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The Office of the Head of Service of the Federation said Monday, that 446,002 federal ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, workers, were captured under the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS. Acting Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan, stated this yesterday at a budget defence session with the House of Representatives committee on public service matters. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had during the presentation of the 2020 budget proposal before a joint session of the National Assembly announced that as from end of October, any staff not captured in the IPPIS will not…

By Akanimo Sampson As part of their sustainable reintegration process, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has delivered a seed capital to 25 migrants returned to Honduras, in order to take productive actions. The $25,000 invested will allow the beneficiaries to buy raw material, merchandise or work equipment, depending on the type of enterprise. The supported initiatives are distributed in various sectors of the economy such as industry, agribusiness, commerce and services. Beneficiaries receive approximately $1,000 per person, depending on the scale of their enterprise. One IOM official explained the process as follows: IOM makes a study of each case; an IOM team purchases…

The Federal Government, Monday raised the alarm that wrong perception about Nigeria to other countries of the world and the international community was stopping the country from nipping in the bud the insecurity challenges currently facing it. The government also argued that the issue was making it difficult for it to acquire the equipment necessary to deal with the problem of insecurity. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who raised the alarm when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, said the negative image was seriously hindering the support Nigeria ought to get from outside…

The Senate Monday asked the federal government to be to wary of signing agreements it could not implement. Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, stated this when the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, led by its president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, visited him in his office, in respect of plans by government to capture universities in  the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. Lawan said that he was worried that the Federal Government would sign agreements that were not only difficult but also impossible to implement. The ASUU president had told the Senate that the introduction of IPPIS into federal universities would only…

By Akanimo Sampson A rampaging flood has displaced over182,000 people in Somalia, destroyed farmland, infrastructure and roads as well as disrupted livelihoods in some of the worst-hit areas, the Protection Return Monitoring Network (PRMN) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has disclosed. According to the report, in Hirshabelle State, the Shabelle River levels in Belet Weyne town and surrounding areas reached bankfull on October 26, leading to spillage which has submerged the town. Three people, including two children under the age of 10 years, drowned. Latest reports received on Monday indicated that a boat carrying 20 people…

Worried by the wave of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, has taken the case to the October Session of the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, IPTP, holding in Ethiopia. Speaking at the opening plenary of the parliament in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Monday, Ekweremadu, who chairs the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee of the IPTP, urged the Parliament to pay special attention to problems of xenophobic attacks on the African continent. In a statement Monday by his Media aide, Uche Anichukwu, Ekweremadu said: “Since we are…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Monday, said the closure of the borders has reduced smuggling and improved rice production in the country. Speaking to State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, before the President departed to Saudi Arabia, Emefiele said the nation’s borders would remain closed until neighbouring countries agree to implement mutual anti-smuggling policies. Republic of Niger Republic in the northern border and Benin Republic to the west, are two countries noted for having several smuggling routes into Nigeria. According to Emefiele, apart…

Nigerian Army has flagged off exercise Crocodile Smile 4 in Delta State with a warning to oil thieves to desist from the criminal act or be ready to face the full weight of the law when arrested. Flagging off the exercise Monday, with a free medical outreach programme at the disputed boundary between Aladja in Udu local government area and Ogbe-Ijoh community, Warri South West local government area of the state, Commander 63 Brigade, Asaba, Delta State , Brigadier General Usman Bello said during the exercise, effort will be on to redress security challenges in the state, adding that oil…

The 14 members-elect of the Edo State House of Assembly have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfill his promise of resolving the legislative impasse in the state, saying the time to act is now as the state governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has crossed the red line and now a threat to democracy. The Assembly members who are opposed to the governor’s inauguration of 10 out of the 24-member legislature said Obaseki cannot continue to carry on against the party and the symbol of democracy, the legislature, without being sanctioned. Spokesman of the group, Washington Osifo, representing Uhunmwode State Constituency said…

Rivers State Government and Real Madrid Football Club have signed a ratification agreement for the development of Real Madrid Academy, Port Harcourt into an international football academy. The agreement signing ceremony took place, Monday, at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, home of Real Madrid Football Club. The signature event held at the Presidency Reception Centre of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The signature of the ratification Protocol was executed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the Executive Vice President of Real Madrid Football Club Foundation, Enrique Sanchez. In an address, Wike said: “We are preparing the Real Madrid Academy as a…