•As FG clears liabilities of over 24,000 retirees  By Victor Ahiuma-Young Thousands of pensioners under the Federal Government’s Defined Benefit Scheme, DBS, have received a major financial boost as the Federal Government has  cleared more than N39 billion in long-standing pension liabilities, bringing relief to retirees of the defunct NITEL/MTEL, PHCN and other federal parastatals. The payments, […]

By Moses Obe Since its establishment in 1973 in the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme has remained one of the most enduring and symbolic institutions designed to promote national unity in Nigeria. Conceived primarily as a tool for healing deep ethnoreligious and regional divisions, the scheme has […]

By Esther Onyegbula The Edo State Diaspora Agency has congratulated Ambassador Collins Osazee Idahosa on his emergence as the first-ever Governor in the history of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Diaspora, describing the feat as a landmark achievement for Nigerian youths living abroad. In a congratulatory message signed by the Director General of […]

Paraguay’s government on Monday condemned remarks made by a senator who racially abused France star Kylian Mbappe after Paraguay was eliminated from the World Cup over the weekend.

The Naira opened the trading week stronger on Monday, appreciating by N1.92 against the United States dollar at the official foreign exchange market.