Buhari grants automatic jobs to 65 ex-corps members

[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari has granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The President disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. President Buhari, who highlighted numerous achievements of the…

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FG moves to replace striking doctors with ad-hoc staff

[ad_1] The federal government has threatened to hire ad-hoc doctors with salaries of the striking resident doctors.  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, gave the hint during a Channels Television programme.  The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) began a five-day warning strike, on Wednesday, over unmet demands.  The association is, among other…

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Nobody can stop Tinubu’s inauguration – Sultan

[ad_1] The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged Nigerians to pray for the incoming administration to succeed in steering the affairs of the country. The Sultan who was speaking during a roundtable engagement with traditional and religious rulers on Wednesday in Abuja said everyone should know that a new administration would take…

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Osinbajo tasks governors on digital economy

[ad_1] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has advised governors-elect to invest in youth development toward attaining a digital economy in the nearest future. Osinbajo said this at the induction of governors-elect by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) in Abuja on Tuesday. He was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. Osibanjo…

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Resident doctors’ strike illegal – FG

[ad_1] The federal government Tuesday described the resident doctors’ five-day warning strike starting today as “illegal”. It said the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) did not give a 21-day notice as stipulated by the labour law. The spokesman of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun, in a chat with Daily Trust, said…

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$12bn required to clean up oil pollution in Bayelsa – BSOEC

[ad_1] Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) has said that the state required $12 billion to repair, remediate and restore the environmental and public health damage caused by oil and gas exploration over the years. Chairman of the commission’s Expert Working Group, Dr Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou, who disclosed this on Tuesday during the launch of…

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