FG opens application of work placement porta for 200,000 Nigerian graduates

Releases guidelines for interested  applicants  The Nigerian government has opened the application portal for the Nigeria Jubilee Fellow Programme which targets 200,000. Nigeria Jubilee Fellow Programme is aimed at getting work placement for Nigerian graduates who have completed the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. President Muhammadu Buhari last Tuesday said the Nigeria Jubilee Fellow Programme “is expected to create new opportunities for 20,000 graduates annually” will “maximise the opportunities presented – for 12 months, with or without job experience, thereby connecting them with local job opportunities.” The portal was opened Monday to interested applicants. It will be open

Taliban Declares Afghanistan Islamic Emirate, Forms New Government

The Taliban has declared Afghanistan an “Islamic Emirate”, and formed a new government to be led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund. Akhund is one of the founders of the group, which took control of Afghanistan mid-August. “We know the people of our country have been waiting for a new government,” Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, said while unveiling the cabinet. Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the deputy leader and Sirajuddin Haqqani, son of the founder of the Haqqani network, has been named as interior minister. Baradar was previously head of the Taliban’s political office, and oversaw the signing of the US

Court fixes date to Deliver Judgment on Igboho’s Suit

An Ibadan High Court presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola, Tuesday fixed September 17 to deliver judgment on the fundamental rights suit filed by Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho). The judge also ordered the extension of the injunction order restraining the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, the Department of State Services (DSS), their agents or privies from arresting Igboho till the day of the judgment. Igboho, in suit No M/435/2021, by his counsel, Chief Yomi Aliyu (SAN), had dragged the AGF, the State Security Service (SSS) and Director, State Security Service

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Some Yoruba Leaders Connived With Buhari Govt To Keep Igboho In Detention — Prof Akintoye

Popular Yoruba historian, Prof Banji Akintoye, has given reasons for leaving Nigeria to Benin Republic. In an interview with BBC News Yoruba on Tuesday, Akintoye, who is also the leader of the Ilana Omo Oodua revealed that he left Nigeria due to reports that the Muhammadu Buhari government was planning to assassinate him. Akintoye said he had been advised by some Yoruba elders to leave Nigeria alongside Wale Adeniran to avoid getting killed. According to him, there was no way the government could have arrested him as his group has not been violent neither did it get involved in the

Lawyer files interim order for release of Nnamdi Kanu as health allegedly worsens

There was tension in Umuahia, Abia State, on Tuesday, as the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimako, heads to court over Kanu’s health. The entire access roads to the court venue were blocked by truckloads of the military, police and other security agencies, thus creating fear in road users in Umuahia. In an application, Nnamdi Kanu Vs FGN and 7 others, Ejimako had brought an exparte order asking the court to, among other things, make an interim order of release of Kanu to attend to his health in any medical facility of his choice

Leaked Audio: Sunday Igboho angrily speaks from Cotonou prison, attacks all his lawyers

Embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has lambasted his over 10 lawyers in Cotonou, Benin Republic, over their collective failure to seek his release after about 50 days in detention. The detained activist spoke in a leaked audio obtained by The PUNCH. He slammed all his Benin Republic-based lawyers led by Ibrahim Salami for not achieving any tangible result on his case like his counsels in Nigeria have been making headway. He also complained over his alleged maltreatment and abandonment in prison by Salami and the other lawyers despite receiving about N5m each. Igboho said

Your current military offensive against bandits won’t stop their activities – Gumi warns FG

 Says armed herdsmen are going nowhere, and they are already in battle gear   A message has been sent to the federal government of Nigeria. The message was sent by no other person than controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi. The cleric who condemned the current military offensive against armed herders and bandits insisted that the move would not stop their activities. He disclosed this on his verified Facebook page on Monday, September 6. According to him, the military operation will only complicate the crisis. “Let us face the reality, these herdsmen are going nowhere, and they are already in battle

Buhari Appoints Ekiti Man Morayo Adetifa New NCDC DG

Names Osinbajo chairman, health sector reform committee President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This was disclosed in a statement issued yesterday by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, This followed the appointment of the current NCDC Director General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, as the Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in charge of Health Emergency Intelligence with effect from November 1, 2021 Ihekweazu would lead the work on strengthening pandemic and epidemic intelligence globally, including heading the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic

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Miyetti Allah Demands Creation Of Livestock Ministry

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association, Monday urged the federal government to create a Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries “as obtainable in many African countries.” The association said this was in line with the recommendation of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Livestock Development in Nigeria 2015, the Report of the President Committee on Pastoralists and Insecurity 2014 and the National Livestock Transformation Programme. Its National President, Abdullahi Bello Bodejo and the National Secretary, Saleh Alhassan, made the call at a national peace summit and investiture of Queen Mother Amina Temitope Ajayi as the Miyetti Allah Brand Ambassador, held

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How I escaped from gunmen who killed Sowore’s brother – Widow

A woman, Emmanuella Anyanwu, who escaped from the hoodlums who reportedly killed late Olajide Sowore on Saturday, has said the gunmen demanded a ransom of N10m shortly before she escaped from the camp where she was kept with four others. Anyanwu, who said she was on her way from Lagos to Imo to bury her husband, stated that she offered the kidnappers N500,000, but was called a fool. She recounted her ordeal at the police headquarters in Benin on Monday. She said, “On Friday, we were coming from Lagos to the eastern part of the country and our vehicle broke

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