The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has revealed that it received a staggering 573,519 applications for the 3,927 available positions in the recently concluded 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, barely a week after the portal was opened. The overwhelming number of applicants far exceeds the vacancies available, highlighting the competitive nature of the recruitment process. Last week, Finance Minister Olawale Edun had announced that the Federal Government had approved the hiring of 3,927…

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has submitted the names of six individuals nominated to serve as commissioners in his administration. The names were sent to the state House of Assembly for confirmation on Tuesday. In a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Ikhilor, the following commissioner-designates were proposed: Marie Olabisi-Idaomi, Paddy Iyamu, Paul Ohounbamu, Washington Osifo, Lucky Eseigbe, and Andrew Ijegbai. The letter, titled “Request for…

On Tuesday, January 7, President Bola Tinubu, alongside former Nigerian leaders Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, attended the historic inauguration of Ghana’s newly elected president, John Mahama, in Accra. The ceremony marked the return of Mahama to office after he succeeded Nana Akufo-Addo, who served as his predecessor from 2017. A groundbreaking moment was also witnessed as Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang was sworn in as Ghana’s first female vice president, further…

Ghana’s newly sworn-in President, John Mahama, has sparked a social media frenzy after mistakenly referring to Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu as the “President of Ghana” during his inauguration speech. The error occurred while Mahama was acknowledging dignitaries at the event, saying, “Your excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, president of the Federal Republic of Ghana.” The audience was taken aback, and the slip-up quickly went viral on social media. Reactions poured in,…

A notorious bandit leader,Dogo Gide and his gang have ordered 23 communities in Tsafe West, located in Zamfara State’s Tsafe Local Government Area, to pay over N100 million in levies. According to sources, the affected communities have been assigned specific amounts, with the highest levies set at N20 million for Kunchin-Kalgo, N15 million each for Sungawa and Rakyabu, and N10 million for Kwaren Mai-Saje and Magazawa. Other villages include Gijin-Zama…

By Alade Adisa All is not well within the ranks of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, over the distribution of Compressed Natural Gas,, CNG buses to higher institutions in the country. Some leaders of the association are alleging that the National President, Comrade Lucky Emonefe and the Senate President, Comrade Babatunde Akinteye Afeez, are not sharing the buses in line with the agreed terms. They have therefore passed…

By Alade Adisa As primary and secondary schools resumed for a new term, the Executive Chairman of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Dr Paddy Iyamu, made an early visit to schools to ensure teachers were at their duty posts.In the course of the visits, he suspended a primary school teacher for dereliction of duty.Iyamu, who went round some primary schools in Benin, Oredo Local Government, expressed disappointment…

By Alade Adisa The University of Lagos, UNILAG, has closed admission exercise for the 2024/2025 academic session.In a statement on Monday, the management of the institution also said any candidate that fails to accept admission offer latest by Friday, January 10, 2025, would be deemed to have forfeited such.”This is to notify candidates seeking admission into the University of Lagos (UNILAG), as well as members of the university community and…

President Bola Tinubu has recently approved a substantial retirement package for Nigeria’s service chiefs, which includes $20,000 for foreign medical treatment, bulletproof SUVs, and domestic staff, among other luxurious perks. The move has sparked widespread criticism from various healthcare associations and civil society organisations, as it comes at a time when many Nigerians face economic hardship and poor public services. The approval, granted as part of the Harmonised Terms and…

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has sacked five commissioners in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at enhancing governance and ensuring optimal service delivery. The affected commissioners are Dr. Jamila Dahiru (Education), Abubakar Bununu (Internal Security and Home Affairs), Usman Danturaki (Information and Communication), Prof. Simon Yalams (Agriculture), and Yakubu Hamza (Religious Affairs and Societal Reorientation). According to Mukhtar Gidado, the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, the cabinet reconstitution aligns…

Thirty-three former staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who were laid off in a mass redundancy in 2024, have taken the apex bank to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Abuja. The claimants filed an originating summons on July 4, 2024, under the NICN Civil Procedure Rules 2017, and raised several issues for the court to determine. They also seek to be awarded N30 billion in…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a significant remittance of over N6 billion to the Nigerian government in 2024. The announcement was made in the board’s weekly bulletin, which was released on Monday, January 6, by its Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin. According to the bulletin, JAMB generated a total income of N22,996,653,265.25 in 2024. Out of this amount, N6,034,605,510.69 was remitted to the government. In…