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N-Power: FG shortlists 550,000 Batch C applicants for final stage

Sadiya Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management, and social development, made this known at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. The  N-power programme  is a scheme established by Muhammadu Buhari on June 8, 2016, to address the issues of youth unemployment and help increase social development. In March, Farouq  inaugurated  the national social investment management systems (NASIMS) portal for Batch C applicants. She had explained that the applicants were requested to update their personal information and, thereafter, take an online test via the  NASIMS  Portal. Speaking at the press briefing, the minister said the successful candidates are being contacted via email addresses, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “By the third week of May 2021, over 1.8 million Nigerians successfully updated their records and took the compulsory online test,” she said. “Further screening was undertaken and a short-list of 550,000 applicants qualified for the final select

VIDEO: FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE DEATH OF MKO ABIOLA

LATEST NEWS| NIGERIA LAUNCH MADE-IN-NIGERIA CELL PHONE

The first ever Made-in-Nigeria mobile phone has been flaunted by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari showed off the phone at a virtual Federal Executive Council Meeting on Wednesday. Also present at the meeting was Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, NSA Babagana Monguno, AGF Abubakar Malami, Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed, Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed and SGF Boss Mustapha. The device was presented to Mr. Buhari by HMTI Otunba Niyi Adebayo at the State House, Abuja. 9th June, 2021. The first ever Made-in-Nigeria mobile phone has been flaunted by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari showed off the phone at a virtual Federal Executive Council Meeting on Wednesday. Also present at the meeting was Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, NSA Babagana Monguno, AGF Abubakar Malami, Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed, Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed and SGF Boss Mustapha. The device was presented to Mr. Buhari by HMTI Otunba Niyi A

MAJOR GENERAL, SENIOR MILITARY OFFICER AND OTHERS SHOT EACH OTHER TO DEATH

The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) Inspector General Lt. Gen. Peter Dor Manjur Gatluak and one of his bodyguards shot at each other and sustained injuries this morning at the Military General Headquarters in Bilpam, Juba. The two were involved in an altercation that degenerated into a shoot-out.  The cause of the shootout is not yet clear according to senior military officers. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj today, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang confirmed the incident. “It was a shoot-out involving a lieutenant general and one of his bodyguards. I don’t have any information at the moment but I am waiting for an official briefing,” he said. "Once I get the accurate information from the top leadership then I will start briefing the media outlets. I am waiting for more information and he (Gen. Dor) is still alive.”  Ruai said both the officer and his bodyguard are alive and are receiving treatment at the Juba Military Referral Hospital. A source who preferred anonymit

Emergency security meeting taking place in Aso Villa

President Muhammadu Buhari An emergency national security meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari is currently ongoing at the State House, Abuja. The meeting, which started at 10 am, is taking place at the Conference Hall of the Office of the First Lady, and is being attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari; Boss Mustapha; Ministers of Defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (retd), Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema and the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.)

Ooni Of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Reacts To The Killing Of Yoruba People In Igangan, Says Yoruba People Are Not Fools

The Ooni of Ile- Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has finally reacted to the killing of some Yoruba people from Igangan, Ibarapa by alleged Fulani Herdsmen by saying Yoruba are not fools and show not be taken for granted. The monarch decried the cold murder of some Yoruba people from Igangan as worrisome and some things that should not have happened anywhere in the world. And in a statement, signed on Monday by his media aide, Moses Olafare, the Ooni condemned the increasing insecurity in the country. He stated that the Yoruba people are law- abiding, and disciplined individuals and not should be taken as fools.   And in the king' s word, he said that " Attacks like this where casualties can visibly trace its perpetrators as from one part of the country can lead to the breakdown of the court perpetrators of these gruesome killings must be fished out of their hiding place and thought a lesson. The King also urged the government to quickly tackle the issue of insecurity by saying that

Video: Watch How Soldiers Prevent Sunday Igboho From Entering Igangan Forest

Popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Sunday Igboho on Monday visited Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo state, a day after the town was attacked by Fulani herdsmen. Igboho was in the town to access the level of damage in yesterday’s attack. During the visit, Igboho also tried to comb the forest in search of the herdsmen. He was, however, prevented from entering the forest by a team of fully armed soldiers, who were trailing his convoy immediately they arrived the town. Our correspondent who is on ground sighted about 8 trucks of the Nigerian Army behind Igboho’s convoy.