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Nigerian netizens on X (formerly Twitter) have asked President Bola Tinubu to sack his Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu for spending public funds on flight tickets and airport taxis to move her team members from Abuja to Kogi State, even though the latter has no airport.  Documents obtained by Some mediaContinueContinue reading “Nigerian Tweeps Ask Tinubu To Immediately Sack Poverty Alleviation Minister, Betta Edu Over Fraud Allegations”

No fewer than 1400 fleeing inmates from the Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State and the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have yet to be recaptured after the jailbreaks.  Two years after the attack on the Owerri custodial centre, 864 fleeing inmates have yet to be recaptured according to theContinueContinue reading “Nigerian Government Yet To Recapture Over 1400 Fleeing Inmates From Kuje, Imo Prisons Since 2021”

The group said this happened while the council was still mourning the death of over 200 people residents who died during the terrorist attacks that happened around the Christmas period in the council. Some protesting women on Friday afternoon set ablaze the house of Michal Monday Adanchi, the District Head of Bokkos town in theContinueContinue reading “Plateau Massacre: Angry Women Burn Down Bokkos Monarch’s House Over Victimisation By Army, Unlawful Arrests”

The National Youth Service Corps Scheme, NYSC, has explained how the undercover reporter who had earlier been mobilised for the compulsory one-year programme in 2019 was able to be mobilised for the same programme in 2023. Speaking on a Channels Television programme yesterday, the Director of Public Affairs, NYSC, Mr Eddy Megwa, said the reporterContinueContinue reading “Mobilisation: How undercover reporter breached our system to enrol twice —NYSC”

Mamman, who disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television’s programme, had noted that there was no timeframe for criminality, saying the time of the crime would not matter. As the controversy over fake certificates from Benin Republic universities continues to reverberate following an investigative report, Nigerians on X (formerly Twitter) have asked the Minister ofContinueContinue reading “Security Operatives Going After Fake Degree Holders Should Start With Tinubu – Nigerians Tackle Education Minister”

The two special constables working with the Oyo State police command who were dismissed after being caught on camera demanding money from a female Dutch biker who was touring African countries have blamed the Nigerian government for their predicament.  It was reported that the two constables who were caught in the viral video demanding aContinueContinue reading “We Begged For Money Because Nigerian Government Didn’t Pay Us Salaries —Dismissed Constables Caught On Camera Demanding Money From Female Dutch Biker”

Nigeria’s education minister, Tahir Mamman, has said that security agencies will go after Nigerians with fake certificates from foreign countries whom he described as criminals. The minister noted that there is no timeframe for criminality, so the time they committed the crime would not matter.  Mamman disclosed this on Wednesday while featuring on Channels Television’sContinueContinue reading “Security Agencies Will Go After Nigerians With Fake Foreign Certificates Within The System—Minister”

The students’ body said the blanket suspension has affected numerous students duly registered in schools in the two francophone West African countries. The Federal Government on Tuesday suspended certificates from the two francophone West African countries following a report detailing how a degree was acquired from a university in Benin Republic in two months. InContinueContinue reading “Reconsider Legitimate Nigerian Graduates From Benin Republic, Togo, NANS Tells FG”

The Nigerian government has announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Benin Republic and Togo. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday, January 2, signed by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education. According to Duru, the decision followed an investigativeContinueContinue reading “Nigerian Government Stops Accreditation Of Degree Certificates From Benin Republic, Togo Varsities”

Terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, have again carved out a territory in Nigeria’s Niger State, imposing taxes on residents and some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The bandits have reportedly occupied Dogon-Dawa, Kurege, Kangarewa and Mangoro communities among several others; “governing” the entire areas according to their own rules. They have so far imposed restriction onContinueContinue reading “Terrorists Take Over Several Communities In Niger State, Set Up Toll Gate, Collect Levies From Farmers, Residents”