FG to begin re-screening for 2000 Immigration recruits
The Federal Government has said it would from August 29 commence the re-screening of 2,000 recruits of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS who were "dispersed" after being trained and issued employment letters in February last year.
S/Afriaca’s Van Niekerk sets new world record
Van Niekerk made Africa proud when he sensationally set a new world record in the 400m final in Rio Olympic Games.
KILLING OF 12: Gov Bello orders release of persons arrested, calls for probe
GOVERNOR Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has ordered immediate release of all persons arrested by the military over the incident in Bosso Local Government Area of the state that claimed the lives of 12 military personnel and some civilians and handover to the police for thorough investigation.
Cameroonian couple caught with 2-week-old baby in C-River
CALABAR—THE National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters, NAPTIP, officials in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, are currently in the custody of a two weeks old baby reportedly rescued from a Cameroonian couple, Mr. Kamsol Ayang, 44, and wife, Theresa Asamoa, 46, in Calabar, Cross River States.
FG, partners target 5m children for polio immunisation
About one million children in Borno State and a further four million in neighbouring states are being targeted for immunization against the Wild Polio Virus as the Federal government, supported by the World Health Organisation, WHO, UNICEF and partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, GPEI, begins an emergency immunisation campaign this week, after two fresh cases of paralysis emerged last week.
High MPR: need for real sector concessions
Findings from banks have indicated that the real sector is yet to find a compensatory ground after the recent hike in Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
