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N-Power To Employ 5Million Young Nigerians In Five Years - FG. ----ExtendsBeneficiaries Age Limit From 35 - 40 Years.  The Federal Government has said that the ongoing restructuring of the N-Power programme will bring about the employment of five million young Nigerians in five years. This was made known in a press statement by the N-Power National Programme Manager, Dr. Akindele Egbuwalo. He appealed to Nigerians to understand the rationale behind the temporal suspension of the N-Power programme and the subsequent restructuring it is undergoing, saying the federal government was working to restore confidence in the programme. According to Dr Egbuwalo, "This restructuring and transformation will also birth an expanded programme to reach beneficiaries aged 18-40 (the previous age limit was 35).  'We are targeting 5million beneficiaries in 5years at a pace of 1million per year under the graduate and non-graduate stream." Giving a further glimpse into what a restructured N-P...

Bolanle Raheem: Court sentenced police officer Darambi Vandi to death by hanging A suspended ASP, Drambi Vandi, who was charged with shooting dead a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, last Christmas day, has been sentenced to death by hanging. Justice Ibironke Harrison sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square annex division of the Lagos state High Court said his defence that he didn't shoot the deceased has no leg to stand on. He was found guilty on the strength of the witnesses of the prosecution, who gave 'overwhelming evidence that the loud gunshot ave the judgment date on July 13 after the adoption of final written addresses by counsel in the case. Mr. Vandi was arraigned on Jan. 16 2023, on a count charge of murder but he pleaded not guilty. The court granted an accelerated hearing on the case. The Lagos State Government alleged that the defendant, an Assistant Superintendent of Police who has now been suspended from the Force, shot Mrs Raheem in the chest on Dec. 25, 2022,...

Nigerians Reacts As Journalist Jaafar Jaafar calls out  Seyi Tinubu for Flying Presidential Jet To Polo Event In Kano The discussion started when a journalist, Jaafar Jaafar, on Monday, criticised Seyi's use of a presidential jet for non-official purposes, citing a similar instance when President Muhammadu Buhari's daughter, Hanan, travelled in a presidential jet for a photo tour.  Sharing photos on his X (formally Twitter), Jaafar wrote, “Here’s Tinubu’s golden child, Seyi, travelling in a presidential jet to watch polo in Kano. But this trend did not start today. Buhari set the bad example when he allowed his daughter, Hanan, to travel in a presidential jet for a photo tour in Bauchi. Even if our laws are vague on this, one thing is clear. This is an offence to the moral code of leadership.” Reacting to the post, an X user HGBashar, said, “Buhari merely sought the title of 'President' without understanding or respecting the sanctity of the office. The audacity to let ...