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  Buratai receiving the letter of credence from Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama. Facebook/Foreign Affairs Ministry. The federal government has presented a letter of credence to the immediate past Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd) as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to the Benin Republic. Minister of Foreign Affairs ...

  Employers of labour have been warned to always endeavour to demand and verify authentication of the certificate of NYSC or exception duly issued by the Corps before offering employment to any holder of degree or Higher National Diploma. Director General of NYSC, Brig.- General Shuaibu Ibrahim gave the warning, ...

  The Senate lobby of the National Assembly Complex on Tuesday was filled with water with the cleaners battling to clean and control water from flowing into the Senate Chambers. The water was leaking directly from the roof, but visitors and Senators coming into the Senate chambers at about 11.00 ...

  A cross section of Nigerians has criticised the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for not questioning and arresting Sheikh Ahmad Gumi over his alleged link to bandits. Gumi had in an interview on Monday warned the government against the killing of bandits, insisting that the criminals were victims too. He ...

  The High Court at the Olokuta Correctional Centre, Akure, Ondo state, on Monday refused to grant the 18-year-old, Kemisola Ogunniyi, who was arrested and detained during the #ENDSARS protest and gave birth in the prison custody bail as the Judge denied being aware of the bail application. The trial ...

  Acting Registrar of the Polytechnic, Mr. B.L. Ojo signed the sack letters seen by SaharaReporters, stating that the institution no longer required the services of the affected staff members. The management of Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State, has sacked 184 workers of the institution. Acting Registrar of the Polytechnic, ...

  The Nigeria government has announced the establishment of two additional universities of technology in Jigawa and Akwa Ibom, while also upgrading and equipping four others. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Sonny Echono disclosed this to Journalists ...

  The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday reduced to five years the suspension for “corruption” of former Nigerian national team coach, Samson Siasia, in a match-fixing affair. The court ruled that the life ban, imposed by FIFA in April 2019 after Siaisia was found guilty of agreeing to ...

  Sheik Abubakar Gumi, a well-known Islamic preacher, claims that there are 100,000 armed bandits in the North-West alone. The bandits abducted schoolchildren, according to Gumi, who were upset that he bargained with them without involving the Federal Government. No school could be safe unless the government dealt with the ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently investigating the former governor of Lagos state Senator Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Hence, this latest report that made media headlines has generated comments and reactions from social media users. This has led Deji Adeyanju a political analyst and commentator to ...