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Speaking further on the planned NYSC reform, the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, revealed that the NYSC orientation camp would be restructured into three phases: - The first two weeks will focus on civic responsibility, national values, and leadership development. - The next two weeks will cover career mapping, financial literacy, business planning, and access to finance. - The final two weeks will provide specialised training based on each corps member’s chosen career stream. Under the new framework, corps members will select one of the newly created 11 specialised streams upon registration and will receive specialised training throughout the orientation programme in preparation for future employment and national service. The 11 specialised streams are: Agric Corps, Medical Corps, Education Corps, Tech and Digital Corps, Legal Corps, Public Service Corps, Infrastructure Corps, Green Corps, Enterprise Corps, Creative Economy Corps, and Paramilitary and Security Corps. She added that the specialised streams will equip graduates with practical skills tailored to their academic backgrounds, career interests, and the country’s workforce needs. Usman noted that the reforms also review deployment procedures, including how corps members are posted across states, with greater consideration for prevailing security realities.
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BREAKING: President Tinubu approves 27 road projects worth over N3.9 trillion across 15 states. The projects cover Adamawa, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba, and Yobe states. The road projects are as follows: 1. N1.8 trillion for the re-award of the 409-kilometre dual carriageway project in Niger State under the tax credit scheme to Aliko Dangote. 2. N276 billion for the dualisation of Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road. 3. N265 billion for the reconstruction of Iseyin-Eruwa-Agbesi Road in Oyo State and Kwara State. 4. N217 billion for the dualisation of old alignment Ijaye to FGC to Ilorin Road with a spur to Akinmorin. 5. N116 billion for the 21km Abakaliki-Afikpo Road in Ebonyi State. 6. N110 billion for the Ogbomoso-Oko-Illupu Road in Oyo and Osun States. 7. N104 billion for the rehabilitation of sections 1 and 2 of the Ilorin-Omorin-Ebe-Kabba-Obajana Road in Kwara and Kogi States. 8. N98 billion for the construction of 30km Idi-Araba-Ayede-Olodo Road in Oyo State. 9. N92 billion for the rehabilitation of Baban-Lamba-Sharan phase 2 Road in Plateau State. 10. N86 billion for the reconstruction of Enugu-Abakaliki Road with a flyover. 11. N86 billion for the Adikpo-Ajayi-Tese-Akpa-Otukpo Road in Benue and Cross River State. 12. N83 billion for the Jimeta-Mayo Belwa Road project in Adamawa State. 13. N82 billion for the rehabilitation of Igbeti Road in Oyo State. 14. N74 billion for the construction of Igbeti-Soro-Kishi Road in Oyo State. 15. N71 billion for the construction of 52km Dabban-Makina Road in Niger State. 16. N62.99 billion for the Tungo-Karamti Road with 5 bridges between Adamawa and Taraba States. 17. N58 billion for the rehabilitation of Yola-Hong-Mubi Road phase 2. 18. N46 billion for the Amasiri–Okporojo Road. 19. N34 billion for the 18km Ikere-Ekiti-Ijare Road in Ekiti State and Ondo State. 20. N26 billion for the new flyover on the ongoing Trans-Sahara Road. 21. N24.7 billion for the rehabilitation of Kabba-Ifaki-Ado Ekiti Road in Kogi State to Ekiti State. 22. N21 billion for the flyover bridge at Oko-Olowo Junction in Kwara. 23. N15.7 billion for the construction of Pacific Road linking Igbe Laara to Ikorodu in Lagos State. 24. N15.5 billion for the 13km Badeku-Jaiye Road in Oyo State. 25. N15.246 billion for phase 2 of the Yola-Fufore-Gurin Road project in Adamawa State, covering 20km after the completion of the 17km first phase. 26. N15 billion for the augmentation for a 32.2-kilometre road project in Gashua, Yobe State, which was originally awarded in 2022. 27. Full business case for the operation and maintenance concession for the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the directive to commence reconstruction of the failed sections of the Ibadan axis using concrete. Minister of Works, David Umahi, also disclosed that the first 118km section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway, valued at N137 billion, has been completed, while work on the remaining 164km section is expected to be completed in November.
