Category: News

  • Canada New Employment And Migration Programme For One Million Nigerians

    The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, has pleaded with Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, to allow one million Nigerians enter Canada under a new Employment and Migration Programme designed for immigrants. In a comprehensive post on cbtvn.com Trudeau said immigrants from Nigeria have been a strong force in Canada’s growth in all sectors of its economy.…

  • N-Power Fraudster Bags One Year For Impersonation

    Justice LM. Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Sata Owugha Clinton and Bolounmubofa Blessing Soroh to one year imprisonment for impersonation and using the identity of a petitioner to enrol in the Federal Government of Nigeria’s N-POWER Social Welfare scheme. The convicts were arraigned by…

  • Police Recruitment: Force Reveals those Not Qualified

    As thousands of applicants await Short Message Service (SMS) for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force, the Police Command in Rivers says those with criminal records will not be recruited. He said that those with questionable characters who might have been recruited by omission in the past would be flushed out when discovered. “The police…

  • FG Approves Monies to Pay Death Benefits of 497 Workers

    The Federal Government has approved the sum of N1.3 billiin to pay death benefits of 497 deceased workers in the federal civil service Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, the Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Office (SWO), Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday at the 2nd Edition…

  • Edo State Government Debunks Fake Recruitment Exercise

    The Edo State Government has debunked an advertisement of a purported recruitment exercise by Edo State Civil Service Commission, noting that the information was fake and the handiwork of unscrupulous elements out to defraud hardworking Nigerians. Edo State Acting Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu (left), presenting cheaque to a family member of a deceased…

  • Police Sack Nine Police Officers over Recruitment Fraud

    The Police Service Commission on Tuesday announced the dismissal of nine senior officers from service over gross misconduct stemming from the 2011 recruitment exercise. The police regulatory body also said six officers were demoted for official wrongdoings. All the disciplinary measured took immediate effect, according to a statement by PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani. Those dismissed…

  • List Of 2017 N-Power Devices Selection And Collection Date

    The Federal Government empowerment and job creating programme tagged “N-power”  made available five great tablets for the 2017 applicants to choose from during the application period. These devices come in Windows and Android Below are names of the devices for 2017 beneficiaries 1) AfriOne Npower iPad 2) Samsung Npower Tablets 3) Npower RLG Tablets 4)…

  • N-Power Beneficiaries In Ebonyi State Lament Over Extortion

    Some of these beneficiaries claimed they were compelled to pay N200 between April 3 and 4, 2019, for them to sign their February and March clearance forms at the scheme’s office in Abakaliki, the state capital. N-Power beneficiaries in Ebonyi, batches A and B, have decried the high level of extortion by the team leaders…

  • Consider us in your Recruitment, Delta Host Communities Persuade NNPC

    SOME host communities of the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company, WRPC, have urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to ensure that special consideration is given to their people in its ongoing recruitment exercise. Addressing newsmen in Warri, Delta State, the four host communities which comprise Aja-Etab, Ubeji, Ifie, and Ijala Ekeren said, they are…

  • Npower March Stipends Payment And Physical Verification Update For N-Build

    Npower gives update on payment of March Stipends and Physical Verification For Npower Build Beneficiaries According to N-power, the Federal Government’s social investment programme, payment of stipends to beneficiaries for March 2019, will commence soon. This was revealed on the official Twitter handle of the scheme. The statement was in a response to a question…

  • FG Approves New Employment Programme Targetting 60,000 Youth

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a new scheme that is targeted at creating employment for 60,000 Nigerians aged 18-25 years. This was announced Wednesday by the Minister of Budget and Planning, Udoma Udoma while briefIng State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr…

  • What Buhari Will Do For Nigerians In The Next Four Years – VP Osinbajo

    WHAT NIGERIANS SHOULD EXPECT FROM BUHARI IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, BY VP OSINBAJO *Says FG will ensure prosperity & decent existence for all The focus of the Buhari administration in the next four years will be to address, among other things, the deficiencies in the quality of human resources caused by poor education and…

  • NERC 2019 Recruitment: NERC Recruitment is Scam

    The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has disowned the message being circulated members of the public over a purported ongoing recruitment exercise by the commission NERC in a statement to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday said the perpetrators of the recruitment scam demanded employment processing fees from unsuspecting members of the public.…

