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The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) says it is not recruiting and cautioned potential job seeker against falling into the hands of scammers. The NCoS Public Relations Officer Francis Enobore made this known in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the clarification became necessary following desperate efforts by alleged fraudsters to scam unsuspecting job seekers or their sponsors. The spokesman said that some unscrupulous elements had opened a ‘recruitment’ portal codenamed ‘NCoS 2023 Recruitment Exercise’ and were charging fees purportedly to access the portal. He said NCoS “wishes to categorically state that there is no recruitment…

The US has hit Russia with wide-ranging sanctions over what President Joe Biden called “the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine”. “We’ve cut off Russia’s government from Western financing,” Mr Biden said. It came after Russian politicians authorised President Vladimir Putin to send troops into two rebel-held parts of eastern Ukraine. Russia has recognised the regions as independent – a move Ukraine said attacks its sovereignty. Western nations largely see the action as a pretext for a wider invasion. On Monday Mr Putin ordered soldiers into the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk regions, to “keep the peace” – a description…

Nigerians could have been trekking from Lagos to Ibadan had President Muhammadu Buhari had not intervened to bring rail service back to the country. President Muhammadu stated this on Tuesday adding that prioritizing infrastructure projects had ameliorated hardship in some parts of the country. He said the quick intervention on the Lagos-Ibadan route with completion of road and rail lines, which improved the traffic significantly have prevented what could have been a National hardship. “My objective was very clear, despite the dwindling resources, I wanted to deal with infrastructure across the country,’’ the President told a delegation from Kaduna State,…

Germany has put a stop to a key Russian gas pipeline following Vladimir Putin’s orders to send troops into Ukraine. On Monday the Russian president recognised two breakaway Ukrainian regions as independent states and ordered Russian troops to deploy to both. Western nations largely see the action as a pretext for a wider invasion. In response, Germany halted approval of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and other Western nations issued sanctions. Sanctions can take various forms – the term can refer to many actions used by one country to harm another, usually to deter aggressive actions or breaches of international…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognising them as independent states. Russia said the troops have not yet been deployed but will be “peacekeeping” in the regions, which it has backed since 2014. The US said calling them peacekeepers was “nonsense”, and accused Russia of creating a pretext for war. Several countries have announced sanctions in response. Ukraine’s president said his country was “not afraid of anything or anyone”. In a late-night televised address to the nation, President Volodymyr Zelensky called for “clear and effective actions of support” from Ukraine’s international…

Former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, has broken his silence over the death of a police sergeant attached to his residence in Sagamu in the early hours of Tuesday. The policeman, Leke Ogunsola, was said to have been hit by a vehicle at the gate of the premises. He was said to have been taken to the hospital where he allegedly died. Breaking his silence Tuesday evening, Daniel, in a statement, said investigations have commenced on what really transpired. “On Saturday, 19th February, 2022, one of the Security Details assigned to the residence of former Governor Gbenga Daniel, Leke…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday signified his preference for consensus as a means of choosing leaders of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday in Abuja. He stated this during a meeting with governors elected on the platform of the party. The chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, Kebbi State’s Gov. Atiku Bagudu, said the president advised that the party should explore the option of consensus while electing its officials at the forthcoming national convention. He told newsmen that consensus had worked for the APC in the past as many chairmen of the party emerged through that process. “We have produced…

Former Gov. Rabiu Kwankwanso of Kano State and a group of prominent politicians on Tuesday launched a new political group -“The National Movement”, ahead of 2023 poll. Speaking at the launch in Abuja, Kwankwaso, also the convener, said the movement was formed with a collective desire and commitment of Nigerians at home and in Diaspora to rescue the nation. He said that the movement was formed by Nigerians from different religious, political and ethnic background in response to calls for a way out of the current economic and political situation in the country. Kwankwaso said that the journey began in…

The Academic Staff Union of University and Federal Government are currently in a closed door meeting. The meeting which is said to be ongoing at the conference room of Minister of Labour and Employment,Chris Ngige has in attendance the representatives of Ministry of Education, Ministry of National Planning,Ministry of Finance, The Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation,and The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation ASSU had on Monday,14 February,2022 embarked on a nationwide one month strike following the failure of federal government to fulfill their promise according to ASUU national president,Prof Emmanuel Osodeke. The…

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says Nigeria’s latest GDP figures have shown that it was right when it insisted that the country will surpass the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) projections of 2.6 per cent and 2.7 per cent economic growth respectively in 2021. The group said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke that it is glaring proof that BMO’s positions on national issues are facts-based. “We recall that when the World Bank and the IMF projected a 2.6 per cent and 2.7 per cent growth rate for Nigeria in 2021…