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Governor of Plateau State Simon Lalong has relaxed curfews imposed on parts of the state due to insecurity. The Governor, in a broadcast on Monday, said the 24-hour curfew in Jos North is now to be enforced from 6pm to 6am until further notice. “The curfew in Jos South and Bassa is to also be further relaxed,” Lalong said. “As from Monday 30th August 2021, the curfew shall be enforced between 10pm to 6am until further notice.” READ ALSO:  [ Plateau Attacks] There Are ‘Sacred Cows’ Who Have Escaped Justice – Commissioner The Governor noted that the ban on tricycles (Keke Napep) and hawkers remains in place within Jos/Bukuru metropolis. Also, he announced that the Plateau Economic and Investment Summit earlier scheduled for September 1 and 2 has been postponed. “A new date will be announced and communicated to all our invitees,” the Governor said. “We apologise for any inconveniences this postponement might cause.”

The federal government has flagged off another phase of N-Power programme for another batch of beneficiaries. But complaints have continued to trail the programme across states by some of the beneficiaries under Batch A and B who are reportedly being owed their stipends and cannot get the promised starter packs to become self reliant, Daily Trust on Sunday reports. The N-Power programme was created five years ago to address youth unemployment and increase social development. The scheme was created for unemployed graduates and non-graduates between the ages of 18 and 35. It is a paid programme of a two-year duration, aimed at engaging beneficiaries in their states of residence. N-power gives beneficiaries jobs in the government or support them to create a permanent business of their own. They work with federal and state agencies and are paid N30,000 stipend as salary.

Npower Batch C applicants are to check their NASIMS portal for their deployment status, you are advised to just click on the tab so as to locate your place of primary assignment, you will also see your entitled monthly stipend ( if it is 30,000 or 10,000 monthly salary) and you should see your PPA letter, this you are advised to download (see attached screenshot). Npower Deployment Update– NASIMS Npower Batch C Applicants Get Ready Update on n-power,  Npower batch c deployment starts. Nasims Npower Batch C Deployment And Selection To check your deployment status, go to NASIMS N-power portal. Screenshot Of The Message Sent By Npower to Batch C Applicants For Deployment  Read more of this post

An  open letter to the President on Friday. He said, “On the 29th day of May 2015, you resurrected the hope and optimism of bringing back robust economic transformation devoid of corruption and free from insecurity via your three-point agenda when you spoke highly about defending and protecting the Constitution. “By simple reflection, you swore to uphold the primary responsibility of Government as enshrined in Section 14(b) thus:” the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government”. “You declared explicitly that equitable and efficient strategies would be adopted by all the machinery of Government to end the wanton destructions of lives and properties particularly those associated with the activities of Boko Haram which hitherto had extended beyond the North East to the North Central and other parts of Nigeria. “However, your Excellency, about six years down the line and having secured a second term mandate from Nigerians, it is heart-wrenching to note th

THE Lagos State PDP Chairman, Engr. Deji Doherty, reaped the reward of his belief and faith in people recently, as His Majesty, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi surprisingly showed up in all his royalty at his son, Dipo’s wedding. He added that he acted as the middle man between Engr. Doherty and former Gov. Fayose, handling messages for both parties. Oba Ogunwusi later advised people never to look down on their subjects because no one could tell the future and that tables could turn. Asides being a politician, Engr. Doherty is the Chief Executive Officer of the DAIN Group, the owners of 10 Degrees Event Centre.

A Professor of History and International Relations at the Lagos State University, Abolade Adeniji, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), not to rely on external assistance to combat Nigeria’s anti-terror war against Boko Haram fighters ravaging Borno, Yobe, and other states in the North-East. Buhari had in April called on the United States to consider relocating US Africa Command from Stuttgart, Germany, to Africa, nearer the Theatre of Operation in Nigeria to combat terrorism but the US had said it had  no plan  to relocate the Command. Speaking in a chat with  The PUNCH  on Wednesday, Adeniji said the unfolding events in Afghanistan showed that no country would secure lives and properties in another country if such intervention does not align with its national and diplomatic interest. The don said the Joe Biden government pulled out of Afghanistan after 20 years because the presence of US troops in the landlocked Asian country no longer served American inte

There is tension in Ile-Ife and Modakeke in Osun State as at least five persons were found brutally murder while going to their farm. Sources told DAILY POST that the bodies were found in Modakeke in the early morning of Friday at Toro road. The Osun State Police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident, adding that a team of police operatives has been drafted to the towns. It was also learnt that the Obafemi Awolowo University had shut its main gate as at the time of filing this report. Details later… OSUN DEFENDER gathered that the deceaseds, who were said to be farmers were attacked by yet-to-be-identified assailants at the wee hour of today. The corpses have been taken away by the police, it was gathered. OSUN DEFENDER learnt Modakeke indigenes have been protesting the death of their kinsmen, a situation that has been generating tension in both Ile-Ife and the Akoraye town. Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Police in the State of Osun, Mrs

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Kano for the wedding ceremony of his son, Yusuf Buhari. This is according to a brief statement by his media aide, Bashir Ahmad. Yusuf is getting married to Zahra Bayero, the daughter of Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi in Kano State and the wedding will take place in the Emirate on Friday. While he was away in the UK, President Buhari’s representatives had sought the consent of the Emir’s family for their daughter’s hand in marriage.

The spokesperson for the ministry, Bem Goong, confirmed the reappointment in a telephone call with PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter on Friday. By Mojeed Alabi     August 20, 2021   1 min read ADVERTISEMENT The immediate past registrar of the  Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) , Is-haq Oloyede has been reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Also, the former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Abubakar Rasheed and Hamid Boboyi, were among the top executive officers of agencies within the ministry of education, who were reappointed on Friday. The spokesperson for the ministry, Bem Goong, confirmed the reappointment in a telephone call with a PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter on Friday. A statement issued by the ministry noted that the reappointments were based on the recommendation of the minister of education, Adamu Adamu. The statement also confirmed Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe as registrar and chief executive o