  • NEC Employed Ex NYSC Adhoc Staff Who Lost his Sight During Election

    Ex NYSC Member Who Lost Sight Serving As Ad-hoc Staff Received Appointment Letter From INEC Chairman Prof. Yakubu. The update shared on INEC official twitter handle, stated that: INEC Chair, Prof. Yakubu (L) presents a Letter of Appointment to ex-NYSC member, Mr Daniel Oluwatobi, who lost his sight while serving as INEC ad-hoc staff in…

  • NNPC 2019 Recruitment Update: Recruitment Exercise Phase 2

    According to the Group General Manager Group Public Affairs Division, the Phase One of the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which kicked off via nationwide advertisements in the national dailies and online media on Wednesday, 13 March, 2019 ended midnight yesterday with the closure of the corporation’s application portal. A…

  • Osun Government Denies Civil Service Recruitment

    The Osun State Government Wednesday denied the rumour making the round that it has begun recruitment into the state civil service. “As at today, there is no recruitment in the state of Osun; and members of the public are advised not to pay any amount to anybody on the guise of paying Osun civil service…

  • Lawyer Threatens to Drag NNPC to Court over Recruitment Criteria

    An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi, has threatened to drag the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to court following what he described as “discriminatory” recruitment process. Olajengbesi, in a letter addressed to the Group Managing Director, NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, on March 26, vowed to approach the court to ensure protection of…

  • NYSC Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course, 27th March -16th April 2019

    The NYSC Management wishes to inform prospective Corps members and other stakeholders that the 2019 Batch ‘A’ Orientation course will commence on Wednesday, 27th March, 2019. 2019 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course  A.) The NYSC Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course is scheduled to commence in all the NYSC Orientation Camps nationwide as follows: Commencement of Registration – Wednesday,…

  • JAMB 2019 Mock Exam Slip: Steps to Check and Reprint

    JAMB has now activated the portal for the printing of UTME 2019 Mock exam slip. Candidates, who indicated interest to write the Mock Exam during the early registration period, can now print their exam slip for the mock exam, which is expected to hold on 1st April. The mock exam slip will indicate the venue…

  • Steps and Requirement to Writing BRISIN Online Exam

    The Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (Brisin) Online test commence today the 25th of March and ends 1st of April 2019 and we thought it will be nice if we share the requirement and guide to writing BRISIN Online Exam. Below are information provided by Brisin and what you need to successfully write…

  • JAMB List of Prohibited Items Candidates Should Avoid Taking to UTME

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has listed items which it said remained prohibited for the over 1.8 million candidates taking the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board has warned that candidates who breach the directive would be disallowed from taking the UTME. Candidates are hereby required to properly examine the list and take note of the…

  • Exam Malpractices: JAMB Partners Security Agencies on Cyber Crime

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has partnered security operatives and agencies to fight cyber crimes and eliminate modern cheating methods used by fraudulent candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the JAMB Registrar, announced the partnership at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on Monday 18th of March, 2019 where he…

  • Nigeria Police Force Debunked Rumours for Recruitment Screening

    The Police Service Commission has warned the public to beware that it is yet to start screening of candidates for the 2019 police recruitment. The Commission, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, said “the Police Service Commission wishes to state that it is yet to commence the screening exercise for candidates who…

  • N-Power Advice Beneficiaries against Money Doubling Ventures

    N-power counsel beneficiaries to stay off some of the money doubling ventures floating around. This update was shared on their various social media channels today, 18th March, 2019 According to Npower, they have observed that some of his beneficiaries have shown interest in some of the money doubling ventures floating around, and has advice that…

  • JAMB Fixes 11th April for UTME Exam – Re-opens Registration Portal

    JAMB has finally fixed 11th April, 2019 as the new official date to commence with the UTME for this year. They have also postponed the Mock Exam to be held on Monday, 1st April. It is also important to note that the 2019 Registration Portal has now been re-opened till 15th March, 2019 (by midnight),…

  • NYSC Batch ‘A’ Mobilization of Prospective Corps Members 2019

    National Youth Service Corps, NYSC – This is to inform all prospective corps members, i.e. Nigerians who have graduated from Universities and Mono/Polytechnics both at home and abroad that the NYSC Online registration portal will be opened from Monday, 4th March – Tuesday, 19th March, 2019 to enable them register for the 2019 Batch ‘A’…

  • Nigerian Army Warns Prospective Applicants Against Recruitment Scam

    The Nigerian Army has advised prospective recruits to report any individual or group of people requesting gratification from them to its Directorate of Recruitment, Resettlement and Reserve. Army spokesman, Col. Sagir Musa, in a statement on Thursday, also advised the recruits to forward any such complaint to cellphone numbers 09059924328 and 08026569770 for action, NAN…

