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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC),  Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure promulgate on  Monday that the scheme will begin posting of  corps to farms.  He announce this in an interview with newsmen during his official visit to the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Sagamu, Ogun.  According to him, the move to deploy corps members to farms  was in line with  the agricultural development programme of the NYSC.  The NYSC has concluded preparations to begin the posting at the conclusion of the three-week orientation exercise. He said that Bauchi, Oyo, Kebbi and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, had been earmarked for the pilot phase.  “It should interest you to know that the NYSC will soon begin its agricultural development scheme where corps members will be posted to farms for their primary assignments.  “Already the NYSC has acquired active farmlands across the nation’s geopolitical zones...

The veteran  American professional  Golf superstar Tiger Woods was arrested Monday in Florida on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to records from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Tiger who was 14-time major golf champion was booked into the Palm Beach County detention on Monday after he was arrested by police in Jupiter, Florida.

The University of Ibadan management on Monday close the institution and directed the students to vacate the campus. According to  News Agency of Nigeria  report, the students were obstreperous at streets of Ibadan protesting, alleging insensitivity on the part of the university management. Meanwhile, the university’s Director of Communications and Publication, Olatunji Oladejo said that the closure of the institution became necessary in order to avert crisis. He said the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, had convened an emergency meeting of the university Senate to review the circumstances surrounding the development.

The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) president in Bayelsa State, Mr Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, at the weekend criticize the ‘divide and rule’ tactics deployed by Igbo indigenes appointed as Special Advisers to Governor Seriake Dickson. The president, who spoke in Yenagoa, said the practice of bypassing duly elected leaders of Igbo people in the state, when major decisions affecting the Igbo people in the state are to be taken, is condemnable. According to him, being picked as a Special Adviser on Igbo matters in Bayelsa does not confer on    the person as leader of the Igbo people in the state, arguing that the role is just as a go-between who should mediate between the state government and the Igbo residents in the state. “The Igbo people in government house (Bayelsa) are not helping matters. They are going into the government house with fake Igbo people, calling them the leaders. They should be careful about that. “They go to government house with suspended youth le...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, has urged the Federal Government to use May29 the Democracy day to announce the composition of a tripartite negotiation committee on the National Minimum Wage,  also to thoroughly investigate recent rumoured coup plot to save the nation’s democracy.  NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made statement, yesterday, in Abuja, ahead of the Democracy Day celebration today, noted that the minimum wage was increased to N18,000 six years ago, adding that the patience of workers had been tested due to the current inflationary situation in the country.  “We, therefore, urge the Federal Government to use the occasion of the Democracy Day to announce the composition of the tripartite negotiation committee as this is imperative for the government to review the National Minimum Wage,”  He added, wants coup scare thoroughly investigated and also condemned the recent coup rumour, saying  labour was opposed to any move to truncate the curre...

The All Progressive Congress (APC) received over 15 000 members from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Omala local government area of Kogi State  on Saturday. The State acting Governor, Simon Achuba announce this when addressing the people at Abejukolo, the headquarters of the local government, and also assured them of equality, transparency and good welfarism treatment as the party is working to enhance good living. He described the APC as a party that would reposition the State for growth and development, urging those who are yet to make up their minds in joining APC, to do so now before it is late. According to Achuba, the giant strides in infrastructure development recorded by the present administration in the state was a product of hard work, transparency and dogged commitment of the Yahaya Bello’s administration to impact on governance and the lives of the people. While commending the decampees formally for joining the progressives to build a virile state, he ...

"Nigeria is 5th biggest insurance market in Africa with overall market share of 85 percent of premium. General-Secretary of the African Insurance Organization (AIO)" Ms Prisca Soares said while addressing a press conference after the launching of the second Africa Insurance Barometer at the 44th AIO Conference and General Assembly in Kampala, Uganda that insurance market in the continent was still dominated by South Africa. The other major markets, she mentioned, include Morocco, Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria while the top five markets account for 85 percent of the total premiums. Kenya grew fastest in 2015 achieving a compound annual growth rate of slightly more than 10 percent from 2011 – 2015 Soares said, “With a volume of $46 billion, representing 72 percent of the total insurance premiums in the continent, South Africa is still by far Africa’s largest insurance e market.” Of the five major markets, South Africa tops the list followed by Kenya, Morocco and Egypt while Ni...