Day: June 8, 2016

FG Begins Recruitment Of .5m Jobless Graduates

The employment of about 500,000 graduates without jobs by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government will kick off on June 12, 2016, a statement by the spokesman of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, has disclosed. In the statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday said the programme is the first roll-out of government’s N500 billion social…

Corporal Kills, Buries Inspector In Kwara

Authorities of the Nigeria Police have dismissed a corporal, identified as Daramola Tosin for allegedly killing an Inspector named Lateef Shuaib. The suspect, attached to the Ekiti Police Division in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State was said to have shot dead the victim after secretly withdrawing up to N300,000 from his (Shuaib)…

Tee Mac Confessed Stealing PMAN’s Abuja Land—Pretty Okafor

President of the Performing Musicians Employer’s Association of Nigeria, PMAN, Pretty Okafor, has alleged that former president of the association, Tee Mac, confessed to the police recently to have stolen a piece of land in Abuja belonging to the body. Okafor took to his Facebook page to make the claim. He said the celebrated flutist…

Keshi Complained Of Leg Ailment Before Death—Family

A family member of the late Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, has disclosed that the former Nigeria international complained of a leg ailment before his untimely death in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Chairman of the Edo State Football Association, EFA, Frank Ilaboya, quoted Ricky Aburimen, a family member of Keshi, as…