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The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, has asked workers with Higher National Diploma to undergo one-year mandatory training before their conversion from Executive to Officers cadre. According to a statement on Saturday, Yemi-Esan said this at a virtual interactive session with civil servants in commemoration of the 2024 Civil […]

The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has called on the National Assembly to probe the N90 billion released for 2024 Hajj subsidy operation. The governor made the call on Sunday in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, in which he described the performance of the National Hajj Commission as a “failure”. “The

The Director-General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, Mr Adewale Oyerinde, has encouraged the Federal Government to adopt alternative policies to foster growth and development in the private sector. Oyerinde said that during a press conference on the upcoming Nigeria Employers’ Summit, themed ‘Economic Renaissance: Harnessing Government Reforms and Private Sector Agility’, scheduled to be

The Bauchi State Police Command has urged for calm following the mob lynching of a man alleged to advocate a religious movement. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa, confirmed that the incident happened on Wednesday. He stated, “An individual named Usman was involved

A Swiss court handed jail sentences to four members of Britain’s richest family on Friday for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion. The Hindujas — who were not present in court — were acquitted of human trafficking, but convicted on other charges in a stunning verdict for the family whose fortune is estimated at

The Ogun State Police Command has said investigations are underway over the disappearance of a pregnant woman who was abducted on her way to the state hospital in Ijaiye in the Abeokuta area of the state. The woman, identified as Mrs Ogunbunmi, who was due for delivery was said to have left her home in

An officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, was on Friday injured by a driver along Osogbo/Gbongan Road, near Osun Government Secretariat in Abere. The driver was said to be driving at top speed when FRSC officers at a roadblock near the Osun Sector Headquarters located along the

India’s Financial Intelligence Unit has imposed a fine of $2.25m (188.2 million rupees) on Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, for operating in the country without registering with the agency, as required by law. The FIU made this disclosure in a statement obtained by a news outlet from its website on Thursday. The Indian Authority

A Nigerian pilgrim from Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Abba Limawa, 52, has returned 10,500 Russian rubles, 800 dollars and 690 Saudi Riyals, he found, to the authority in Makkah. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Limawa, handed over the different currencies to the Executive Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal

The Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, Lagos State has remanded Bamidele Bakare, Muriana Anuoluwapo, Sheriff Alausa, Emmanuel David, Godwin Asado, Abdullahi Taoheed, Olorunwa Ayeniran, Taoheed Alade, Abdullahi Isa, Bolaji Oseni, and Tobi Adedayo for allegedly belonging to a secret society, conspiring to commit armed robbery, and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. The 11 suspects were