The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that 573,519 applications were submitted during its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, despite only 3,927 positions being available. The application portal, which was open for just a week, drew a massive response, underscoring the intense competition for government jobs. Speaking on the recruitment process, the NCS National Public Relations Officer,…
The deputy governor of Sokoto State, Idris Mohammed Gobir, has said the state government would set up a committee to assess the damage and identifying measures to prevent similar incidents in the future. He also, while expressing condolences to affected traders of the fire, assured the victims of the state’s support. Recall that about 50…
By Godwin Isenyo The Nigerian Air Force said it has acquired 12 additional fighter aircraft for the operational capabilities of the Force. The new additions to the NAF fleet include 2 King Air 360i light transport aircraft, 4 T-129 ATAK helicopters, 2 Agusta Westland 109 Trekker, and 4 DA-62 surveillance aircraft. The Chief of Air…
By Enitan Daramola Respected Nigerian pastor and gospel minister, Nathaniel Bassey, has been invited to minister at the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on January 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Punch Metro reports that the event, a non-governmental and non-political gathering, will be hosted by Reverend Merrie Turner, ahead of the…
By Damilola Aina Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory will experience a long period of power outages starting next week on Monday. This is due to an announcement by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company that there will be power disruptions in several parts of the capital. The company said the power outage will occur…
Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest Olympic champion and a Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 103. She died on Thursday at a Budapest hospital, according to her press official, Tamas Roth, confirming a report from local sports daily Nemzeti Sport. She was hospitalized with pneumonia last week. “We pray for her, she has…
By Adesina Wahab A report by the Global Partnership for Education, GPE, under the auspices of the World Bank, has said there is a global shortage of 44 million teachers and that it could hinder the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4. SDG 4 is the United Nations’ goal to ensure quality education…
By Peter Egwuatu Polaris Bank, in partnership with key stakeholders, has reaffirmed its commitment to combating the alarming rate of out-of-school children in Nigeria. In a statement, Polaris Bank’s Managing Director/CEO, Kayode Lawal, speaking on the education initiative, charged students to embrace opportunities that education offers saying that the intervention is in line with the…
By Tukur Muntari The Kano State Police Command said it arrested no fewer than 2,425 suspected criminals and recovered firearms, weapons, illicit drugs, and stolen properties, among other exhibits. The command said the arrests were made from January to December 2024. The State Police Commissioner, Salman Garba, disclosed this while addressing a news conference at…
By Peter Dada Doctors in Ondo State under the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Ondo chapter, on Tuesday, began an indefinite strike over alleged poor working conditions and welfare packages. The resident doctors had on Monday staged a protest against the management of the state-owned teaching hospital, accusing it of…