  • Nigeria Air New Date of Recruitment – 16th – 30th March 2019

    The Nigerian Air Force has rescheduled its 2019 trades/non-trades men and women zonal recruitment exercise, earlier scheduled for 9-23 March 2019. This was disclosed in a statement by its spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola. Commodore Daramola said the exercise will now take place from 16-30 March 2019 He also urged applicants not to make payments…

  • NEC Election 2019: How To Check Your Polling Unit Online

    You can check your polling unit by checking your voter status on INEC website: http://voters.inecnigeria.org To check your polling unit Follow the steps bellow Visit the link above, you will be ask to use you voters’s identification number (VIN) or your name date of birth to locate you polling unit. OR a. Open this link www.inecnigeria.org/elections/polling-units b.…

  • JAMB Postpones 2019 UTME Exams

    2019 Mock Exams Postponed Because Of Elections – JAMB The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has postponed the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The 2019 UTME was earlier scheduled to hold on March 16, 2019.   According to the Nation, the management of the board is currently in a meeting to decide a…

  • Governor Ugwuanyi Approves Recruitment of Additional 1,000 Youths

    Enugu State , Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has approved the recruitment of additional 1000 youths by Enugu Clean Team Project to demonstrate his commitment to make the state cleaner and healthier. In a statement by the Coordinator of the establishment, Mr. Michael Ogbu, the recruitment exercise will increase the Clean Team to 2000 workforce”. Ogbu added…

  • JAMB To Postpone 2019 Mock Exam Because of Presidential Election

    The 2019 JAMB mock examination earlier scheduled to hold on February 23rd, 2019 will obviously no longer hold as scheduled majorly due to the fact that the Presidential general election has been moved to that date. As you may have known, there will be no free movement on that day which is the reason JAMB…

  • ASUP Suspends Over Two Months Strike

    The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its over two-month-old strike. The national president of the union, Usman Dutse confirmed to newsmen that the the strike had been suspended after a NEC meeting in Abuja. However, the union said it would not hesitate to resume the strike if the government failed to review the memorandum of action and…

  • ASUP Strike Update: ASUP To Hold a Referendum On Strike This Week

    The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has directed its members in all chapters to hold a referendum concerning the suspension of the ongoing strike in the nation’s polytechnics. The president of ASUP Mr. Usman Dutse, told newsmen last week in Lagos that the referendum would hold between last week and this week.   According to him, the referendum…

  • NECO Releases 2018 November/December SSCE Results – Check result

    The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the 2018 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination ,SSCE, with 62.48%  of the candidates scoring at least five credits and above in both English Language and Mathematics. The Acting Registrar, NECO, Mr Abubakar Gana, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. The result statistics shows that about, 37,069 candidates,…

  • The Main Reason ASUU Strike Was Suspended

    The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi while officially announcing the suspension of the strike ysterday, disclosed the various agreements reached with the Federal Government that led to the suspension of the over three (3) months srike action. This was contained in a Memorandum of Action (MoA) signed by ASUU and the Federal…

  • ASUU Suspends Over 3 Months Strike, 7th February, 2019

    The Academic Staff Union Of Universities has suspended the 3 months old strike, after the meeting with the Federal Government on 7th Feb, 2019. This information was disclosed on the official twitter handle of the union. According to ASUU, academic activities will resume immediately as from tomorrow. February 8th, 2019 It was gathered that the…

  • ASUU Strike Update: ASUU Meets With FG Today, 7th February, 2019

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU are expected to once again meet with the Federal Government today towards resolving the ongoing strike action. The last emergency meeting between the two parties ended in deadlock which led to the meeting being adjourned to today. In the last meeting, FG made some new offers to the union.…

  • ASUU Strike Update: ASUU Conducts Referendum To Decide on Strike

    The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday directed the members of the union to conducted a referendum on the offers made by the Federal Government in order to determine if the 3 months old strike embarked upon by the union should continue or be suspended. At the end of the referendum it was…

  • ASUP Strike Update: ASUP Denies Receiving N16.4 Billion From FG

    The Aa, has denied receiving shortfall of teachers’ salary and promotion arrears from the Federal Government. President of ASUP, Dr Usman Dutse, who spoke with newsmen, said the union is till waiting for concerete evidence from the Federal Government showing the details of payment of the N16.4 billion shortfall of members’ salary and promotion arrears and another N30 billion…