By JKNewsMedia REGULAR RECRUITMENT into the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will now take place every year following a policy change announced with the release of the final list of successful candidates for the 2024 and 2025 recruitment exercise. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, announced the dec...
By JKNewsMedia PROSPECTIVE CORPS members will not be mobilised for national service without clearance from the National Electronic Registration Database (NERD), the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has declared. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the directive comes as the NYSC prepares to mobilise another batch of prospective corps members whil...
MORE STUDENTS benefited from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) in the South-West than in any other geopolitical zone, with 308,998 beneficiaries, according to the latest data released by the agency. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the figures compiled by NELFUND showed that North-Central followed with 290,102 beneficiaries, while North-W...
By Ebunoluwa Ololade, JKNewsMedia Reporter PROTECTION OF the integrity of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will remain the foremost priority of its new Registrar, Segun Aina, as he assumes office with a commitment to strengthen transparency, fairness and service delivery. JKNewsMedia.com reports that Aina, a professor of co...
By JKNewsMedia LEGAL PRACTICAL, litigation staff, court registrars and other personnel have been directed to stop using the title “Barrister” as a prefix to their names in all official dealings with the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SCN) with immediate effect. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the directive was conveyed in a memorandum dat...
By Progress Oluranti, JKNewsMedia Reporter RECOGNITION, COMPENSATION and reconciliation have been sought from the Federal Government by the family of the late Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military Head of State, six decades after his death. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the demand was made this w...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter PAYROLL FRAUD involving 908 alleged ghost workers across at least 50 Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies has been uncovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), cumulating to about N942 million believed to have been fraudulently paid as s...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia THE NIGERIAN Army’s structure has expanded from eight to 12 divisions following the approval granted by President Bola Tinubu to strengthen the country’s security architecture and improve the operational effectiveness of the military. JKNewsMedia.com reports that that the approval underscores the President’...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter TEXTBOOK ASSESSMENT and ranking fees have been reduced by the Federal Government ahead of the implementation of the National Textbook Ranking System (NTRS). JKNewsMedia.com reports that the review was announced in a statement personally signed by the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Educational Resea...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NEWLY first elected and second female President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo Okusanya (SAN), has been congratulated by President Bola Tinubu on her historic election, describing her emergence as a watershed in the legal profession and a triumph for merit, excellence ...
