Day: May 10, 2021

COVID-19 3rd Wave: Nigeria Slams Fresh Curfew, Restriction Nationwide

Precious Ibekwe

  Curfew is now from midnight to 4am until further notice as mass gathering of more than 50 per cent outlawed   The Nigerian Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) has slammed fresh curfew and restrictions nationwide as fear of the thitd wave of the dreaded infection heightened. The government reintroduced fresh restrictions on mass gatherings, insisting that it must henceforth be fifty percent capacity. It explained in a statement obtained by Platforms Africa that the measure followed the number of cases and fatalities currently being recoded in Turkey, India…

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JUST IN: Nigerian Immigration disqualifies 39,218 job seekers

Precious Ibekwe

Why we shortlisted only 6,105 out of 45,323 applicants for 2019/2020 recruitment – Immigration   The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has shortlisted 6,105 candidates out of the 45,323 who applied to be enlisted in its 2019/2020 recruitment. Mr James Sunday, spokesman of the Service, stated on Monday in Abuja that further screening of those shortlisted would begin on May 24, 2021 at no cost to the applicants. Applicants would be invited for the exercise through their email addresses and via Short Message Services, he stated. Sunday advised applicants to check the NIS website for their recruitment status, examination location and other guidelines for recruitment. He stated also that those…

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BREAKING: Nigeria declares Wed., 12th, Thurs., 13th May, Eid el-Fitri Public Holiday

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigerian Government has declared Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th May, 2021 as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Eidul-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, while making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government today in Abuja, congratulated the Muslim faithful on this occasion and called on all Nigerians, at home and abroad to use the period of this year’s Eidul-Fitr celebration to pray for peace, stability and economic transformation in the land. Aregbesola who believes that development cannot thrive in a rancorous atmosphere, urged…

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