The Katsina state government has dismissed 3,488 staff from 34 Local Government Councils (LGCs) and Local Education Authorities (LEAs) found with fake credentials, following a biometric screening exercise. The 10-member committee uncovered falsified birth certificates, underage employment, illegal promotions, and cases where staff positions were sublet to others. The committee also recovered N4.6 million from employees found to be drawing double salaries or collecting pay while on leave. The findings were formally presented at a...

…Accuses Presidency Of Engaging In High-Level Propaganda Against Ex-VP The Media Office of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has disowned a press release from a fake media consultant, Kola Johnson. In a press statement on Thursday, signed by Paul Ibeh, Atiku Media Office noted that the presidency has engaged in a high-level propaganda and disinformation campaign against the former vice president. The statement reads, “We’ve observed with concern a certain self-styled ‘media consultant,’ one Kola...

The Kogi State Government has called for the intervention of the Federal Government, national, and international agencies supporting disaster victims. The state noted that it has become necessary in view of the fact that the area is highly prone to flooding, being the confluence of Nigeria’s two major rivers, the River Niger and the River Benue. The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, made the call on Wednesday in Lokoja while...

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, on Tuesday formally resumed duties at the National Assembly following the unsealing of her office after six months of suspension. The Senator, who arrived at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on September 23, was accompanied by a crowd of supporters. Her office, located at Suite 2.05 in the Senate wing, had earlier been unlocked by an official of the Sergeant-at-Arms. “While we were in court, I read in...

First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu has disclosed that ₦20,456,188,924.93 has been raised for the completion of the long-delayed National Library in Abuja under her “Oluremi @65 Education Fund.” Addressing State House correspondents on Tuesday during her 65th birthday luncheon, Mrs Tinubu said she chose the library project as her gift to the nation instead of “cakes, gifts, or media adverts.” She explained that the funds have been mobilised through the Oluremi @65 Education Fund. Rejecting...

As a panacea to Nigeria’s insecurity challenges, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, has advocated for the creation of state police. Kalu, while addressing newsmen in Abuja after returning from Geneva, Switzerland, where he represented Nigeria at the 55th WTO–Inter–Parliamentary Union Public Forum, explained that the state police bill before the National Assembly aims to improve response times and align policing with international standards. The deputy speaker announced that a...

Following the revocation of over 1,263 mineral licenses, the Federal Government is set to delete their names from the portal of the Electronic Mining Cadastral system of the Nigerian Mining Cadastral Office (MCO). A press statement on Sunday by Segun Tomori, the Special Assistant on Media to the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, noted that they include 584 exploration licenses, 65 mining leases, 144 quarry licenses, and 470 small-scale mining leases. The statement reads,...