3.3 million to 20.9 million in the third quarter of 2018 (Q3’18), a report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. The NBS in its Labour Force Statistics -volume 1: Unemployment and underemployment report for Q3’18, indicated that year-on-year (YoY) the rate...... read more
We have created 12 million new jobs, says Presidency

The Presidency has disclosed that the Muhammadu Buhari led administration has created 12 million jobs since it was elected into government. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known when asked Bureau Statistic (NBS) data indicating millions of jobs have been lose when he appeared on...... read more
'I’m glad senate didn’t confirm me' - EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, said on Thursday that he was glad the Senate refused to confirm him as the substantive chairman of the anti-graft agency. The acting chairman said this before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja where he was testifying...... read more
Aisha Buhari, Dolapo Osinbajo appointed as members of drug abuse committee

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appointed his wife, Aisha, and the wife of the Vice-President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, to serve on the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse in the country. The committee is chaired by a former Military Administrator of Lagos state, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.)...... read more
Muhammadu Buhari: Africa must unite against corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on every African, especially the younger generation to collaborate on every front towards ensuring that corruption becomes a thing of the past on the continent. Named in January 2018 as the African Union Anti-corruption Champion, President Buhari made the call Sunday when he declared the 2018...... read more
' I am not Jubril from Sudan' - Buhari

President Buhari has led to rest the widespread speculation that he is Jubril from Sudan. “It is real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and I will still go strong”, he said. In an interactive session with Nigerians yesterday in Krakow, Poland, a bold Nigerian in...... read more
Gov Obiano’s Wife allegedly Tears His Shirt In Public For Inviting Mistress To State Function

The home of the governor of Anambra state, Chief Willie Obiano is currently on fire. Obiano was recently humiliated by his wife in the presence of guests. The governor got so carried away and blinded by love that he invited one of his mistresses to a state function. And in...... read more
Amidst controversy, Senate confirms Buhari’s nominee for EFCC secretary

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Olanipekun Olukoyede as the Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Olukoyede, who is the current Chief of Staff to the acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, was nominated as secretary to the commission by President Muhammadu Buhari, in a letter dated September 10,...... read more
Atiku visits Ekweremadu

...explains choice of Obi The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday visited the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, to seek his understanding over the choice of Mr Peter Obi as his running mate. On the entourage of Atiku were the Director General of...... read more
Executive asked us to cut MDAs’ budgets for 2019 elections – Senator

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Rafiu Ibrahim, says the Senate’s decision to review the supplementary budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies for the 2019 general elections is based on a request from the Executive. He said the insinuations that the senate...... read more

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