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I commend the move by President Tinubu to decentralise policing, but we should also decentralise mineral rights. That's what we call resource control. The president has done this (state police), and it has my support, but my prescription would have been to decentralise it to the zonal levels first. Then, we amend the constitution to give governors power to appoint the commissioners of police working with the Police Service Commission (PSC), and then putting them to the Houses of Assembly for screening and oversight. - NDC National Leader Senator Seriake Dickson spoke on state police creation
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BREAKING: Lagos State Commissioner of Police has revealed that the MD of First Bank, Oluwasegun Alebiosu, received an envelope containing two live bullets at his residence. The package was allegedly delivered by a dispatch rider and received by security personnel at Alebiosu’s residence before it was handed over to him because it was addressed directly to him and marked confidential. Upon opening the parcel, the First Bank chief reportedly discovered two live bullets concealed in an envelope. The package contained no accompanying letter, message, or information that could reveal the identity of the sender.
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Seun: Peter Obi said he's suspicious of the timing of state police. He said you can't amend the constitution and give powers to the governors when there's an upcoming election. Seriake Dickson: He's right. President Tinubu should slow down the process of state police creation. Attention should be focused on fighting terrorism and insecurity. The business of implementing state police should be left for the next government.
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Senator Aduda, you and I were together in the 8th Senate, and you never invited me to commission one single project despite the fact that you were a principal officer in the senate and part of the then government, but I saw you beaming with a smile today because the people who elected you then as a senator are very happy that you've identified with Mr project (Wike). I won't be surprised if they decide to send you back to the Senate in the next election. - Senate President Akpabio tells ex-FCT Senator Philip Aduda at the commissioning of a road project in Abuja
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Security operatives from the federal government have been in Oyo State for the past two weeks, and we've been meeting with them three to four times daily. - Governor Seyi Makinde spoke to the leadership of NLC, NUT, and NANS after the unions led a joint protest to the governor's office.
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BREAKING: NDC has introduced a strict anti-defection policy mandating all its candidates for elective offices to sign indemnity and affidavit forms, committing to vacate their seats if they defect from the party after winning elections. By implication, any NDC candidate that wins election in 2027 and decides to leave the party will forfeit the seat they won. This policy also affects NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi and the party's vice presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Nigerian Affairs Journal132,845 просмотров • 15 дней назад
I can't get why some people are painting the NDC in a bad light and why their leaders can't call their supporters to order. We are not going to allow anyone to destroy anybody’s image when you have just come into the party and we have done everything for you. - NDC National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, hits back over recent criticism directed at the party
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Peter Obi was there when the motion for party supremacy was passed. Appointments and nominations will be done with consensus of the party and stakeholders. We don't want somebody to win and run a one man show. - NDC National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, spoke on the party's directive mandating affiliated groups like the Obidient Movement to operate under NDC supervision
Nigerian Affairs Journal156,768 просмотров • 20 дней назад
Senate President Akpabio has a personal interest in NNPC. His daughter was employed by former NNPC CEO Mele Kyari in a juicy position she probably didn't merit. - Senator Oshiomhole hits Senate President Akpabio over last week's clash in the Senate, which saw the red chamber disown Mele Kyari's arrest warrant
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I heard some people are saying that President Tinubu has given Ebonyi State to PDP for the 2027 governorship election, and their leader Nyesom Wike has also said that the president has given Ebonyi to him. We say to them 'Eyaa'. Ebonyi is not for sale. We are not afraid. Nobody should push us because we have all it takes to consume whoever is trying us. - Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru fires shot at FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Ebonyi PDP
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'NNPC is a house of thieves' - Senator Oshiomhole clashes with NNPC official at Senate committee hearing
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BREAKING: Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, has emerged as the Kwara State APC governorship candidate after polling over 94,000 votes, defeating Ambassador Abdulfatai Yahya-Seriki, who polled 41,700 votes, and former APC Chairman Bashir Bolarinwa, who came third with 22,118 votes. The result was announced today by Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the Kwara APC governorship primary election.
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'Do not interrupt me' - Rufai tells the Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria, Michael Freeman
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BREAKING: Senate disowns Mele Kyari arrest warrant and rebukes Senator Oshiomhole for describing NNPC as a 'bunch of criminals and thieves' during yesterday's Public Accounts committee's hearing. Responding, Senator Oshiomhole, who refused to backtrack, reiterated his call for the investigation of Mele Kyari. He also clarified that his 'thieves' comment was due to provocation sponsored by Kyari's refusal to attend the committee’s hearing despite being invited nine times.
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We know the person behind the federal high court judgment that deregistered the ADC. He works in the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President. He's a former House of Representatives member from the South-East. - ADC National Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi
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