The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a purported ad hoc staff recruitment portal for 2023 general election, describing it as fake. INEC said this in a release on its official social handles on Wednesday, urging members of the public to disregard the fake link. “Our attention has been drawn to a fake ad hoc recruitment link inecnigeria.govservice.site being circulated online. “INEC official link: pres.inecnigeria.org and Inecpress-app.com/pres “We implore Nigerians to disregard the fake link & avoid falling victims of swindlers,” it said. (NAN)
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Serious panic was recorded at Aroma junction Awka, Anambra capital on Wednesday when a tanker carrying substance suspected to be inflammable fell and began to spill its content. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident caused passengers, drivers, hawkers and others around the place to scamper for safety. Many were seen running towards the state secretariat road, some Ifite road while others ran towards the Eke Awka and Government House road direction due to the fear that the substance might catch fire. But a few minutes later, the driver of the truck, Mr Kingsley Ogu, miraculous came…
The Kwara Government says previous Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administrations in the state left over N11 billion in pension and gratuity arrears. The state Commissioner for Finance and Planning, Mrs Florence Oyeyemi, confirmed this while addressing the people of Oke-ero LGA at a Town Hall Meeting organised by Rep. Tunji Olawuyi, on Wednesday in Iloffa. Olawuyi represents Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-ero Federal Constituency of Kwara. The meeting was tagged: ” Ajulo Meets Constituents”. The Town Hall Meeting is an interactive session cutting across political divides to answer questions on burning issues affecting the people. Responding to a pensioner who expressed worry over non-payment…
A bill to establish the Nigeria Industrial Development Authority on Wednesday scaled second reading at the Senate. The consideration of the bill followed presentation of a debate by sponsor, Sen. Sani Musa (APC-Niger) at plenary. Musa in his debate said the bill was important because no country in modern times become rich by exporting raw materials alone.He said that the more a country concentrate in the production of raw materials only, the poorer it becomes, adding that industry multiplies national wealth. Musa said that the bill would help to diversify the economy and address the fundamental infrastructure impediments hindering production…
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) says it has arrested three suspects and confiscated 1,600 pirated books valued at N2 million while carrying out anti-piracy operations in Abuja. Its Director of Nigerian Copyright Academy, Mr Mike Akpan, who made this known on Wednesday at a news conference in Abuja, said that the operations were carried out at Area 1 Shopping Complex in Abuja. Akpan said that the enforcement was successful following intelligence gathered during the monitoring exercise. He said that the anti-piracy operations were carried out on Wednesday at about 10.45 a.m. by the commission’s operatives with the security back-up of…
Ahmed Audi, Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has tasked Officers of the Corps to investigate the financial dealings of suspected pipeline vandals. Audi said this on Wednesday during the opening ceremony of a 2-day training on Anti-Money Laundering(AL), Terrorism Financing (TF) and Proliferation of Arms Financing (PF) at NSCDC Headquarters in Abuja. He said that the training was to enhance the capacity of the Corps’ investigators and prosecutors to effectively handle cases on AL, TF and PF. He added that the training would mark a paradigm shift in the Corps’ investigation activities from focusing only…
Nigeria has called on African leaders to take measures at promoting intra-African tourism to reverse the present high tendency of tourists from the continent travelling to Asia, Europe and America. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai made the call on Wednesday in Arusha, Tanzania at the opening of the 65th meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)’ Regional Commission for Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the meeting being attended by no fewer than 40 African Ministers of Tourism has the theme “Rebuilding Africa’s Tourism Resilience For Inclusive Socio-Economic Development’’. The minister noted that intra-African…
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) on Wednesday released results of the 2022 In-School National Business Certificate (NBC) and the National Technical Certificate (NTC) examinations. Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, Registrar and Chief Executive of the board at a press conference in Benin, announced that a total of 87,668 candidates registered for the examinations in 1,656 centres across Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire. Representated by Dr. Obinna Opara, Director, Examinations Administration NABTEB, Prof. Isiugo-Abanihe said the entrolment figure marked a 4.99 per cent increase above that of the 2021 In-School examinations where 83,504 candidates enrolled for the NBC/NTC. She explained that…
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security in Edo, Stephen Idehenre, says the State Government has empowered at least 5,000 poultry farmers to produce 10,000 birds daily. Idehenre said this during an interactive session with newsmen in Benin on Wednesday.He said that government was collaborating with a processing company to process the 10,000 birds in Iguoriakhi and Iguobazuwa, Ovia South West Local Government Area. He said: “The State Government, in partnership with Hifer company, will support the processor to process 10,000 birds daily. “To be able to meet with the supply of these 10,000 birds daily, we have aggregated 5,000…
By Zainab Suleiman Okino As the race for the 2023 general elections formally began last week, the need for scrutiny of candidates justling for various positions has become more important for political parties and gladiators. At this stage of the electoral process, the least you would expect from a candidate or party is to be found on the wrong side of the law, the Electoral Act and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) guidelines that is. But in Bauchi state, the All-Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be walking a tight rope and undermining itself wittingly or inadvertently, going by the allegation…