NYSC Trust Fund: For all Nigerians

               Major General S. Ibrahim By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu The bill for the Proposed National Youth Service Trust Fund (NYSCTF) in the floor of National Assembly is one trust fund every patriotic Nigerian must support to see the light of day. Nigerians should not see it as a one-man […]

IGP Alkali: Responding to distress calls

   Lawal Jet Kaugama The Nigeria Police have been in the spotlight as security situation in the country continues to deteriorate in the second tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari. Because of this, many Nigerians have come out tocriticise the police for not taking proactive measures against crimes and criminal elements in the country. But when […]

2022 UTME: Don’t keep candidates’ data, JAMB warns CBT centres

  By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned all Computer Based Test (CBT) centres to desist from retaining data of candidates applying for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) or Direct Entry (DE), in order to avoid subjecting candidates to unnecessary hardship. JAMB’s head of publicity and protocol, […]

Introduce military history in conventional varsities, NYSC DG appeals to FG

  By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Major General  Shuaibu Ibrahim, has made a case for the teaching of military history in conventional universities in Nigeria. He made the submission in a lecture titled, “Military History and the Relevance of Strategic Leadership: Challenges and Prospects,” delivered to members of the […]

Orientation camp: COVID-19 RDT test mandatory for all camp participants – DG ….Call-up-letters out on Sunday

  By Uji Abdullahi  Iliyasuj Abuja   All prospective corps members and other camp participants for the 2022 Batch ‘A’ orientation  would undergo compulsory COVID-19 RDT test, and only those that test negative would be allowed entry into the camps. NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, disclosed this Friday during a live webinar jointly hosted […]

Research and Development: Bugaje quoted out of context —TETFund

By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund),  said  the reports on some media platforms credited to the Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Muhammad Bugaje decrying TETFund’s investments in research and development was ill-intended as it lacks an iorta of truth. According to  the press release signed […]

UNICEF calls for end to child soldiers, abuse

By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja United Nations Children Fund (NICEF) Monday called for an end to the recruitment and use of children by armed groups in Nigeria, and the release of those in the custody of such groups.  This was contained in a press release presented to journalists in Abuja Monday,  which came on the […]