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An acute scarcity of pilots has hit the United States Air Force, reports from that country said. The Force, according to the reports, has initiated moves to recall as many as 1,000 retired military pilots to active-duty service as a way of solving the problem. A report by ABC News quoted the White House and the Pentagon as announcing that...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has called for all hands to be on deck in order to achieve positive transformation in the country's water sector. The Speaker made the call on Tuesday at the public hearing of the House Committee on Water Resources, on the National Water Resources Bill (2017). The Speaker revealed that the...

Thirty one percent of teachers in public schools in Sokoto state are not qualified, but educated enough to be trained to enhance their qualifications to be in the classroom, a government committee has uncovered. In addition, the committee recommended the employment of additional 548 teachers in order to achieve a teacher/student ratio of 1:40, the standard set for public schools...

Twelve years after their last gathering, Governors from the Southern part of Nigeria will on Monday converge on Lagos to deliberate on how to forge stronger ties for the three geo-political zones. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), Mr Tunji Bello, the meeting which will be co-hosted by the Governors of Lagos State,...

Ondo Gov. Representative, Mr Ajayi with Gov. Ayo Fayose  Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN has described the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, as moulder and builder of  future leaders as well as a philanthropist of repute. Speaking at the 5th convocation ceremony of the university in Ado, the Ekiti state capital, the governor...

UN Deputy Secretary, Amina J. Mohammed There are 37 career openings for young Nigerians under the United Nations bureaucracy, according to UN deputy secretary-general, Amina Mohammed. Mrs. Mohammed disclosed this at a Cultural Night organised by Nigerians working at the United Nations Systems. She said the openings are available via the Junior Professional Officers’ (JPO) Programme, including internship for young graduates. According...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu to convene a ministerial summit on education within the next few weeks. The president gave the directive on Saturday in Ilorin, in his address at the 33rd Convocation of the University of Ilorin. The president was represented by Prof. Abubakar Abdulrasheed, the Executive Secretary of the National University Commission...

Application form for the Nigerian Defense Academy 70th Regular Course is out. RRR code is obtained with N3,500 naira only, visit www.ndaapplications.net for more information. 

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered a forfeiture of funds and freezing of account domiciled in 19 Banks across Nigeria not covered by Biometric Verification Number, BVN. Justice Nnamdi O. Dimgba gave the order following the  application by the Attorney General of the Federation  and Minister of Justice. The order covers individuals, corporate bodies and government agencies without BVN. The banks are Access...

The founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN) and the First Lady of Ondo State, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has identified crowd-funding as an alternative source of funding cancer treatment in Nigeria. Speaking at the workshop organized by Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN) at the Public Service Training Institute (PSTI) at Ilara Mokin, Mrs. Akeredolu who observed that aside...