The Federal Government has saluted the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the roles it has played since it was established about 50 years ago, in the areas of socio-economic and political development of the country. According to the government, the Scheme which was established on the 22nd of May, 1973, is the leading light of youth organisations in Africa. Mr Sunday Dare, the Minister for Youth and Sports Development, made the remark on Monday,...

As part of efforts to make Nigeria, the West-Africa’s hub for the development of agro-allied industries, machines, and technologies, President Muhammadu Buhari has flagged off operations of the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute (AMEDI) Lafia, Nasarawa state. The president commended the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Prof. Mohammed Sani Haruna and his Management team for completing the project after the foundation laying ceremony in August...

The Nigerian Security Printing and Minting (NSPM) Plc. also called MINT has warned Nigerians to stop experimenting with the redesigned N1000, N500, and N200 banknotes. MINT is responsible for producing the naira, Nigeria’s currency. In a statement on Friday, NSPM’s managing director, Ahmed Halilu said the company’s attention has been drawn to various clips, skits, concerns, and comments on diverse platforms regarding the quality of the redesigned notes. The West African Pilot News reports that there has...

The Federal Government has commenced collection of data of people affected by the prevailing insecurity in some Local Government Areas of Katsina State. The team leader, Nadia Muhammed-Soso, who heads the ministry’s Special Duties Department in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development said on Thursday in Katsina that the aim was to mainstream the victims into all National Social Investment Programmes. Represented by Funke Olatunji, Muhammed-Soso said during a sensitisation...