The house of representatives has asked the federal government through the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to develop a database to track the employment status of graduates and corps The house said such a database is essential for “evidence-based decision-making” in tackling unemployment. The legislators specifically asked these Ministries;Youth and Sports Development, Labour and Employment, Education, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to develop a “workable plan” that would ensure corps members are retained in their primary place of assignment (PPA) for one year after their mandatory service to “allow graduates to find employment opportunities”. The lower legislative chamber…
Author: Spade Nigeria
It was widely reported earlier this week across some news media outlets that the Federal Government had increased tuition fees in federal universities in the country. These reports are inaccurate and not correct. We are aware that some universities have in recent weeks announced increase in the amount payable by students on sundry charges. However, the fact remains and we have confirmed that these are discretionary charges by each university for hostel accommodation, registration, laboratory and other charges. They are not tuition fees. Authorities of these universities even made this fact clear enough in explaining the rationale behind these new…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has charged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to declare a state of emergency on substance abuse and illicit drugs trafficking in the Country. Oborevwori gave the charge while playing host to the Agency’s Assistant Commandant General (Narcotics) and Director of Administration and Establishment, Alhaji Hamisu Lawal, who paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Asaba. The Governor noted that the charge had become necessary as it would go a long way in helping to mitigate the worrisome trend of substance and illicit drugs abuse in the Country. He listed the…
Headlines UN Food Systems Summit in Rome Nigeria has mobilized over half a billion dollars for innovative, profitable, equitable and sustainable food systems transformation initiative, according to the Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima. The Vice President made the disclosure while chairing a high-level meeting on the first day of the UN Food Systems Summit declared open in Rome, Italy by the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guteress. Vice President Shettima said the funds were mobilised “through domestic resources, multilateral development banks, international financial institutions, climate funds leading agro-businesses,” and would be used for “Innovation finance for food system transformation; development…
The European Union has announced new travel document requirements through its European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS). Beginning in 2024, the European Union will require visitors to get pre-approval via the European Travel Information and Authorisation System, and that goes for summer jet-setters from the US. The application form, which will be available on the official ETIAS website as well as a mobile application, has a fee of 7 euros or $7.79 U.S. dollars. All communication is done by email. American citizens, as well as travelers from 60 other countries, will require an ETIAS visa waiver to travel to…
Delta State Deputy Governor, Sir Monday Onyeme, has said that the Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration is putting up measures to mitigate the effects of flood. Following the predictions of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has warned that Nigeria will experience severe flood in 2023. Responding to a request by the Ndokwa Neku Union, NNU, that government should act fast to check the effects of flood on the people living in coastal communities, Sir Onyeme, disclosed that government was already working on such. The NNU, led by…
The government of Delta State has made the security of life and property of people in the state a top priority, Deputy Governor Monday Onyeme has said. Sir Onyeme, made the disclosure on Tuesday when he received on courtesy call, the State Commandant and top personnel of the Nigerian Security And Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, at his office, Government House, Asaba. According to him, the Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration is aware that without security of life and property, no meaningful development will take place, asserting that, “security is a cardinal programme in the M.O.R.E. Agenda of our administration. “We…
THE Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, has called for the strengthening of the law to prosecute those who tell lies under oath. Sir Onyeme made the call on Tuesday when the management of the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA Channel 11, Asaba, paid him a courtesy visit at the Delta State Government House, Asaba. At the occasion, the Deputy Governor stated that the media should also, crosscheck facts before publishing, asserting that the media must protect the truth at all times. “Recently, there is information that the Deputy governor was dismissed from the National Open University of Nigeria,…
Police Operatives of the Gender Unit, State Criminal Investigation Department, Bayelsa State Police Command have busted a child trafficking syndicate and rescued two stolen children in Enugu and Abia State. The Children namely Success ‘f’ four years and Prince ‘m’ two years were stolen by one Sunday Aniele ‘m’ 22 years and Chioma Obi ‘f’ 24 years, on 19th June 2023, at Igbogene, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Asinim Butswat, says on that fateful day, Chioma Obi who claimed to be a sister of Sunday Aniele took the children away under the…
A popular native doctor based in his home town, Oba in Idemili North local government area of Anambra State Akwa Okuku Tiwara Aki, was kidnapped on Sunday night in one of his hotels in the town….. The native doctor, known as Akwa Okuko tiwara aki ( an egg that breaks palm nut), was believed to possess power of disappearance, but could not disappear when the kidnappers came for him…… His two personal aides were said to have been killed in the vicinity of the hotel before the kidnappers effortlessly took him away…. Regarded as one of the strongest native doctors…